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iPhone 6 : Americans Are Sold, Singaporeans On Hold
September 16, 2014

Shoppers wanting one of the new iPhones may have to wait until October due to shortages.   Record-breaking first-day pre-order sales that topped 4 million units were logged, outstripping supply according to Apple. Reuters reported that this weeks pre-order numbers were roughly double the volume of sales...

Mobile Commerce
Glitches At BBVA’s Simple Illustrate Digital Banking’s Difficulties
September 16, 2014

For weeks, customers and BBVA’s digital exertion, Simple have complained about delays or total failures in scheduled payments as well as intermittent problems Simple’s perhaps unfortunately named app’s “Safe to Spend” feature. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Apple Pay
Apple Pay Accelerates Regulator’s Focus on Mobile Payments
September 16, 2014

Apple has been many different types of company over its long tenure.  While its always been a tech player it has also been in a state of near constant corporate evolution has meant its always been a lot more than that.  With the launch of...

Cross-border Payments
Alibaba’s Price Range On The Rise Pre-IPO
September 16, 2014

Investors hoping to snatch up stock in Alibaba for a bargain price between $60 and $66 won’t be getting their wish when the Chinese e-commerce giant goes public later this week.  In a filing with the SEC yesterday (September 15) Alibaba raised the price range...

Cybersecurity
Among (The Few) M-Pay Users, NFC Is Popular
September 16, 2014

NFC is not quite the method of mobile payments most users are most familiar.  That honor still goes to the QR code or barcode which 45 percent of reported mobile users said they had experienced at least once, according to the latest report by Nielsen,...

Cross-border Payments
U.K. Telco Partnership Weve Bails On NFC
September 16, 2014

When first unveiled under the name project Oscar, Weve was a collaboration between British telecoms EE, Telefonica and Vodafone to grab a piece of the set-to-ignite-any-minute mobile market in 2012. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payments
CardLab Acquired By Blackhawk
September 16, 2014

Blackhawk Network announced that it has completed the acquisition of Dallas, Texas-based CardLab, Inc.,  and online provider of prepaid and rewards cards.  The move comes as part of Blackhawk’s overall transition to expand their business beyond the physical retailer into B2B channels that see cards used as inentives...

How Telcos, MTOs and Banks Could Crash Over Remittances
September 16, 2014

Incumbents such as Western Union and MoneyGram do it. Traditional players do it. So, still, do some banks. And Telcos do too in some markets. The “it” is enable people to move money to each other in and between countries. Hugo Cuevas-Mohr shares insights gleaned...

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Tumblr: The Social Media E-Commerce Powerhouse?
September 16, 2014

As it turns out, when it comes to marketing value for retailers, name recognition isn’t everything. It seems in the case of the niche social media site Tumblr it seems less can be more–as long as the less doesn’t refer to money.  According to Adobe’s...