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International
Target Goes Global With International Site
November 02, 2015

The age-old rule of business states that if you’re not growing, then you’re shrinking, and while that might not be 100 percent true anymore, retailers that have the room and resources to expand aren’t taking any chances. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Power Plays And Partnerships: Chase, Starbucks, Visa And MasterCard
November 02, 2015

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Building On Blockchain, For Banks
November 02, 2015

AlphaPoint has just announced a blockchain solution for banks and other FIs. Here’s how the company’s CEO sizes up the appeal of the new technology.

Merchant Innovation
Heartland Buys Digital Dining
November 02, 2015

Success as a payments processing company can depend not only on how much experience firms have in specific verticals but how diverse their portfolio of clients really is. For Heartland Payment Systems, its payments footprint just spread a little bit wider. Get the Full Story Complete...

Amazon
Amazon Shutters Local Services, Including Register
November 02, 2015

Amazon is sticking to the territory it knows best: online. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...

Merchant Innovation
Optimizely’s Power To Convert (Customers)
November 02, 2015

While most people know that Amazon’s original name was Cadabra when it first incorporated in July 1994, that name was ditched a year later when the company’s attorney misheard the firm’s name as “cadaver.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Experts Mixed On Protecting Unregulated Data
November 02, 2015

There’s no shortage of massive data breaches hitting headlines around the world, and while there are big implications when payment data is compromised, the same goes for “unregulated” or corporate data as well. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Merchant Innovation
The Monsters Of Payments And Commerce
October 31, 2015

The haunted commerce season officially comes to a close tonight after the last trick-or-treater departs. Most Americans will, at this point, determine they were either over-prepared for Halloween and now face weeks of eating candy for breakfast, or discover that they were underprepared and thus...

In Depth
What’s Behind REI’s Black Friday Boycott?
October 30, 2015

Though Cyber Monday and a perennially longer holiday shopping season have siphoned some of the traditional hype away from Black Friday, there are still plenty of shoppers who cut coupons and camp out for deals the day after Thanksgiving. However, the number of retailers planning...