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Visa Brings Tech Team In House And Hires 1,000
September 14, 2015

Payments giant Visa has hired 1,000 of the 2,000 technology professionals it aims to bring on board by 2017, a staffing goal that is tied to an initiative to boost its digital financial services business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

The Bitcoin King Charged With Embezzlement
September 14, 2015

The man once known in the bitcoin community as “Bitcoin King” (probably because he handled a majority of bitcoin in circulation) finally faces the legal troubles he’s be running from. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Why Apple’s Russian Data Must Stay In Russia
September 14, 2015

In order to keep doing business in Russia, Apple had to hand over data on its customers to be stored in a Moscow data center.

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eBay’s Counter To Amazon Prime
September 14, 2015

Come Tuesday (Sept. 15), eBay is set to roll out its own speedy shipping service called eBay Plus. 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...

Monitise’s Tough Road Forward
September 14, 2015

To say it has been a bad year for British payments tech player Monitise is something of an understatement. The question now is whether there is any chance it can be turned around. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Easing The Paper-To-Digital Transition In Procurement
September 14, 2015

Full adoption of electronic invoicing is inevitable, but it’s not going to happen overnight — and it’s actually best for everyone involved if it doesn’t. Michael Weiss, Vice President of Software Engineering at Oildex, explains how businesses that are reluctant to quit paper cold turkey...

Where Jet Stacks Up On The Marketplace Rankings
September 12, 2015

The rollout of Jet.com made plenty of news before the marketplace launched. Now, one month in, it’s getting some positive press in a new report that ranks it as the No. 4 marketplace. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Video Killed The Radio Star – But Mobile Has Everything In Its Crosshairs
September 12, 2015

Even if you’ve never heard the 1979 Buggles classic “Video Killed The Radio Star,” you know the story it tells, because everyone does. Radio was the mode of entertainment in the early part of the 20th century, but by the halfway point it had been...

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B2B Investment Tracker, Sept. 4-11
September 11, 2015

Alternative lending investments stole the spotlight this week, and while the $115 million invested in the space is nothing to scoff at, the enterprise mobility wars dominated our B2B Investment Tracker this week thanks to a little company called BlackBerry. The company’s more than $400...