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Amazon May Unveil People-Powered Delivery Service Via “On My Way” App
June 17, 2015

The newest Amazon drone may get about by way of two legs, not a propeller. 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,...

Making Online Shopping (And Investors) Happy
June 17, 2015

It’s hard to get really excited about shopping online. Which is not to say that there’s not a lot to speak for the experience – the $1.5 trillion Forrester forecasts Americans will spend online this year (an amount pegged to swell to $2.1 trillion by...

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RuPay To Rival MasterCard And Visa In India
June 17, 2015

RuPpay, India’s largest domestic payment network, will rollout its own credit cards by 2016, The Economic Times reports. This is good news for the majority of Indian merchants who still have to wait for their payments to be brought back to them by deliverymen. But...

Bringing Funding Back To Small Business
June 17, 2015

It’s no secret that technology has been bringing business owners and lenders together quickly and efficiently. However, small businesses in the U.S. have been finding it hard to obtain working capital even seven years after the Financial Crisis of 2008. PYMNTS spoke with Jared Hecht, cofounder and CEO...

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Text Messages Drive New Uber Service
June 17, 2015

Hailing an Uber ride without a smartphone just got easier. 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...

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Discover Shuts Down Its Mortgage Unit
June 17, 2015

Discover announced yesterday (June 16) that it is closing its mortgage origination business bought in 2012, a move which will reportedly result in laying off about 460 employees. Charges related to exiting the business are expected to be approximately $0.04 per share. Get the Full...

Chip & PIN Picks TNS For Wireless mPOS Connectivity
June 17, 2015

Chip & PIN Solutions, a U.K.-based terminal provider has tapped TNS to deliver its wireless POS connections to enable its terminals to provide its merchants with real-time transaction reporting. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Connexity Snatches Up Retail Lead-Generation Site PriceGrabber
June 17, 2015

Retail and marketing services company Connexity, parent company of shopping price-comparison site ShopZilla, announced yesterday (June 16) its acquisition of PriceGrabber, a retail lead-generation platform and network. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Samsung Smartphone Software Security Flaw Discovered
June 17, 2015

Over 600 million Samsung mobile device users may be at risk due to a significant security threat, according to researchers at mobile security specialist NowSecure. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...