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Discover’s Diane Offereins Named Among 25 Most Powerful Women In Finance
September 18, 2013

Diane Offereins, Discover’s executive vice president of payment services, has been named one of the 25 most powerful women in finance, per American Banker. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Discover Expands In Europe With New Diners Club Deal
September 13, 2013

Discover subsidiary Diners Club International announced a new relationship with Atos-owned electronic payment service Worldline on September 13, a press release revealed. Gerry Wagner, Discover’s vice president of global acceptance, said the move will allow Discover to expand its services further into Europe. Get the...

Podcast
September 13, 2013

Welcome to our PYMNTS.com Podcast Page. Here, we gather the industry’s thought leaders, those debuting new and robust solutions, influencing the industry’s emerging topics and pulling the micro-trends together to form cutting–edge strategies for exclusive interviews and candid talks that span the world of payments....

Report: Consumers “Almost Never” Change Payment Types
September 12, 2013

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston released a working paper on June 20 that shed new light on essential consumer behaviors that have long remained mysteries in the payments industry. Namely, how loyal are consumers to their favorite payment instruments, and how often do they...

SDK Launch Takes LevelUp From Product To Platform
September 11, 2013

Since its 2011 launch, LevelUp has been a product, an app that consumers can download to make mobile payments at participating merchant locations and that merchants can use for payment processing. With the launch of LevelUp’s software development kit (SDK) on September 11, however, the...

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EVO Eyes Mobile As Key To International Expansion
September 09, 2013

Throughout the ongoing mobile payments revolution, the press has been quick to dote on the enterprising startups and charismatic entrepreneurs disrupting the industry. After all, it’s not uncommon for today’s mobile startups to gain high-profile headlines before signing up their first customer.  Get the Full...

Putting The Contact In Contactless
September 05, 2013

Coauthored by Ben Carsley, Managing Editor (@BC_PYMNTS) 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 form, you agree...

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Behind The Buzzword: How Merchants Should Approach Omnicommerce
September 03, 2013

There are plenty of ways merchants can justify taking a wait-and-see omnicommerce strategy. They can cite the high cost of investment, the lack of demand from customers or concerns consumers have expressed regarding mobile payments. But, merchants who ignore mobile are neglecting something more important:...

The Summer In Payments: Top 10 Stories
September 01, 2013

Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, and what a season it’s been for the payments industry. 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...