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Wegmans Taps Apple Pay For Loyalty Program
June 11, 2015

After Apple’s introduction to its loyalty program at WWDC last week, supermarket chain Wegmans has announced its plans to integrate its Shoppers Club rewards program on Apple Pay. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Mobile Commerce
Rhombus Platform Shapes SMS Payments
June 11, 2015

Text-to-pay mobile service Rhombus offers merchants and customer a convenient way to exchange payments through phone messages. 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...

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Facebook Offers Retailers Free Place Tips Beacons
June 11, 2015

In January, Facebook started testing beacons in New York City as a way of connecting its mobile users to the Facebook pages of nearby shops and landmarks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

SumUp Grabs Up $45M
June 11, 2015

SumUp, Europe’s leading mPOS company, has raised at least $45 million (€40 million) to date to continue expansion and work on the next generation of its payment hardware around contactless payments, reports TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Prepaid Card Mobilizes Rent Payments For Affordable Housing Tenants
June 11, 2015

JetPay and Rezzcard are teaming up to provide a range of electronic payment options to tenants of affordable housing properties, the companies announced earlier this month. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Throwback Thursday: How Mobile Pay Has Come Full Circle
June 11, 2015

Everything old is new again. 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 to receive...

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Facebook Pilots News Feed Buy Buttons
June 11, 2015

The day that consumers will be able to buy goods they see advertised on Facebook is closer than ever. After testing its “buy” button, Facebook wants to expand to retailers on Shopify, reports TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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The Great eBay/PayPal ToS Fight Rolls On
June 11, 2015

As PYMNTS noted in coverage earlier this week, the people of the digital world are willing to assent to all sorts of things in their user agreements. Facebook and Google, for example, monitor everything everyone one does on the Internet and then sell that data to the...

International
Jack Ma Thinks Alibaba Can Break $1 Trillion In Sales – With The Help Of...
June 11, 2015

Jack Ma believes in small business – despite the fact that the one he runs today is on pace to supplant Walmart as the world leader in retail sales. But before Jack Ma was China’s most successful entrepreneur, he too was a small business owner...