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Why Do Some Groups Embrace One Card Programs While Others Resist?
March 21, 2012

To explore the topic further, the National Association of Purchasing Card Professionals (NAPCP) conducted a poll January 26 through February 10, 2012. Open to end-user organizations only—those that do and do not have One Cards—it yielded 117 responses. The majority (71%) indicated using some form...

PayPal Poked at Goldman Sachs
March 14, 2012

The Goldman Sachs technology conference last week in San Fran sure did stir the pot around PayPal and its Point of Sale ambitions. The centerpiece of this criticism is PayPal’s earlier in the year public announcement of its physical point of sale trials with Home...

Mobile Web Beats Smartphone Apps, Says Nielsen
March 12, 2012

The U.S.’s top five retailers reached nearly 60% of all smartphone users via app or website in December, new data from Nielsen suggest, based on a sampling of 5,000 users. The latest estimate from comScore suggests that a 60% share of smartphone users represents roughly...

NFC is Two to Five Years Away, Sybase Says
March 11, 2012

In a survey conducted by Sybase 365, 81 percent of respondents said NFC would not become a widely used mobile payment technology for another two to five years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

MagTek CEO: “Dynamic Data is the Core of Security” [TRANSCRIPT]
March 08, 2012

David Evans: Hi, this is David Evans; talking today with Mimi Hart, CEO of MagTek, for PYMNTS.com. Mimi, thank you very much for joining me today. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Exploring the Dongle: A Tale of Two Swipers
March 05, 2012

One of the coolest features we’ve ever published on PYMNTS.com about security took on a device with perhaps the silliest name of any component of payments: the dongle. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

MagTek CEO: “Dynamic Data is the Core of Security”
March 05, 2012

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SoundOff: Point-of-Sale Security
March 05, 2012

PYMNTS.com’s “SoundOff” is the industry’s views on key topics, according to some of its key players. 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...

Is “Empty Hands” Safe? We Ask PayPal’s Patrick Gauthier
March 05, 2012

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