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Baby Registry E-Tailer Showered With $2.25M
May 12, 2015

Cricket’s Circle, an eCommerce platform with product reviews on baby and maternity products which also does baby shower registries, received backing from investors in a $2.25 million seed round, reports TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Launches Online Bank
May 12, 2015

Having found success in China with its smartphone sales, Xiaomi is now looking to make money in an additional way: from money itself. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

China’s Smartphone Market Dips for the First Time in Six Years
May 12, 2015

China’s smartphone market shrank by 4 percent year over year in 2015’s first quarter, with 98.8 million units shipped, research firm IDC reported Monday (May 11). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

What Is Citrus Pay And Why Did Peter Thiel Dump $3M Into It?
May 12, 2015

A consortium of investors, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, will put as much as $25 million into the Indian digital and mobile payments solutions company Citrus Pay, The Economic Times reported Monday (May 11). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Kabbage’s Next Phase FinServ Solution For SMBs
May 12, 2015

The assumption that governs commerce in the 21st century is that money is, and should be, easily moved. And, for the most part, on the consumer side of transactions that is true in the developed world to the extent that the ability to quickly and...

Heartland’s Latest Effort To Beat Restaurant Payments Fraud
May 12, 2015

Heartland Payment Systems has announced its new Heartland Secure system, a data card security platform the company says will combine three separate solutions to offer restaurateurs protection against data fraud. At present, more than 11,500 restaurants across the U.S use Heartland Secure. Get the Full Story...

Consolidating The Giant B2B Data Universe
May 12, 2015

Manufacturers, distributors and top healthcare organizations have run into one giant problem – having to take something as giant and seemingly infinite as the “data universe” and shrinking the scope of it. PYMNTS sat down with Kore Technologies’ Keith Lambert, VP of Marketing and Business...

Study: Companies Value Data But Aren’t Paying To Protect It
May 12, 2015

It would appear that a lot of companies are not putting their money where there minds are when it comes to insuring themselves against data breaches. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Target’s Breach Settlement Consumer Website Launches
May 12, 2015

The massive Target breach that hit the company at the end of 2013 has made its share of headlines. And rightfully so, since 40 million payment cards and personal details for 70 million customers were impacted. But Target has recently announced how it plans to settle...