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Merchant Innovation
Best Buy Jumps Ship To Apple Pay
April 28, 2015

Apple Pay has made a major pick-up in its quest to sign on retailers – and one that comes as a particularly ominous sign for yet-to-launch rival mobile wallet platform CurrentC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Apple Seeing More Smartphone Switchers Than Ever
April 28, 2015

While Apple doesn’t like to speak specifics about how Apple Pay is doing — transaction-wise at least — the company does like to highlight one key metric: how many devices it’s selling that enable consumers to use its mobile payments app.  Get the Full Story...

Company Profile
Creditcall’s CEO Strategy Of Expansion
April 28, 2015

Since becoming the CEO of Creditcall in 2014, Lars D. Pedersen has been on point to drive the global payment company’s expansion in the United States. Pedersen recently shared with PYMNTS some of his observations related to that ongoing process – what’s working, what still...

Starbucks POS Glitch Shows Gap In Register Tech
April 28, 2015

When Starbucks’ POS experienced a massive glitch last week, some consumers rejoiced as they got free coffee (except those who were turned away when stores shut down). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Discover Joining Apple Pay In Fall
April 28, 2015

Discover cardholders can soon use those cards to make mobile payments via Apple Pay. 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...

Freelancer.com Gets Into Payments With $7.5M Acquisition
April 28, 2015

Freelancer.com, the online job marketplace, has made its way into payments as the company announced Monday (April 27) that it had acquired the payment services provider Escrow.com for $7.5 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

International
Deutsche Bank Gets Smaller
April 28, 2015

Deutsche Bank has joined the “smaller and simpler” movement. After missing financial targets and facing regulatory problems, the German bank said on Monday (April 27) that it will sell its retail banking business, shrink its investment bank and leave seven of the 70 countries where...

Supreme Court Will Rule On Bad Web Data Case
April 28, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a website that collects personal data can be sued under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for publishing inaccurate information if the mistakes don’t cause “actual or imminent harm,” the Associated Press reported on Monday (April 27). Get...

Vogue Turns Style.com Into A Fashion Marketplace
April 28, 2015

Vogue publisher Condé Nast plans to expand its fashion eCommerce empire by repurposing its Style.com website as an online sales platform, the U.K. version of Vogue announced on Monday (April 27). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...