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Visa’s Plan To Connect 500M To Financial Mainstream
April 20, 2015

Visa’s CEO Charles Scharf has got a plan to connect half a billion additional consumers to the financial mainstream in the next five years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Uber’s Legal Troubles In Amsterdam
April 20, 2015

Uber appears to be having some more legal trouble abroad — this time in the Netherlands, Reuters reported. 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...

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Why AmEx Couldn’t Make Costco Card Economics Work
April 20, 2015

The possible terms of Costco’s new co-branded deal with Visa and Citigroup gives good indication of just why the partnership with American Express didn’t work out. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Google Scan-To-Pay App Turns Newspaper Digital
April 20, 2015

As much as the payments industry is transforming, the archaic print media has undergone its own rapid series of changes. 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...

Building The Roadmap To The “Internet Of Payments”
April 20, 2015

Mahindra Comviva is convinced of one thing: having some of the largest merchants in the U.S. capable of enabling NFC payments by the end of 2015 will form the foundation of the “internet of payments” and turn the mobile payments tide in this massive payments...

Will Your Next Payments Password Be Embedded, Injected Or Ingested?
April 20, 2015

The next wave in biometric ID for mobile payments will be devices that can be embedded, injected and ingested, according to a PayPal executive who’s working with developers who are working on the problem. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Western Union: 60 Percent Of Our Customers Are Migrants Doing Remittances
April 20, 2015

Roughly 60 percent of Western Union’s customers are now migrants sending money back to their home countries — and the shape of that remittance business isn’t necessarily what many payments-industry people assume. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Germany Tightens The Crowdinvesting Rules
April 20, 2015

The German government is set to roll out new rules that would limit how startups can raise funding through crowdfunding platforms, as well as who can invest, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (April 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Alibaba Cuts GM Deal To Finance Cars And Target Buyers
April 20, 2015

Alibaba will be selling and offering financing for General Motors cars through its eCommerce sites, and using its data-crunching capabilities to target Chinese buyers for GM, Reuters reported on Friday (April 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...