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Lendix Secures $30M For Small Biz Loans
March 31, 2015

France-based Lendix may have only just scored its first business borrower using its financing platform, but the company has major support from investors for the financing product. The firm announced Friday (March 27) that it has secured about $30 million from backers. According to reports,...

Inventory Management is B2B’s ‘Beast Behind The Scenes’
March 31, 2015

In the world of eCommerce inventory management, there are many different orders to be considered, going out in ones and twos to many different locations. That can be overwhelming for B2B merchants looking to deliver on business customers’ expectations – getting their items quickly and...

Mozido Invests In Authenticating The Unbanked
March 31, 2015

Mozido announced today that it will participate in the Series B financing of IdentityMind Global, a risk management platform that authenticates consumers using mobile devices to transact with merchants.  IdentityMind’s platform allows merchants to authenticate the identity of a consumer, even if that consumer is...

MasterCard, Rakuten.com Team Up To Help SMBs Save
March 31, 2015

MasterCard’s small business cardholders in the U.S. can now save on more than 20 million products offered on global e-commerce site Rakuten.com, according to a company release. The agreement is through MasterCard’s Easy Savings Program, which provides MasterCard small business cardholders from participating business card...

Dream Payments M-Pay Platform Gets $6M Boost
March 31, 2015

There’s no need to pinch Dream Payments — $6 million is a very real number for the mobile payments platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Heartland/Verifone Align For Merchant EMV Migration
March 31, 2015

Verifone and Heartland Payment Systems are teaming up in the name of EMV. 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....

Nielsen And RetailNext Team Up To Track Foot Traffic
March 31, 2015

Nielsen and RetailNext have joined hands to provide retail data insights using RetailNext’s mapping technology for Nielsen’s client base, which constitutes a wide spectrum of stores ranging from retail to drug. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

PowaPOS Powers Up POS App Developer Support​
March 31, 2015

London-based Powa Technologies announced yesterday (March 30) that it is teaming up with Merchant e-Solutions — a card processing company headquartered in the U.S. — to help independent software vendors (ISVs) bring their apps to market. As PowaPOS is designed specifically for tablet-based payments, that...

The CFPB, Payday Lending And Unintended Consequences
March 31, 2015

The CFPB has begun to take the first steps toward more intensive legislation of the short term, small dollar borrowing space – also known as payday lending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...