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Bitcoin
Was 2014 The Death March For Bitcoin?
January 02, 2015

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Europe’s VCs – Missing Out Or Cashing In?
January 02, 2015

For American venture capitalists, particularly those headquartered in Silicon Valley, 2014 was a go big, or go home kind of year. And they didn’t go home very often, betting pretty big on some yet to be seen big bets across all of the FinTech space....

Settle plans release in SF this month
January 02, 2015

Long wait times for getting seated to ordering food might soon be a thing of past with Ukrainian startup Settle planning to rollout its app based business in San Francisco this month. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Alibaba Gives New Life To Luxury Brands
January 02, 2015

The luxury brand business is up and running again in China thanks to a little help from the country’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Apple Pay
Big Apple Looks At Apple Pay For Parking Tickets
January 02, 2015

New York City’s finance department is looking for better ways for residents to pay the up to 10 million parking tickets issued there every year — and that may include Apple Pay, PayPal and Bitcoin, according to MarketWatch. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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One Word For Bitcoin 2014: Unpredictable
January 02, 2015

Bitcoin’s plunge in value during 2014 may have been worse than the Russian ruble, and its detractors have branded it as the year’s worst investment, but only some of them predicted it — and other predictions of how the cryptocurrency would do in 2014 were...

Apple Pay
Capital One Rolls Out Its First Apple Pay TV Ad
January 02, 2015

Capital One has finally climbed aboard the Apple-Pay-hoopla bandwagon — and it’s taking the opportunity to tout its own new digital wallet and its sponsorship of the Orange Bowl as well in a TV commercial that first aired on New Year’s Eve during the Orange...

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For Consumers, Style Is Back, Online Promos Not So Much
January 02, 2015

The Great Recession may have been officially over for three years, but consumers are still reacting to it — and that, combined with changes in the retail landscape, means how they spend has permanently changed, according to a report from the National Retail Federation. Get...

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Data Breach Costs Keep Rising
January 02, 2015

The price of recovering from a data breach is steadily climbing — from $9 million in 2012 to $11.6 million last year, to $12.7 million today, Chain Store Age reported on Tuesday (Dec. 30). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...