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Amazon Web Services Tout B2B Exchange Help With Lambda
November 14, 2014

Amazon Web Services rolled out on Thursday (Nov. 13) a compute service that runs developers’ code in response to events and automatically manages the compute resources for them, one that the company dubbed AWS Lambda. But one of the companies Amazon chose to highlight is...

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Are Small Biz Owners Financially Literate?
November 14, 2014

Having a tight grasp on your business’s finances would seem a requirement to run a successful small business. But new research shows just how little those business owners actually know when it comes to accounting – and how Intuit is hoping to change that. Get...

Casino Payments And Gaming Payments Meet
November 14, 2014

When Tapinator, which develops mobile games, announced Thursday (Nov. 13) that it had acquitted InAppFuel, a mobile casino business, it had interesting implications for payments. Although in-app purchases in gaming represents serious dollars, the online gambling world represents serious payments difficulties, with some cards refusing...

Tim Cook Tells WSJ “You Are Only Relevant as a Merchant if Customers Love You”
November 13, 2014

Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage with the WSJ’s Gerard Baker at Wall Street Journal Live to discuss the growth of Apple and the new products. In the Q&A, Cook cautioned retailers about the new Apple Pay solution: You will only stay relevant if...

Digi-Key B2B Firm Posts Big In Europe
November 13, 2014

Digi-Key Corp, a B2B firm based out of Minnesota that sells of prototype and production quantities of electronic components, has increased it’s European E-commerce sales by 26 percent from last year during the first three quarters of 2014, Internet Retailer reported. Get the Full Story Complete...

Samsung, SAP Agree To B2B Mobile Deal
November 13, 2014

Samsung Electronics and SAP agreed this week to jointly develop mobile applications for B2B companies in retail, petrochemical, finance and health care. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Emotion Plays A Bigger Role In B2B Purchasing Than Anyone Wants To Admit
November 13, 2014

When Gallup—the polling folk—examined B2B purchasing habits, they discovered that emotions play a much larger role than most are comfortable admitting. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Invisible Payments: The New Commerce Evolution
November 13, 2014

Over the past decade, the financial services industry has buzzed over mobile and how it will influence payments. And while the payment mechanism has attracted the attention even of non-financial consumer brands like Google and Apple, consumers clearly want more than just that mechanism. In...

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Amazon’s Surprising Domain Name Move
November 13, 2014

Amazon has won the right to create domain names ending in .Pay, according to domain-tracking newsletter The Domains. 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...