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Samsung Taps Coupons.com For Mobile Offers
November 11, 2014

Samsung has landed a deal with Coupons.com that will put itself as the first mobile payments carrier to use its own digital wallet to redeem the site’s online coupons in stores, VentureBeat reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Chase Cuts More Jobs
November 11, 2014

In response to the booming mobile banking business, JPMorgan Chase has revised its job-cutting forecast to include thousands more workers than previously predicted. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Will NFC Users Grow by 5X in 5 Years?
November 11, 2014

Merchant resistance, particularly because of the MCX CurrentC conflict, has been Apple Pay’s biggest impediment, and despite hurdles Apple has faced, Juniper Research predicts NFC users will quintuple from this year’s 101 million users to more than 500 million by 2019. Get the Full Story Complete...

Alternative Finances
Millennials Like Retailers That Like To Give Them Credit
November 11, 2014

Customers under the age of 35 prefer to shop at retailers who offer financing options, and those options affect their buying decisions, according to a new eNation study of 2,000 consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Alibaba Kills It On Singles Day
November 11, 2014

Alibaba said its sales for China’s Singles Day on Tuesday (Nov. 11) surpassed $2 billion in the first hour — including more than $1 million in Alipay transactions in the first 18 minutes — and 45.7 percent of first-hour sales were via mobile. Get the...

Jack Ma: Alipay “Will Definitely Go Public”
November 11, 2014

Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma said Tuesday (Nov. 11) that his Alipay payments unit “will definitely go public,” according to a report from Reuters covering Ma’s interview with an official state broadcaster. Alipay was not part of the massive IPO that Alibaba just completed. Get...

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UK B2B Execs See Industry Changing
November 11, 2014

A Frost & Sullivan survey released Monday (Nov. 10) of mostly B2B execs showed overwhelming (98 percent) belief that the industry is sharply changing, yet the study found those same execs “somewhat more complacent about the need to adapt their organizations.” Get the Full Story...

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Colorado’s Payday-Loan Experiment May Foreshadow Nationwide Changes
November 11, 2014

Colorado lawmakers, taking action against payday lenders, revised the state’s lending rules that, in 2010, extended loan terms to a minimum of six months. Short-term lending fell by more than 66 percent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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PayPal Responds To Security Concerns
November 11, 2014

PayPal will cut off support for aging security protocol SSL 3.0 on Dec. 3, and that may cause problems for some of its merchants, the online payments giant announced on Monday (Nov. 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...