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Square Cash Puts Touch ID To Use (Finally)
January 07, 2015

Square Cash is taking advantage of Apple’s new Touch ID feature to catch up with the competition. The mobile payment app, owned by Square, now allows users to authenticate their money transfers with their fingerprint in its latest app update, a feature reports say is...

Fraudsters Steal Millions from Xoom
January 07, 2015

Federal investigators have been called to probe a security breach involving a $30.8 million fraudulent transaction at online money transfer site Xoom, reports say. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Target Showing Symptoms of a Big Decline
January 07, 2015

Is Target headed towards the same fate as Sears? Analysis of the discount retailer’s latest numbers suggest it’s possible. 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...

App Usage Surge Led By Mobile Shopping
January 07, 2015

No matter which sector of the payments industry you’re looking at, the conversation always comes back to mobile. Mobile payments, mobile shopping, mobile websites and mobile app — it all begins with mobile. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Bitcoin Wallet Circle Now Does Tap-To-Pay In-Store
January 07, 2015

Circle’s Bitcoin wallet now allows its users to pay in-store with bitcoins using the Circle mobile app, VentureBeat reported on Tuesday (Jan. 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Mobile Shopping Nearly Tripled In 2014
January 07, 2015

Mobile shopping on smartphones and tablets grew 174 percent in 2014, according to analytics vendor Flurry — including a whopping 220 percent jump on Android devices, VentureBeat reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Kickstarter Drops Amazon Payments For Stripe
January 07, 2015

Crowdfunding site Kickstarter is replacing Amazon’s payments platform in favor of $3.5 billion payments startup Stripe, Re/code reported on Tuesday (Jan. 6). 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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Apple Watch Gets Ads
January 07, 2015

The Apple Watch has yet to be released, but mobile ad network TapSense has already announced the first programmatic ad platform for Apple’s iPhone-connected wearable, according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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San Francisco To Test Transit Ticketing App
January 07, 2015

San Francisco’s Muni public transit system will begin testing a mobile ticketing app this summer, the city’s transit agency announced on Tuesday (Jan. 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...