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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 —...

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USPS Expands Same-Day Deliveries From SF and NYC to DC
January 07, 2015

The U.S. Postal Service is expanding its Metro Post same-day e-commerce delivery service to Washington, D.C. starting this month, ECommerceBytes 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...

Europe
In Hungary, A Shopping Ban Means E-Commerce Too
January 07, 2015

Think online shopping is the perfect way to get around restrictions on when brick-and-mortar stores are allowed to be open? Think again — this week the Hungarian government said that e-commerce deliveries can’t be made when shops can’t stay open, according to Hungarian business publication...

Bluefin Receives PCI Validation For Mobile P2PE
January 06, 2015

Bluefin Payment Systems, provider of secure payment technology for enterprises, financial institutions and small to medium-sized businesses, today announced that its PayConex PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) Solution is certified for mobile payments, according to a company release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

FTC Commissioner Slams Lending Restrictions
January 06, 2015

Regulations on lending could harm consumers, according to Joshua Wright, one of the five Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission and a leading economic scholar. Wright recently released a comment on December 26, 2014 that lays out the case for caution in imposing limits on...

Impressions and Impacts Of Apple Pay’s First 100 Days
January 06, 2015

In just 113 days last year, Apple Pay managed to completely change the conversation about mobile payments. And we’ve been there for all 113+ of them, documenting every aspect of the Apple Pay journey.

Mobile Commerce
Next Generation Wocket Smart Device Debuts At CES
January 06, 2015

NXT-ID will be showing the world the newest iteration of its Wocket smart wallet device at the 2015 International CES.  The Connecticut based biometric authentication company gave their first preview of the smart wallet to select media yesterday (December 5), and this consumer electronics show...