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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...

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Should Chase Be Broken Up? Goldman Sachs Thinks So
January 06, 2015

According to a research analyst at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase just isn’t living up to its full potential. This is despite holding over $2.5 trillion in assets at the end of the third quarter of 2014, making it the nation’s largest bank. Goldman’s lead banking...

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South Dakotans Propose Interest Rate Caps
January 06, 2015

What started as a game plan to attract investment in South Dakota by annulling interest rate caps, may soon take a U-turn with opponents laying groundwork for a ballot fight in November 2016. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Merchant Warehouse Embraces A “Technology-Centric” Future With Company Rebranding
January 06, 2015

The internet in 1998 was pretty primitive. Only 41 percent of Americans went online, and when they did, what they found was pretty unimpressive, and even hard to use. It’s no wonder that nearly 60 percent of Americans, when surveyed by Pew Internet Life that...

Banks Opting For Less Secure Signature Cards
January 06, 2015

Many major U.S. banks could be looking toward better security measures that use chip-and-PIN technology, but instead are opting for new credit cards to use chip-and-signature security, The Wall-Street Journal reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...