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Uber Suspends Service in Spain
January 02, 2015

Uber shutdown its operation in Spain Tuesday evening after a judged ordered telecom and payment processing companies to block support to the app based ride-sharing service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Mobile Transactions Around The World
January 02, 2015

Mobile transaction trends are tricky to track, particularly on a global scale. Generally, we know that the rate of mobile adoption is increasing all over the world, but mobile as a way to make payments instead of a card in a physical store is still...

The $3.8 Billion Fraud Retail Holiday Price Tag
January 02, 2015

A recent National Retail Federation survey reported that retailers estimate that holiday return retail fraud will cost them $3.8 billion. 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...

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Was 2014 The Death March For Bitcoin?
January 02, 2015

Bitcoin Tracker | Week 54           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 our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...

Europe’s VCs – Missing Out Or Cashing In?
January 02, 2015

For American venture capitalists, particularly those headquartered in Silicon Valley, 2014 was a go big, or go home kind of year. And they didn’t go home very often, betting pretty big on some yet to be seen big bets across all of the FinTech space....

Settle plans release in SF this month
January 02, 2015

Long wait times for getting seated to ordering food might soon be a thing of past with Ukrainian startup Settle planning to rollout its app based business in San Francisco this month. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Alibaba Gives New Life To Luxury Brands
January 02, 2015

The luxury brand business is up and running again in China thanks to a little help from the country’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Big Apple Looks At Apple Pay For Parking Tickets
January 02, 2015

New York City’s finance department is looking for better ways for residents to pay the up to 10 million parking tickets issued there every year — and that may include Apple Pay, PayPal and Bitcoin, according to MarketWatch. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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One Word For Bitcoin 2014: Unpredictable
January 02, 2015

Bitcoin’s plunge in value during 2014 may have been worse than the Russian ruble, and its detractors have branded it as the year’s worst investment, but only some of them predicted it — and other predictions of how the cryptocurrency would do in 2014 were...