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E-Check Processor Sues Over $34M In Fraudlent Stock
December 15, 2014

Electronic check processor MyEcheck has sued four financial securities companies for having 1.44 billion shares of MyEcheck’s stock fraudulently issued, the company announced last week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Safeway Caught Secretly Charging Online Shoppers 10 Percent More
December 15, 2014

Grocery giant Safeway secretly charged online-grocery customers prices that were more than 10 percent higher than its website advertised and will have to refund the money to consumers, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday (Dec. 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Identity Theft Victims Undergo Avalanche Of Headaches
December 15, 2014

Even for identity theft victims who have paid for credit monitoring, recovering from such an attack can take months of non-reimbursed efforts to repair credit history, reported the Associated Press. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Amex CEO Skeptical About Bitcoin
December 15, 2014

American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault is not so certain that Bitcoin is going to play a dominant payment role any time soon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Uber’s Latest Investor: China’s Baidu
December 15, 2014

Uber Technologies is selling a minority stake to Baidu, which owns China’s largest search engine, in a cash and non-cash asset deal that “may be worth as much as $600 million,” according to a China National Radio report as noted by Bloomberg. Get the Full...

Priceline.com To Accept Apple Pay Online
December 15, 2014

Priceline.com has integrated Apple Pay into its IOS app, allowing payment via Touch ID, saying that mobile users are much more likely to use it than Priceline’s desktop customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Festivus And The Airing Of The Payments Grievances
December 13, 2014

Every year there are a plethora of stories every year about the war on Christmas, followed by the plethora of headlines about why there is no war on Christmas. What all of these stories have in common is that they miss the point about Christmas...

Fixing The Holiday Donor Attrition Crisis
December 12, 2014

‘Tis the season for holiday discounts, a bit of showrooming, bumper-to-bumper shopping mall traffic – and for those of us feeling particularly generous, holiday charitable donations. But according to a recent survey, for every $100 in donations a charity receives, it loses $96 to donor...

Amazon’s eGift Surprise
December 12, 2014

Amazon has launched a Surprise! for the holiday season, TechCrunch reported. 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...