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Apple Pay
Will Apple Pay Launch on October 18th?
October 13, 2014

The preparations for Apple Pay’s launch are in motion, with a Walgreens memo saying that it will launch Saturday (Oct. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Cyberthieves Attack K-Mart, Dairy Queen
October 13, 2014

Both Kmart and Dairy Queen have reported potentially major payment card data breaches, with Kmart reporting on Oct. 9 that it discovered a breach from early September.

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Payment Card Fees See An Uptick
October 13, 2014

The payment card space is seeing some potentially good news, according to The Wall Street Journal, which is reporting that “a combination of moderate economic growth, low interest rates and consumers who have struck a balance between spending more and paying their bills on time”...

In Depth
Why POS Players Should Be Nervous
October 13, 2014

The launch of Apple Pay has kept everyone in payments pretty busy speculating about its impact to others with digital wallet/account ambitions. What’s been ignored, at least so far, is the impact of Apple getting into payments on every other facet of the payments ecosystem....

Cool
So Why Do Consumers Abandon Shopping Carts?
October 13, 2014

Online retailers face losing at least a fourth — sometimes nearly half — of their customer base at checkout because of hurdles like consumer distrust of website payment methods, lacking preferred payment, wonky or slow sites and caveats of having to register too much personal...

Alternative Finances
How Collaboration Help Treasury Teams Manage Better
October 13, 2014

Corporations typically have intricate treasury and payments challenges. As technology continues to evolve, it’s necessary for some corporate teams to rethink their payments options. But what specifically are those options, and which banks and card companies are providing them?

B2B Payments
Bringing Efficiency To Corporate Cash Management
October 13, 2014

Smart corporate treasurers are looking for the best ways to translate today’s collaborative procure-to-pay approaches into better cash and working capital management. If they can do that, then they have the opportunity to drive new strategies that increase profitability and cash returns. Payment-term standardization, early-payment...

Taulia And The RBS Pair Up on E-Invoicing
October 13, 2014

The Royal Bank of Scotland and  Taulia have paired-up to allow the RBS  to offer its corporate clients dynamic discounting with e-Invoicing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Acquiring
Payments By The Numbers
October 11, 2014

Want to be the smartest person in the room on Monday morning? Check out a few of the stats that you may have missed last week about Apple Pay, PayPal and consumer spending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...