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B2B Payments
Small Business Health Care Tax Credits Still Affected By 2013 Sequestration
October 08, 2014

The IRS on Monday (Oct. 6) noted the impact of sequestration cuts on a small business health care tax incentive. The ACA offers the credit for SMBs to enroll in insurance exchange health plans. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Pizza Hut Down On Apple Pay
October 08, 2014

Pizza Hut, who was the first retailer to truly push the capabilities of the iPhone app and has been a longtime massive support of Apple efforts, said some decidedly non-cheerleaderish comments on Monday (Oct. 6) during a tradeshow panel. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Target Reboots Holiday Mobile Strategy
October 08, 2014

According to the National Retail Federation, merchants rely on the holiday season to generate 20 to 40 percent of their annual revenue, which means suffering the largest retail breach in history (at the time) four days before Christmas is the retail equivalent of a plague...

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Regulators Slow H&R Block Bank Sale
October 08, 2014

It looks like the sale of H&R Block’s bank business to BoFI Holdings will be on hold for the rest of the year, as regulators have essentially bounced back the application. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Merchant Innovation
WePay Launches WePay Clear
October 08, 2014

Payments, particularly the technology side of the ecosystem, has many players who love visibility.  Apple Pay’s was announced with a level of theatricality normally reserved for summer blockbusters, PayPal’s 2014 has been operatic, Alibaba exploded onto the NYSE, bitcoin has suffered three or four “doomsday”...

iOS 8 Slow To Gain Traction
October 08, 2014

Two weeks in and several bug reveals (and patches) later, iOS 8 is not seeing the speedy adoption that Apple’s previous mobile operating systems have enjoyed.  According to data released on Apple’s website and spotted by MacRumors, 47 percent of those carrying Apple mobile devices...

Bringing 20/20 Foresight to Fraud
October 08, 2014

Smart, fast-moving, adaptable and flexible. No, we’re not talking about the latest payments innovator, we’re talking about the cybercrook. They’re finding new ways to wreak havoc with payments. But what if there was a way to fight the crooks’ intelligence with even more intelligence? On...

Can B2B Payments Take On Omnichannel?
October 08, 2014

While not all major retailers have proven to master an effective omnichannel strategy in today’s increasingly mobile world, some players are further along than others. Macy’s and Nordstrom’s, for example, have significantly upped their sales by offering new products, discounts and coupons in the store,...

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SWIFT Says It “Has No Authority” To Unplug Russia Or Israel
October 08, 2014

Global financial-messaging network SWIFT will not unplug either Russia or Israel from the system unless the European Union officially adopts appropriate sanctions, the organization said on Monday (Oct. 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...