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International
iPhone6 Sales Greenlighted In China
October 01, 2014

The Chinese government is officially allowing Apple to start selling the iPhone 6/6 Plus in China after extracting a privacy promise from Apple “that it would never allow any country or government agency backdoor access to its devices or user data,” according to a report...

News
eBay Embracing Some Of Its Russian Rivals
October 01, 2014

The gray area that distinguishes a rival from a friend is amorphous anywhere in payments and E-Commerce, but no more so than overseas. The latest example comes from Russia, where eBay is now permitting some of its largest E-Commerce rivals there to sell their products...

Mobile
Whole Foods Trying One-Hour Delivery
October 01, 2014

The Whole Foods grocery chain is trialing a one-hour mobile delivery program, where shoppers place their orders on a smartphone, in 15 cities in the U.S.. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

B2B Payments
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Rolls Out Digital Disbursements
October 01, 2014

Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Tuesday (Sept. 30) launched a product called Digital Disbursements, which is designed to allow for digital payments right into bank accounts, using only a mobile phone number or an E-mail address as an identifier. Get the Full Story Complete...

B2B Payments
Open Payments Site Launches
October 01, 2014

Payments between hospitals and physicians, medical device and drug companies took the next step into openness Tuesday (Sept. 30) when the U.S. government unveiled its much-hyped Open Payments site, showing the details of at least $3.5 billion of B2B transactions over five months. Get the...

Walmart Opens Its First Click-and-Collect Site
October 01, 2014

Wanting to keep its most critical pilots near its headquarters in Bentonville, the world’s largest retail chain this began filling same-day Internet grocery purchases at a drive-thru facility in Bentonville on Tuesday (Sept. 29). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

B2B Payments
PayPal Makes It Easy For Businesses To Attach Invoicing Information
September 30, 2014

In payments in general, but especially in B2B payments, the data that accompanies a transfer of funds is almost  as important as the actual funds themselves itself is the information that goes along with the payment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

B2B Payments
Why B2B Payments Is Ready To Be Disrupted
September 30, 2014

The trouble with working though the early days of a paradigm shift is that it can be very hard to say what the shape of things to come will be. Luckily for Transactis CEO and Chairman Joe Proto, he’s worked in B2B payments for the...

B2B Payments
What Kind Of Stamp Will VCs Leave On The B2B Payments Ecosystem?
September 30, 2014

Five years ago, all anyone wanted to talk about was Facebook and Twitter. Now, VCs are more focused on the B2B enterprise payments space than ever before.  Bain Capital Ventures Managing Director, Matt Harris, shared his insights with MPD CEO Karen Webster on everything from...