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Sephora Accepts Apple Pay In Store
November 24, 2014

When almost three quarters of a store’s customers are also holding iPhones, an integration with Apple Pay seems a natural moved. Sephora, whose internal data indicates that around 70 percent of their in-store customers are also iPhone owners was not able to offer Apple Pay...

Apple Pay
Retailers Lobby Congress To Fight Card “Cartel”
November 24, 2014

Last week, the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC), which represents major retailers, hosted a box-lunch presentation to alert legislators about promising cost-saving technologies and the importance of doing them no harm.  According to reports, the rapidly approaching beginning of the heavily Republican 114th Congress has some...

Loyalty & Rewards
New App Replaces Grocery Coupons
November 24, 2014

In the beginning there was Honey, and the the app found help shoppers save at checkout, and the app was good.  And then the creators of of Honey launched Milk (get it:  Milk and Honey) to help consumer save at the grocery store, and brought with...

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Weird Stuff In Payments
November 24, 2014

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Twitter’s Buy Button Ready For The Holidays
November 24, 2014

Twitter’s Buy button will be hitting the movie theater scene this holiday season, Mashable 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,...

PayPal Taps Into Belgium Banks
November 24, 2014

PayPal is expanding its presence in Belgium, Telecompaper.com 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 this form,...

“Buy with Google” & save!
November 24, 2014

Google made an announcement today via their Google Wallet G+ page indicating that they have teamed up with a various number of applications to offer up their users discounts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

PayStand Takes E-Checks To The Next Level
November 24, 2014

Paper checks have largely fallen by the wayside since the rise of card, electronic and mobile payments. But as companies challenge card processing fees, face security breaches online and struggle to gain traction in the mobile payments industry, payments service startup PayStand wants to solve...

The Top 3 Payments Security Threats This Holiday Season
November 24, 2014

Nearly half of consumers said they would “definitely” or “probably not” shop over the holidays at retailers that experiences data breaches, according to a recent survey. Consumers still need reassurance from the retail world that these breaches won’t happen, says Ajay Bhalla, President, Enterprise Safety...