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Ugg’s DC Digital Concept Store
November 18, 2014

UGG Australia has opened a digital concept store in suburban Washington, D.C., that does away with cash registers and lets customers design their boots on large touchscreens, according to the Washington Post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Will Apple Pay Drive 20% Of Mobile Payments In 2 Years?
November 18, 2014

The full capacity of Apple Pay is yet to be seen since its September launch, but it’s predicted that Apple’s mobile wallet could make up for as much as 20 percent of the payments market by 2019, Investors.com reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Venmo’s Mega Bank/Biometric Platform Upgrade
November 18, 2014

Mobile payments app Venmo will now let iPhone users sign into its P2P payments service using Apple's Touch ID feature, and has also simplified signing up for the customers of four large U.S. banks with an app update that rolled out this week.

Visa Execs Weigh In On Token Services and Apple Pay
November 18, 2014

Visa execs Charles W. Scharf, CEO and Global Head of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, Jim McCarthy sat down in two separate discussions to talk about payment innovations within the past year, as well as Visa’s token business and Apple Pay. Get the Full Story Complete...

Travelers Can Turn Airline Points Into Purchases At Airports
November 18, 2014

United Airlines has a new payment option that uses Apple iPads to give the airline’s loyalty program members the option to pay for food and drinks through flight miles while waiting for their flight, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Apple’s Crowned King Of Indoor Tech
November 18, 2014

ABI Research, a company that ​provides in-depth analysis and quantitative forecasting of trends in global connectivity and other emerging technologies, has indicated there has been substantial change at the top of the indoor tech market. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

China The Hot Market For International Payments
November 18, 2014

As Apple cautiously establishes a foothold in China for the eventual rollout of Apple Pay there, other international payments services are already finding China to be one of their biggest markets, Chinese tech blog TechNode reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Dollar General Accepts American Express
November 18, 2014

Dollar General, the nation’s largest discount retailer by store count with more than 11,500 locations in 40 states, has announced that the franchise would be accepting American Express cards as a form of payment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

A Lot Of UK White Hats Used To Be Black Hats
November 18, 2014

Although it’s hardly unusual for large companies to hire former cyberthieves—even convicted ones—to test security defenses, a U.K. study has found the effort increasingly common due to a shortage of security professionals with experience breaking into secure systems. Sometimes apparently, it really does take a...