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Apple Watch Launch Won’t Happen Before March 20
November 03, 2014

The launch for the Apple Pay-accepting Apple Watch will not happen until at least March 20, according to comments made by Apple Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores Angela Ahrendts and reported by 9-to-5 Mac. The official Apple word on the watch’s planned...

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Konica Minolta Chooses Ariba To Meet Cloud Solution Needs
November 03, 2014

Konica Minolta has chosen SAP firm Ariba to manage its cloud-based procurement process. Konica Minolta Business Solutions will go digital with Ariba. Konica is known for providing organizations with innovative solutions to optimize their performance. Now with the next-generation procurement process, Konica and its clients will...

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How The Cyberthieves Got In At Chase
November 03, 2014

Cyberthieves seeking payment card data have a tendency to sniff out a weak link, the softest way to enter a secure site. With Target, it found credentials to get in through a refrigeration, heating and air conditioning subcontractor. New word is that J.P. Morgan Chase’s attackers...

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The State of Plastic In A Digital World
November 02, 2014

Despite all of the massive change today in payments—whether it’s Apple Pay rewriting the payments rules or the ups-and-downs of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies—and the digital embraces of MasterCard and the Apple Pay love coming from Visa and then from the CEO at Discover...

Heartland Makes Another POS Acquisition
November 01, 2014

Heartland Payment Systems‘ third-quarter earnings Friday (Oct. 30) coincided with the announcement that it would be acquiring Xpient Solutions, a  enterprise-level restaurant POS software service — a move that CEO Robert Carr said would better position Heartland continuing growing the core of its business. Get the...

Why The USA Today Says CurrentC Is Like The Three Stooges
October 31, 2014

USA Today has weighed in on the Apple Pay MCX CurrentC issue and is not pulling any punches. MCX seems to be what would have happened had “the Three Stooges had been given the assignment of introducing a new and safer way for consumers to...

Apple Pay Faceoff
October 31, 2014

You know mobile payments has gone mainstream when your mother starts talking about it – and it’s the topic of conversation on every single news program nearly nonstop. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

International
Korean Tech Companies Shifting B2C Focus to B2B Market
October 31, 2014

Major Asian tech companies struggling to keep profits strong have shifted their businesses models from B2C to a B2B focus to position themselves in a stronger market, according to a Korean Times article published Thursday (Oct. 30). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

MasterCard CEO: MasterPass Starts Where Apple Pay Stops
October 31, 2014

MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga used Thursday’s (Oct. 30) earnings announcement to make a case that the brand’s own MasterPass starts where partner Apple Pay stops, with loyalty and other promotional capabilities. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...