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Merchant Innovation
Dynamic Pricing StartUp Lands $6M in Funding
August 27, 2014

Feedvisor, a repricing startup that lets online retailers adjust prices in real time based on the retailers’ business goals, has closed $6 million in Series A funding, according to a company press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Is Alternative Lending The Answer for SME Cash Flow?
August 27, 2014

Health care payments are hardly a simple topic, but Idaho providers wanted to make things as easy as possible for their patients. But when a contractor allegedly fell behind on payments to local providers, things began to get tricky. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Five More Years – Says The CFPB
August 27, 2014

Hoping to make it easier for financial institutions to comply with new consumer protections for international funds transfers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Friday (Aug. 22) released final revisions to the remittance rule it approved in April. The revised rule provides banks and...

Mobile
Square’s $6 Billion Valuation
August 27, 2014

Privately-held Square has authorized a tender offer that places the company’s self-declared value at $6 billion, CNBC reported. To put that into context, Square’s similar valuation in January 2014 was $5 billion and in August 2012, it was $3.25 billion, Bloomberg noted. Get the Full...

What Most ATM Cash Planning Models Miss
August 27, 2014

ATM cash planning requires a delicate balance of having enough cash on hand to satisfy consumers but not so much that banks can’t put extra cash to work. Models can help, says TSYS Deputy Director General for Moscow Andrei Povarov in a recent interview with...

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What’s Behind Q2’s Surprising mCommerce Growth?
August 27, 2014

Mobile-commerce spending continues to grow. In fact, this year’s second quarter surprised many with a 47 percent year-over-year boost after several quarters of growth primarily was in the mid-20s, new research shows. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Mastercard
In Pursuit Of The Affluent Cardholder
August 27, 2014

Not surprisingly, credit card issuers are attracted to consumers who not only use their cards often and spend a lot, but who also pay on time. When the latest recession hit, many issuers weeded out their riskiest cardholders, but many who remained in their portfolios...

B2B Payments
Payments Issue Pits Idaho Healthcare Providers Against Contractor
August 27, 2014

Health care payments are hardly a simple topic, but Idaho providers wanted to make things as easy as possible for their patients. But when a contractor allegedly fell behind on payments to local providers, things began to get tricky. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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PayPal Makes Back To School Easy For Merchants, With A Global Twist
August 26, 2014

PayPal’s new PassPort global portal is designed to connect local merchants with customers around the world—and it’s especially applicable to back-to-school retailing, according to Payment Week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...