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Houzz Picks Up $165 Million In New Funding
October 02, 2014

As the home décor site Houzz pushes hard for an E-Commerce expansion, it might be able to wallpaper with Benjies now that it’s picked up $165 million in new funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Merchant Innovation
Diapers.com Founder Trying To Raise $600 Million To Fight Amazon
October 02, 2014

Can a startup based on supply chain logistics seriously take on Amazon and make a dent? Marc Lore, co-founder of Diapers.com parent company Quidsi, apparently thinks so and he’s actively raising $600 million to make it happen, reports Recode. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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U.S. Consumer Payments Jumped (A Lot) In August
October 02, 2014

Payments by U.S. consumers increased $60.4 billion in August, compared with a rise of just $3.5 billion in July, according to a new Commerce Department report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

First Impressions: A Separate PayPal and eBay
October 01, 2014

Fresh off the news of the PayPal spin-off, MPD CEO Karen Webster caught up with eight CEOs and investors from across the payments ecosystem to get their views, literally, within hours of hearing the news. We got their views on what PayPal will be able to do...

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PayPal Sans eBay – Now What?
October 01, 2014

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B2B Payments
Citi Launches Tablet App For Corporate Clients
October 01, 2014

As commercial customers are increasingly demanding to have the same level of convenience and universal accessibility they know in their lives as consumers, Citibank is rolling out it’s CitiDirect BE Tablet app for Windows 8.1. Designed to resemble a consumer banking app but with additional support...

Europe
Non-Cash Transactions On The Rise Globally
October 01, 2014

Non-cash payments ticked up 10 percent in 2013 to 366 billion transactions, pulled along by intense growth in developing markets. According to RBS data, nearly a quarter of all global non-cash transaction growth–that’s about 93 billion transactions–happened in those developing markets.  China remains less developed...

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Criminals Currently Winning The War On Cybercrime
October 01, 2014

In some ways, 2014 has been the year of the retail/bank hack.  Though Target capped off 2013 with the largest security breach in history, it was unable to even hold its crown for a full year before the Home Depot chased it from the throne....

B2B Payments
How One Company Is Boosting Supplier Enablement
October 01, 2014

There are many theories about what’s really getting in the way of faster forward progress in the B2B payments innovation arena. But Dean Leavitt, CEO of Boost Payment Solutions, thinks that it’s nothing more complicated than educating suppliers who often have a very different perception...