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The Fed Wants To Clean Up Token Confusion
September 29, 2014

The Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and Atlanta applaud the many efforts to standardize payment tokenization, except the part that there are in fact so many such efforts. The potential for confusion and, much worse, standards conflicts undermining token efforts—especially in mobile—is a great concern...

Apple Pay and Mobile Payments’ Secret Weapon
September 29, 2014

The launch of Apple Pay has started a lot of conversations about winners and losers in the mobile payments space. The fact that Apple Pay launched with an NFC payments capability for in-store payments has everyone high-fiving over the notion of an NFC dominated mobile...

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DS-Factoring Provides $3M AR Facility To Indian Automobile Parts Maker 
September 29, 2014

DS-Concept Factoring, has provided $3 million exports accounts receivable facility to an Indian autoparts maker that is getting ready to take on the global market. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Siemens Chooses Tungsten For E-Invoicing
September 29, 2014

German engineering firm Siemens has chose Tungsten Corp PLC to help it bring E-Incoicing to both its suppliers and businesses worldwide. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Welcome to PYMNTS Weekender!
September 26, 2014

Want a snapshot of the themes that drove the buzz about payments innovation last week? Tune in, literally, to PYMNTS Weekender.

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PYMNTS Apple Pay Weekly Recap: The Week of Bugs, Beacons and Buyers’ Remorse
September 26, 2014

Want some fodder for that next water cooler convo? Here’s our weekly take on what’s movin’ and shakin’ across the Apple Pay Ecosystem.

Say Bye-Bye To WiFi Analytics With Apple’s iOS8
September 26, 2014

It seems that one of the updates to the iOS8 ecosystem is that it randomizes the MAC addresses of iPhones every time they connect to a WiFi network. According to Apple, this was done as part of their commitment to further protecting the privacy of...

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Tungsten Signs Dana Farber Cancer Institute And Fresenius Medical Care NA
September 26, 2014

E-Invoicing platform provider Tungsten Network has announced two new pharmaceutical businesses have selected them for e-invoicing; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a world leader in cancer treatment and research, and Fresenius Medical Care NA, a US-based provider of kidney dialysis services and renal care products, and Get the Full...

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China Discovers $10B In Fake Trade Financing
September 26, 2014

Remarks September 25 from Wu Ruilin, deputy director of the supervision and inspection department of China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange, indicate that a recent probe into fraudulent trade financing agreements turned up nearly $10 billion in fictitious deals. Get the Full Story Complete the...