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B2B Payments
ISO 20022: Worth the risk?
September 29, 2014

What has paralyzed progress in the U.S. on the global standard for financial messaging, ISO 20022? In a word: risk. Across Europe, 20 financial organizations have already gone live with payments messaging services that meet the standard, thanks largely to the E.U.’s Single Euro Payments...

B2B Payments
Commercial Card Competition Heats Up
September 29, 2014

Among the lingering side-effects of the financial meltdown has been a seemingly permanent shift in the consumer credit market and a customer base that is slightly more hesitant around credit products. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Is Apple Pay The (Real) Blackberry Killer?
September 29, 2014

Since the unveiling of Apple Pay, the entire focus of payments has focused on what Act II will look like, give Act I’s very exciting conclusion.  . Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Amex’s Parting Gift to Canadian Costco Customers
September 29, 2014

After Costco Canada’s decision to jump ship from American Express to the Capital One Platinum MasterCard, and all other MasterCard products which will now all also be available as a payment option at Costco Canada, the only thing left for Amex to do is pay...

International
StartUp Finds Gold In Online Transaction Data
September 29, 2014

There is no question that people are buying things online in ever increasing numbers or that they are creating reams of data while they are doing it. What to do with the data–how to use it, how to turn it into something useful, that’s a...

Alternative Finances
New Online to Offline Use Case: App-Based Rent Payments
September 29, 2014

Sometimes a very modern idea can have a throughly retro name, as evidenced by a new app that is seeing if it can move the quintessentially offline experience online.  Though no one has called a home a “pad” since 1989 and no one outside the...

Merchant Innovation
Stripe Supports Facebook’s “Buy” Button
September 29, 2014

In a move that could help solidify its status as the go-to payments power behind social media’s expansion into e-commerce, Stripe has been named Facebook’s partner in developing it’s “buy” button. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

ShopKick’s $200M Payday
September 29, 2014

U.S.-based Shopkick is heading toward full acquisition by South Korean wireless company SK Telecom. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

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Mobile Users Not Concerned About Security
September 29, 2014

A new study released by the  Raytheon and Ponemon Institute reports that a little more than half of IT managers are interested in implementing virtualization. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...