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MasterCard Gives Biometrics Start-Up A $14M Boost
September 30, 2014

Canadian biometrics start-up Biony has raised $14 million in Series A financing from a group of investors that includes MasterCard. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Loyalty & Rewards
Google Wallet’s Loyalty Lift
September 30, 2014

Loyalty and CRM services and technology company Brierley+Partners has announced Google Wallet support that will allow customers to better organize their various loyalty programs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Loyalty & Rewards
Online Marketplace Fashionism’s Rewards Innovation? Cash Rewards
September 30, 2014

Fashionism.com’s new way to keep customers loyal is as old school as it gets–giving customers cash back to keep them coming back. Via a percentage of the purchase, Fashonism rewards customers by returning a percentage of the purchase. According to founder and former Ralph Lauren...

What a Fraud Solution Looks Like When We Start From Scratch
September 30, 2014

“Cardholder data will become increasingly available to the fraud community – making it more difficult for issuing banks to identify the point of compromise, and easier for fraudsters to monetize that data they have with transactions that are reliant on card data alone,” says Nick...

Credit Karma Raises New Round, And Valuation
September 30, 2014

Whoever said that no one ever got rich giving something away for nothing had clearly never met the good people at Credit Karma.  The San Francisco start-up that made its name by offering consumers a truly free glance at their credit reports has just finished...

Alternative Finances
Credit Karma Raises New Round Of Funding
September 30, 2014

Whoever said that no one ever got rich giving something away for nothing had clearly never met the good people at Credit Karma.  The San Francisco start-up that made its name by offering consumers a truly free glance at their credit reports has just finished...

International
PayPal And Alipay Duke It Out for Korean Online Payments
September 30, 2014

The Korean online payment market is rapidly expanding, but there is no native online payment service such as Alipay or PayPal to serve the increasing number of people looking for a digital platform for card and payment information. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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U.K. Card Fee Controversy Could Cost MasterCard $1.6B
September 30, 2014

MasterCard’s European woes over interchange just keep on coming as WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc is leading a group of U.K. retailers that are hoping to add more than a $1 billion in damages from MasterCard Inc. in their antitrust suit over payment fees, reports Bloomberg....

Loyalty & Rewards
CreditCard.com’s New App To Help Users Keep Their Rewards Programs Straight
September 30, 2014

Americans holding more than one “rewards” card that offer discounts and cash back for different types of purchases can easily get lost between platforms.  Maybe they can remember they have a card they should always buy gas on, while another one should be used at...