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Can A New Procurement Plan Give British Farmers Back £400 million?
July 25, 2014

If the UK government has any say about it, the answer to that question is: yes. 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...

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“Fixed App” Parking App Secures Funding
July 25, 2014

The mobile app that helps fight parking tickets, Fixed, recently closed $1.2 million in seed funding, according to TechCrunch. Investors include Y Combinator, Merus Capital, and more. Fixed is based in San Francisco and launched this January. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

B2B Payments
How Payment Terms Can Help Shippers Become ‘Preferred’
July 25, 2014

According to a recent Transplace survey, the way that a shipper impacts a motor carrier financially and affects driver productivity will greatly affect whether a carrier will assign them “preferred shipper” status. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Competing With The Big Boys In X-Border
July 25, 2014

How quaint. No voicemail and guaranteeing calls get answered within three rings. Hear why Jonathan Quin, CEO of UK-based World First thinks that competing with the big boys in the B2B cross border market means taking a page out of a playbook that is decades...

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Kyriba Selected To Update RPC Group’s Treasury Management
July 25, 2014

RPC Group, a developer of food, personal and health care as well as domestic industrial plastic packaging solutions, announced this week that it selected Kyriba to help it improve its treasury management system. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Bitcoin Tracker | Week 33
July 25, 2014

The Winklevii launched WinkDex, NASCAR’s Alex Bowman wants to bring a Bitcoin sponsored car to the circuit and NY says get permission or get out. Just another week in the life of Bitcoin (who has a new competitor too).

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StubHub Cybercrooks Busted
July 25, 2014

New York authorities reportedly have charged international criminal gang members that were accused of taking part in stealing card data to buy event tickets through StubHub. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Bloomberg TV: David Evans Skeptical Over Future of Bitcoin
July 24, 2014

Does Bitcoin have a future? Bloomberg today reported on how Bitcoin is used and whether or not there is real value in the currency. Several illustrious Bitcoin disbelievers joined together around the Bloomberg desk to discuss the state of Bitcoin and its future. Economist David...

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Smartphone Magnetism: Visa Invests In Loop
July 24, 2014

The mobile payments market just got rocked, as LoopPay announced it secured an investment from Visa. What does a card network that has invested tons in NFC and EMV want with a mobile payments solution that leverages mag stripe technology? Well, providing their issuers and...