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B2B Payments
Omnitracs To Buy XRS For $178M
September 09, 2014

Fleet management system provider Omnitracs, has agreed to acquire competitor XRS Corporation. The deal will close for an estimated $178 million in equity value. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Starwood Launches B2B Loyalty Program
September 08, 2014

Hotel chain Starwoord is pushing its loyalty program, Starwood Preferred Guest, into the brave new world of B2B loyalty with its expansion to SPBPro.  The new loyalty program is pitched as a comprehensive rewards experience for meeting and business professional. Get the Full Story Complete...

B2B Payments
Giving Buyers More Options With Third-Party Financing
September 08, 2014

That late payments are a problem is a non-controversial issue. The Obama administration has launched the Supplier Pay initiative in the U.S., to address the problem,  while in the U.K. parliament has spent a large chunk of the summer of 2014 debating how it is...

Accounts Receivable Financing Comes To Ohio Credit Unions
September 08, 2014

In an attempt to aid the expansion of small business in the U.S. Ohio credit unions are launching a program that will give businesses statewide use of a factoring tool that had been in a pilot program with the Nowaccount Network Corp.  The Ohio Credit...

In Depth
Does Mobile Payments Need To Be Regulated?
September 08, 2014

How should one regulate the mobile payments marketplace?  Does it even need more regulation, given that the banking, tech and card services companies that comprise it are already heavily regulated?  It would not be surprising to find mobile payments ecosystem players asking these questions—since the...

Merchant Innovation
Disney Doubles Down On NFC and iBeacon To Welcome iPhone 6
September 08, 2014

As excitement gathers for the Second Coming-esque of the iPhone 6 later this week, long time collaborator Disney is preparing the way for the coming of the phone with upgrades to its stores’ iBeacon and NFC readers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Acquiring
Discover Gets Competitive With Discounts For Banks
September 08, 2014

After spending years seeing its signature debit products summarily trounced by rivals Visa and MasterCard, Discover is raising the level of its game by dropping its prices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Karen Webster
Innovation … You Know It When You See It
September 08, 2014

How Innovative Is Payments? 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. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing...

B2B Payments
Meet The Man Who Wants To Solve The $2 Trillion Late Payments Problem
September 08, 2014

Entrepreneurs are prepared for a world where no one buys their product and they go out of business. Somewhat harder to accept is a world where ones product is bought, and they still go out of business because the 30, 60 or even 90 day...