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Hackers Go After Big Money Bank Accounts
July 14, 2014

In what can only best be described as a zombie threat to payments security, hackers have resurrected the heretofore-defunct GameoverZeus bot.net that was used to infect computers with malware. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Yes Folks, Another Digital Currency Development Project Launches
July 14, 2014

Bitcoin infrastructure provider Bitfury has announced the launch of seed investment fund Bitfury Capital to help accelerate the development of the bitcoin ecosystem through strategic partnerships. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

B2B Payments
Boston Technologies and Forexware To Merge
July 14, 2014

Boston Technologies has announced a merger with Forexware, an established software developer for enterprising trading applications in the FX space. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Supply Chain Players To Merge
July 14, 2014

Supply chain management software providers Accellos and HighJump are planning to merge.  The newly formed entity will operate under the name HighJump and use the Accellos brand name for mid-market supply chain execution technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

B2B Payments
FleetAdvance Wins Industry Award For Best Practice
July 14, 2014

Comdata’s FleetAdvance tool has won the 2014 Best Practice Award Winner from The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), reports the Commercial Cards Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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PYMNTS Talks Back (About Bitcoin Debit Cards, Google and Seinfeld)
July 12, 2014

What's a bitcoin debit card supposed to do for anyone? What does Google know about same day delivery that the rest of the market doesn't? And what makes Seinfeld so relevant to payments? Just a few of the hot topics in payments that we covered...

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Innovation Investment Tracker | Week of July 11
July 11, 2014

Retail payments dominate this week, and data analytics and security, in particular, seemed to tickle the fancy of investors. 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...

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How Device Intelligence Can Cut Mobile Commerce Fraud
July 11, 2014

Android devices have a bigger market share overall in the smartphone market, but a way bigger fraud problem too – three times as much as Apple does, in fact. That will surely hit merchants doing business with consumers via mobile right where it hurts. That’s...

B2B Payments
Cadooz To Distribute B2B Gift Cards For Spotify
July 11, 2014

Cadooz—a provider of vouchers, rewards and incentives based in Germany announced yesterday that going forward it will be the distributor of gift cards and voucher codes for music streaming service Spotify’s B2B service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...