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Report: Health Care Payment Models Need Adjustment
June 12, 2014

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced in a recent paper that the nation’s health care system – including its payment models– need to be adjusted if the U.S. hopes to achieve fully interoperable health information systems across all provider types by...

Samsung Favors QR Over NFC
June 12, 2014

Samsung Electronics Australia, Bendigo and Community Telco Australia – an Adelaide Bank telecommunication subsidiary – have combined forces to introduce a new mobile payment solution for retail points-of-sale. The new service will allow consumers to easily make payments in person by using either Android or iPhone....

Google Instant Buy API Now Available for iOS
June 12, 2014

After launching about a year ago for Android products, the Google-wallet Instant Buy feature will now be available for apps developed for iPhone and iPad users. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Google Launches My Business
June 12, 2014

Google wants to bring the Google method to business directories, now with the launch of MyBusiness.  The new MyBusiness platform is designed to allow corporate users to manage the totality of their Google identity – from search results, to placement on the company’s map, to...

International
Ezetap Mobile Solutions to Launch MPOS Deployment
June 11, 2014

Bangalore based Ezetap Mobile Solutions, which was founded in 2011, was chosen by State Bank of India, the largest public sector bank, to launch a 5-year 500k m-POS deployment. The start-up was chosen given it has a price tag of less than USD 50 and...

Europe
France Tests a Biometric Payment System
June 11, 2014

French Groupement des Cartes Bancaires (CB) is testing a Natural Security Alliance approved biometric payment system, which would be available by EOY. In a first phase a fingerprint-reading chip will be integrated into a key fob and it is intended to sequentially incorporate it into...

News
New Partnership Enables Next Generation of mPOS Solutions
June 11, 2014

POS Portal, a U.S. based provider of hardware and software POS solutions, announced a partnership with Powa Technologies. Together, the pair will bring the PowaPOS Mobile and Tablet Point of Sale platform to merchants in the payments and POS software industries.

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First Data And Trustwave Sign SMB Security Deal
June 11, 2014

Processor First Data Corp. has formed a partnership deal with Trustwave to bring sophisticated, cloud-based payment-data protection to small and midsize businesses. Their theory is that by emphasizing security first instead of the need to comply with PCI standards, SMBs protect their sensitive data better...

B2B Payments
The Capital One Formula for Treasury Management Innovation
June 11, 2014

Safety, liquidity and transparency. Those are three key levers to delivering the two things that treasury managers seek when evaluating new products and services: value and efficiency. Market Platform Dynamics CEO Karen Webster chatted with Capital One’s new Head of Treasury Management Product Innovation, Jim...