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MasterCard Rejects Sberbank’s Offer To Buy Maestro
May 23, 2014

According to a source close to the reported negotiations, Sberbank considered the possibility of buying the Maestro brand from MasterCard, but the latter refused to sell, reports the KyviPost. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

B2B Payments
SaaS Solutions For Health Care Payments
May 23, 2014

Reducing the cost and time to e-enable health care payments is the sweet spot of many B2B solutions providers. New cloud-based technology is making it faster and easier than ever to provision test and development environments that help internal IT teams adapt new health care...

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Guess What Folks, Overstock.com Does Not Take Bitcoin
May 23, 2014

Yes, we know what you've heard, but nope, Overstock doesn't take bitcoin as payment and never actually handles bitcoins at all. And, it's not just them. Merchants that accept bitcoin wallets don’t either. Confused? You should be. Luckily, economist David Evans isn't and after reading...

B2B Payments
What’s In A HealthCare Payments Bundle?
May 23, 2014

The Bundling and Coordinating Post-Acute Care (BACPAC) Act of 2014 (HR 4673) was introduced this week, and is designed to establish bundled payments for post-acute care services covered by Medicare. What does it mean for the health care payments business?

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Visa and MasterCard CEOs Discuss EMV, Mobile and Russia
May 23, 2014

Visa and MasterCard have a lot to contend with these days. With use of mobile devices for payment increasing, EMV on the U.S. horizon, and Russia's demand to collect millions in collateral to let them continue operating in that country, many in payments wonder what...

Alternative Finances
Google Update Strips eBay of 80 Percent Of Its Best Listings
May 23, 2014

Google and eBay may be about to butt heads over the latest update to the Google search algorithm dubbed Panda. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Merchant Innovation
Study: More Than Half Of mWallets Will Feature mPayments
May 23, 2014

Mobile-contactless payments have long been widely predicted to be on the verge of exploding, but the boom as of yet has not been felt in the marketplace. While we’ve heard it before, Juniper research predicts that soon we will all see it as well. In...

B2B Payments
U.S. Bank And The Secret Of Expanding Business Expense Management
May 22, 2014

U.S. Bank first announced the launch of a low-cost branded solution in 2010 to automate travel expense management at mid-sized businesses proved effective for Minneapolis-headquartered U.S. Bank. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

B2B Payments
PHH In Talks To Sell Off Fleet Business
May 22, 2014

PHH announced yesterday that it is in talks regarding a potential sale of its fleet management services business, PHH Arval. PHH is a provider of business process management services for the mortgage and fleet industries. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...