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B2B Payments
Is The ‘Payments Revolution’ Upon Us?
June 25, 2014

While technological developments are pushing businesses across all sectors to potentially change their payments options, a recent survey by Reval shows that it’s too early to call it a revolution. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Mobile Commerce
FAA Grounds Amazon’s Drone Delivery Ambitions
June 25, 2014

FAA Grounds Amazon’s Drone Delivery Ambitions 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...

Alternative Finances
Facebook And Gallup Square Off Over Advertising
June 25, 2014

After Gallup essentially declared advertising on Facebook the naked emperor of online marketing early this week, the Social Media giant has hit back and essentially argued that Gallup doesn’t know what it is talking about. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Merchant Innovation
PowaPOS And iConnect Partner For Tablet POS Solutions
June 25, 2014

Powa Technologies’ retail payments platform – PowaPOS – is partnering up with iConnect POS software to create a tablet-based POS solution designed to help meet the growing demand in mobile payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

International
PayPal Brazil: We’re Ready To Buy!
June 25, 2014

PayPal Brazil is ready to expand its current Latin-America base. How do they hope to expand? By acquiring their competitors. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Cool
Online Ordering Comes To Starbucks
June 25, 2014

Starbucks is looking to step it up a notch. This fall, the company plans to test giving its mobile app customers the ability to pre-order purchases for later pick up. The big question is why. Is it really just about cashing in on the OLO...

News
Alipay And Stripes Payments Deal
June 25, 2014

In a move that will potentially open up U.S. e-commerce for millions of Chinese consumers currently without a convenient payment method when shopping on sites based outside of China, Stripe will now be enabling consumers to pay with Alipay. The rare partnership between U.S.-based Stripe and...

Controversial
America’s Ticking Financial Time Bomb
June 25, 2014

Americans generally are feeling more comfortable about their financial security, bolstered by an improved job market and stocks at record highs. But should another financial crisis occur, they are SOL since many lack the savings to cover their expenses but feel all that concerned. Are...

Financial Inclusion
Kreditech Raises $40M To Improve Credit Rating
June 25, 2014

Kreditech is a German-based enterprise service that brings micro-loans to customers based on social and commerce data instead of traditional credit rating tools. It has just closed out a $40 M funding round, the largest of it’s kind for a German financial services tech firm, reports...