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Alibaba’s Eye-Popping IPO
May 07, 2014

It's official! Chinese e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba has filed for a U.S. IPO, and by all analyst predictions it is going to be a monster. With the filing comes many answers about what the companies annual revenue, market capitalization and market share are. However, the new...

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RetailMeNot Earnings Show Digital Coupon Industry Boom
May 07, 2014

The company's strong growth indicates that more people are checking the site for digital coupons before making an online purchase.

B2B Payments
Making Money In Government Online Payments
May 07, 2014

One of the largest government processors, NIC, has seen its share of ups and downs over the years, as the trials and tribulations of supporting government contracts plays out on their bottom line. Q1 results report that while the company is losing business from one...

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Walmart Beats Amazon’s Sales Growth
May 07, 2014

Wal-mart's e-commerce operation represents its fastest-growing business and helped the company increase total sales last year in what was an otherwise weak year.

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B-pack Launches Latest Payment Software
May 07, 2014

The launch of this new interface will advance user's productivity on both desktop and mobile devices.

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Bitcoin-based Crowdfunding Raises $125K for Assassination
May 07, 2014

This particular website is only accepting bitcoins to protect the identity of crowdfunders and assassins through their financial transactions.

B2B Payments
EDI – Alive and Well in Healthcare
May 07, 2014

The rest of a new market report on the global healthcare electronic data interchange market has predicted that the market will grow at a substantial rate and will be worth $1.7B by 2018. Many factors are responsible for the growth and the report has analyzed...

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Chase Discontinues Contactless Blink, Shifts to Visa
May 07, 2014

The bank is shifting more of its debit and credit cards to Visa.

Merchant Innovation
EVO Payments, EVO Snap* Partner with iConnect
May 07, 2014

Card payment acquirer and service provider EVO Payments International (EVO) has joined omnichannel POS provider iConnect “to launch a merchant processing program that allows same-day integrated merchant processing capabilities,” according to a company release. The EVO program will provide iConnect with a streamlined, quicker customer...