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Merchant Innovation
Is The Market Share Party Over for Samsung?
May 02, 2014

Hmm. While overall smartphone shipments jumped 33 percent for first three months of the year, competition from second-tier smartphone providers cut into industry leader Samsung’s market share for the first time since 2009. Check out how Apple and other handset manufacturers fared.

B2B Payments
FleetCor Pumps Up Q1 Revenue
May 02, 2014

Fuel card provider FleetCor announced two international deals while reporting strong first quarter earnings at market close yesterday. One of the deals, involving Shell in Germany, gives the company a needed presence in continental Europe as it looks.

B2B Payments
Western Union’s Business Solutions a Q1 Stand-out
May 02, 2014

Western Union had a mixed first quarter in 2014, reporting both a drop in net profits but an uptick in revenue in 2014. The Colorado-based money transfer service reported first-quarter net income of $203 million, which represents 4 percent from $212 million in the first...

News
Foursquare Bets Big, Splits In Two
May 02, 2014

Until now, the point of Foursquare has more or less been to allow people to check-in to locations and find out what locations their friends were checked-in to. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Merchant Innovation
PayPal, MyCheck Team-Up Makes Settling-Up While Eating Out Easy
May 02, 2014

Every day, countless brunches, lunches and dinners with friends are spoiled when a group of ostensibly intelligent people suddenly realize that they do not know how to split a check.  At best waitstaff are inconvenienced, at worst lifelong relationships.  PayPal and Israeli start-up my check...

International
Blackhawk Launches Virtual Gift Cards for Smartphones in Canada
May 02, 2014

The application allows customers to safely store eligible payment and gift cards on their smartphones and make purchases directly from the phone by simply holding it up to contactless payment terminals.

Mobile
PayPal Joins MyCheck to Allow Mobile Users to Pay and Split Bills When Dining
May 02, 2014

With the restaurant app, consumers will have multiple options to pay right at the table.

Mobile
Survey Says Consumers are Willing Share Info, For Rewards
May 02, 2014

According to a recent survey, One out of two shoppers are happy to share personal information with retailers for a reward.

Europe
Virgin Atlantic to Use iBeacon at Heathrow Airport in UK
May 02, 2014

Passengers will be able to receive information and offers through Passbook.