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B2B Payments
Digital River Extends Its SMB Payments Solution to U.K. Merchants
April 24, 2014

Digital River, Inc. a global provider of Commerce-as-a-Service solutions, announced the expansion of its Digital River SMB Payments solution into the United Kingdom. The solution gives small and medium enterprises, commerce providers, systems integrators and developers turn-key access to credit card processing capabilities for Visa, MasterCard...

B2B Payments
Has e-Procurement Peaked?
April 24, 2014

As B2B continues to make the move from paper to digital, the search for the best digital solutions for the enterprise payments space escalates. One area of increasing interest is the use of internet based portals and to manage the procurement, spend management and payment...

Controversial
800 Million iTunes Accounts … And Then What?
April 24, 2014

Payments news junkies were totally bummed by Apple’s first quarter earnings calls since not a peep was uttered about that topic. But, there was some light hinting about new products yet to come. And, maybe the biggest news of all is that the number of...

TSYS Drops Japan And Focuses On New Deals
April 24, 2014

Frustrated with Japan's centralized, primarily in-house card-issuing market, TSYS has decided to leave the country and focus its efforts on other business opportunities. In recent short order, the processor has landed a number of major deals, including with the UK's Virgin Money and a partnership...

Merchant Innovation
Apple’s New Retail Chief To Start Next Week
April 24, 2014

Nearly seventh months after announcing her hire, Angela Ahrendts will start has Apple’s new head of retail next week, according to information released in the company’s earnings call yesterday afternoon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Merchant Innovation
Prime Pantry Lets Amazon Customers Ship Groceries For a Flat Fee
April 24, 2014

Amazon enthusiasts can now have the e-retail giant ship them their groceries for a low flat fee. 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...

Cool
What Can $698M Do To Innovate African Entrepreneurship?
April 24, 2014

The Carlyle Group is the first global private equity firm to close a fund that is focused entirely on building the middle class in Sub-Saharan Africa. It was inspired by the opportunity to completely transform the financial and economic opportunities in that region and obviously...

B2B Payments
How Digital and Data Will Transform Corporate Travel
April 24, 2014

Corporate travel planning and management can involve onerous tasks like compiling information for expense reports. But with new technologies and ways to use travel data, many companies are finding travel management and policy to be much more efficient. We spoke with Richard Crum, MasterCard’s Group...

Company Spotlight
The Mobile Commerce Roadmap: MasterCard Takes Initiative
April 24, 2014

In this exclusive series, MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer Ed McLaughlin has spoken with MPD CEO Karen Webster about the general state of mobile commerce, its game changers, and the technology behind mobile security. In the final part of the digital discussion, McLaughlin reveals exciting...