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B2B E-Commerce Growth Following In the Steps of B2C
April 10, 2014

While B2C e-commerce has been growing at a steady pace the past 15 years, B2B e-commerce in the recent years is now experiencing big growth. At over $500 billion in estimated total sales, the market is an increasing target for innovators, developers and retailers. Get...

B2B Payments
Fleet Payments Now Anywhere The Road Takes Them
April 10, 2014

To cover Voyager members wherever the road may take them, U.S. Bank announced their pilot program, U.S. Bank Fleet Virtual Pay, on April 9th. This program will enable cardless purchases wherever MasterCard is accepted, expanding payment options that are available for drivers while eliminating the...

B2B Payments
Will Interchange Fee Caps Kill Commercial Cards?
April 10, 2014

It had been known since the summer of 2013 that The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee would vote to introduce a cap on multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) for credit and debit card payments. In a controversial move, the ECON Committee decided to...

B2B Payments
Guess How Many Manufacturing and Wholesale Websites are Payment-enabled?
April 10, 2014

According to a study released by ecommerce software company Hybris, in conjunction with Econsultancy, it was determined that B2B ecommerce in Australian and New Zealand is lagging behind B2C and the rest of the world. The research report, the ‘State of Ecommerce in Australia and...

Company Spotlight
Russian Banks Stay with Visa and MasterCard While Seeking Alternatives
April 10, 2014

Several Russian banks were recently denied services by Visa and MasterCard, and now the general public is concerned about the country’s financial situation, according to RIA Novosti. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Different mPOS Strokes for Different mPOS Folks
April 10, 2014

Developed and emerging markets are heading down two different paths when it comes to consumer use of mPOS devices, according to ROAM’s CEO Ken Paull. In a recent podcast interview with Market Platform Dynamics CEO Karen Webster, Paull elaborated on these findings and what’s next...

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MasterCard’s View on the Mobile Commerce Game-Changers
April 10, 2014

In Part Two of this exclusive series, MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer, Ed McLaughlin gives Karen Webster the view from his perch on who’s doing the most game-changing stuff in mobile, which represent the biggest opportunity of all and where the “white spaces” are that...

BOA Joins the $1.6 Billion Dollar Club
April 10, 2014

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on April 9 ordered Bank of America Corp. (BofA) to provide an estimated $727 million in relief to roughly 1.4 million consumers it says were harmed by deceptive marketing related to controversial credit card add-on products. BofA also illegally...

In Depth
Read This, Then Develop Your Mobile Commerce Plan
April 10, 2014

ComScore just published its 2014 US Digital Roadmap which is stuffed with amazing data points. We’ve boiled it down to the 5 essential truths about payments, commerce and the US digital consumer and added some of our own key insights so you can plug and...