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Intuit Redesigns QuickBooks Payments App For Small Businesses
March 20, 2014

Intuit has added optional features to its QuickBooks Payments application, the company announced this week.

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New App Lets Health-Care Providers Get Beside Payments
March 20, 2014

A new app called Instamed Go allows health providers to collect payments from patients at their hospital bedside, or anywhere, according to a report in Mobihealthnews.

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Google Makes Payoneer A Payments Provider In Stores Program
March 20, 2014

Google has selected Payoneer as a payments provider for the company’s Trusted Stores program, according to a report in Telecompaper.

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Alpha Payments Cloud Teams With ReD Fraud Prevention
March 20, 2014

Fraud-prevention company ReD is partnering with payments solution provider Alpha Payments Cloud to secure cross-border payments for businesses, according to a report in Finextra.

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Ariba Says AribaPay Is Now Operational
March 20, 2014

Ariba, an automated B2B payments-settlements service, has handled its first transactions, the company announced this week at a user conference in Las Vegas, where it demonstrated pending mobile apps for its buyer-supplier management business, according to a report on IT-Director.com.

In Depth
Russian Natural Gas, Mobile-Paying Kenyans, and Billions and Billions of Jellybeans … And Other Friday...
March 20, 2014

Did you know that Russia exports $160 billion worth of oil and natural gas each year? That 80% of Kenyan mobile-phone customers use their phones to make mobile payments? That the human population will consume 16 billion jellybeans between now and Easter? If not, keep...

Breach Round Up
Breach Defenses At Work, But For How Long?
March 20, 2014

Hackers seems to be taking a break (OK, we know they’re not). But there were no major merchant data breaches to report again this week. Perhaps the plenty of activity around creating and introducing defense mechanisms is having an affect.

Financial Inclusion
Lending Club Expands Into Business Loans
March 20, 2014

Google-backed P2P loan company Lending Club has announced a major expansion into business loans. 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...

Merchant Innovation
Icahn Advocates For A Partial PayPal Sale
March 20, 2014

After weeks of back-and-forth with eBay Inc.’s board, investor Carl Icahn has changed tactics in his bid to separate PayPal from its retailer parent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...