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AmEx, BBVA And NBA Team Up
February 18, 2015

Looking to expand its national operations, and in keeping with its penchant for partnering with major sports leagues, BBVA Compass teamed up with American Express and the NBA to unveil a new credit card partnership in New York City, according to a Feb. 17 press...

iPad-Based POS Customer Base Skyrockets
February 18, 2015

Intelligent Point of Sale, an iPad-based payment services company from Scotland, announced Feb. 17 in a press release that its user base grew by 200 percent in 2014, with more than 500 unique outlets supported across Great Britain, as the company seeks to expand its operations...

Apple Pay A Hit For Staples Online (In-Store Not So Much)
February 18, 2015

Apple Pay for in-store purchases via NFC gets much of the attention, even though much of the action the new payment service sees is actually online.  That has been the case for Staples anyway; the big box retailer says that since its launch in October...

UK Banks Using Touch I.D. For Authentication
February 18, 2015

Two British banks are getting into biometric authentication.  Going forward, customers of RBS and NatWest will be able to access their banking accounts via smartphones using fingerprint recognition technology. The feature will need to be initially activated with their security information, but from then on...

Tabletop Payments Fly Into Red Robin
February 18, 2015

With Red Robin’s new tabletop payment tablet option, there won’t be any more customers asking “can we have the check, please?” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Africa’s Growing Mobile Money Market Share
February 18, 2015

Mobile payments in sub-Saharan Africa will generate $1.5 billion in fees for mobile-money providers by 2019, according to a report by the Boston Consulting Group. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Will Apple Pay Ignite The Apple Watch?
February 18, 2015

Apple has ordered between 5 and 6 million Apple Watches for the device’s debut in April, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Feb. 17). And it increasingly looks like Apple’s wearable will stand or fall on the strength of Apple Pay. Get the Full...

Coupons And Mobile Ticketing Part Of Apple Pay 2.0
February 17, 2015

Less than half a year into Apple Pay’s lifespan, the company has already filed a patent for Apple Pay 2.0 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

2014 Fraud Spike Cost US Retailers $32 Billion
February 17, 2015

For retailers and card issuers, the push to switch over to EMV and tokenized payments can’t come fast enough, as 2014 saw a spike in the total costs of fraudulent purchases among U.S. retailers, according to a LexisNexis study. One troubling development from the fraud study...