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Bitcoin Tracker | Week 53    
December 19, 2014

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. 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 Today. By completing this form, you agree to...

Go, Teller, On The Mountain (Of Stats) That Mobile’s Less Loyal
December 19, 2014

A study to be released Friday (Dec. 19) shows that mobile interactions are soaring, but that’s not entirely a good thing. The report, from Bain & Co., also shows that digital-only customers are less loyal, less engaged and purchase fewer products. Looks like those branches...

New York Chief Regulator Cuts Bitcoin Startups Some Slack
December 19, 2014

Unveiling a series of proposed new virtual currency regulations for New York state—which will likely be copied by other states and potentially federal regulators as well—Benjamin M. Lawsky, the superintendent of the New York State Department Of Financial Services, said that virtual currency startups need...

Can LoopPay Make The Future Of POS Security Possible Today?
December 19, 2014

Exactly one year ago today (December 19, 2014) Target announced that its point-of-sale system had been breached and that the data associated with approximately 40 million credit and debit card accounts was now available for purchase on the black market. At the time, it seemed...

Mozido Acquires CorFire
December 18, 2014

America’s greatest musical treasure Elvis Presley once sang that what he needed was “a little less conversation, a little more action,” a motto that the team at Mozido seems to have taken to heart. In a year-ending surprise, the Austin-based cloud platform mobile payments and...

Mobile Commerce
PayPal Exec Jumps To Facebook, But There’s More Going On Here
December 18, 2014

A PayPal executive has jumped shop to Facebook but, like almost all job changes, it’s not necessarily what it looks like. What might seem like an early exodus due to panic before the eBay/PayPal split planned for next year might be something much more innocuous....

Who Will Lead And Lag In 2015?
December 18, 2014

This summer, Ingenico Group achieved a significant milestone with the acquisition of Global Collect. Now, Ingenico’s footprint in the North American markets has expanded considerably. Global Collect supports clients looking to accept payments in more than 170 countries and 150 currencies. PYMNTS asked Thierry Denies,...

Is An End-To-End Travel Experience Finally Here?
December 18, 2014

B2B travel payments have been around forever, but they typically involve paying for airfare and maybe a hotel. That leaves a lot of logistics for the business traveler. But what if there was a payment service that used virtual payments and mobile to truly deliver...

Merchant Innovation
eBay Still Trying To Make Same-Day Delivery Work
December 17, 2014

eBay on Tuesday (Dec. 16) announced that 80 small businesses in Brooklyn have joined the eBay Local program. 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...