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Salvation Army Goes Digital
December 03, 2014

Salvation Army will ring in the holiday season with new digital channels to drive up donations for its annual Red Kettle Campaign, Mobile Commerce Daily reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Taking Mass Payments To The Masses
December 03, 2014

Delivering mass payments is pretty easy if a corporation is paying 50,000 payees the same amount, in one country, and everyone’s banked, says Lisa Shields, CEO of hyperWALLET. Where it gets difficult, she says, is when you’re paying 50,000 people different amounts across 80 countries...

Why Consumers Love eCommerce (Not Why You Think)
December 03, 2014

From Black Friday to Cyber Monday to Singles Day, to say that online shopping is booming around the globe would be a far, far understatement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Loup New Service: More Reliable Than A Bus, Cheaper Than A Car
December 03, 2014

In what is at least the third mobile-enabled scheduled-car alternative to San Francisco buses, a startup called Loup is selling space in black sedans that repeatedly travel the exact route. The cost? Between $2.50 and $6, depending on the portion of the route. Get the...

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Amazon Prepares CEO Succession
December 03, 2014

Amazon has selected a replacement for CEO Jeff Bezos, Bezos told an audience Tuesday (Dec. 2), but the identity is confidential. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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AribaPay Ignites B2B Payments
December 03, 2014

Ariba, an SAP Company, announced Tuesday (Dec. 2) that more than $1 billion in B2B payments have been made to almost 1,300 suppliers using AribaPay, a cloud-based payment service launched in July by Ariba and Discover. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Stripe Valuation Hits $3.5 Billion
December 03, 2014

Online payments vendor Stripe on Monday (Dec. 1) is seeing its valuation double in less than a year, to $3.5 billion, after it closed a $70 million fundraising round, according to a story in The Financial Times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Uber Hailing Goldman Sachs Clients For Investments
December 02, 2014

Cab colossal Uber has retained Goldman Sachs in an attempt to raise money from Goldman’s wealthier customers, Fortune is reporting. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Lending Club IPO Could Set Tone For All Alternative Lenders
December 02, 2014

Preparing for its IPO, peer-to-peer lending leader Lending Club said Monday (Dec. 1) that it would price its shares at $10-$12, which would value the company at about $4 billion. That move would also raise as much as $692.4 million. But The New York Times...