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B2B Payments
Are Fleet Payments Being Scammed?
August 01, 2014

An important part of fleet management is ensuring that the recorded mileage is actually the mileage that was driven for a delivery. This ensures that all parties involved are paid properly and that the fleet management firm’s invoices remain accurate. But what happens when there...

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GlobalCollect Appoints New General Manager in Latin America
August 01, 2014

Payment service provider GlobalConnect announced yesterday that it appointed Matias Fainbrum, former head of the company’s Busienss Development group in Latin America, as its new General Manager for that region, according to a company release. Fainbrum, called an “industry veteran,” will work out of the...

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StartUp Launches Platform To Create “Starbucks-Like” Mobile Payments
August 01, 2014

Channeling the Starbucks mobile payments app, Kash is an app that aims to bring that same customer experience to other retailers and SMBs, according to TechCrunch. In doing so, they hope to cut the costs of credit card fees. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Mobile Commerce
Consumers Comfortable Using QR Codes For Payments
August 01, 2014

No matter how tricky aligning a QR code to the brackets on a phone screen might be, it’s not pushing smartphone owners away. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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New Web-Based POS Entrant Touts Better SMB Solution
August 01, 2014

Many older brick and mortar chains are still using POS systems that are outdated and costly as compared to newer, state-of-the-art POS technology, according to VentureBeat. Because of this, payments startup Zing released a new POS platform “presented as a way to ditch clunk, old...

Merchant Innovation
Digital Currency’s Stellar New Idea
August 01, 2014

There is no shortage of digitally backed currencies in the world. There’s bitcoin, that granddaddy of them all but the list goes on and gets longer each day. More or less, they are all based on the same innovation: the open source block-chain and the...

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Bringing Digital Payments To 13 Million New Merchant Locations
July 31, 2014

Unattended retail is the sleeper of the payments industry. This $120 billion sector in the U.S. includes everything from vending, commercial laundry, and self-serve kiosks, to arcades. It’s also estimated that there are between 13 and 15 million locations ready and waiting to move from...

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Omnichannel Tackles The ‘Super Consumer’
July 31, 2014

Getting consumers to buy more is perhaps the most difficult challenge retailers and brands face. But their omnichannel efforts to reach customers wherever they are, and whenever, represent only half the battle. A recent Nielsen study suggests those sellers also able to identify their “super...

B2B Payments
WEX Could Take HealthCare Payments Virtual
July 31, 2014

B2B card provider WEX during this year’s second quarter saw spend volume on its virtual card grow by 26 percent, driven mostly by its relationship with travel agencies. With its newly acquired Evolution1 healthcare technology company, WEX may could bring the virtual card to the...