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Bitcoin Tracker Week 22
May 02, 2014

Tencent and others have joined The People's Bank of China and banned accountholders from engaging in Bitcoin-related activity. That caused the price of bitcoin to drop - The PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price Index can show you how much. Between that and a search to replace the...

Mobile Commerce
FIS Reports Increase in Revenue and Plans for EMV and Mobile Customers
May 02, 2014

FIS is starting 2014 with a strong quarter and is making plans to serve under-banked mobile customers.

Merchant Innovation
Is The Market Share Party Over for Samsung?
May 02, 2014

Hmm. While overall smartphone shipments jumped 33 percent for first three months of the year, competition from second-tier smartphone providers cut into industry leader Samsung’s market share for the first time since 2009. Check out how Apple and other handset manufacturers fared.

B2B Payments
FleetCor Pumps Up Q1 Revenue
May 02, 2014

Fuel card provider FleetCor announced two international deals while reporting strong first quarter earnings at market close yesterday. One of the deals, involving Shell in Germany, gives the company a needed presence in continental Europe as it looks.

International
Blackhawk Launches Virtual Gift Cards for Smartphones in Canada
May 02, 2014

The application allows customers to safely store eligible payment and gift cards on their smartphones and make purchases directly from the phone by simply holding it up to contactless payment terminals.

Mobile
PayPal Joins MyCheck to Allow Mobile Users to Pay and Split Bills When Dining
May 02, 2014

With the restaurant app, consumers will have multiple options to pay right at the table.

Europe
Virgin Atlantic to Use iBeacon at Heathrow Airport in UK
May 02, 2014

Passengers will be able to receive information and offers through Passbook.

Mobile
Allpoint and T-Mobile Offer Surcharge-free ATM Network for Mobile Money
May 02, 2014

T-Mobile will offer prepaid cards through the Allpoint network, which would offer surcharge-free ATMs at 43,000 locations.

News
MasterCard Reports 10% Rise In Worldwide Purchase Volume
May 01, 2014

MasterCard Inc. this morning reported a 10% increase in worldwide first-quarter purchase volume, to $759 billion from $690 billion a year earlier, as the number of MasterCard- and Maestro-branded cards jumped over the 2 billion mark. Gross dollar value of MasterCard sales reached $1.05 trillion,...