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International
New African Mobile Wallet Enters Payments Platform
April 29, 2014

According to the bank, the new app has the potential to reach almost 9 million consumers in Uganda.

Mobile Commerce
MoneyGram Signs Facebook App Deal With PicomoPay
April 29, 2014

Funds-transfer company MoneyGram on April 28 announced a deal in which U.S. consumers in May may begin sending transfers using PicomoPay’s Facebook application to more than 336,000 MoneyGram agent locations in 200 countries. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

News
Apple has More Credit Cards on File Than Amazon
April 29, 2014

Apple has almost twice as many active credit cards on file than the ecommerce site.

B2B Payments
VersaPay Brings eInvoicing to Heartland Clients
April 29, 2014

eInvoice - 1, USPS - 0. The efficient distribution of eInvoicing solutions to SMBs just got a whole lot easier thanks to a VersaPay/Heartland deal to target small and midsize companies that still generate paper-based invoicing and stick them in the mail.

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Will LivingSocial’s ‘Strategic Refocus’ Be Enough?
April 29, 2014

Local deals and marketplace provider LivingSocial once had grand plans for an initial public offering, but Groupon’s IPO flop apparently altered that thinking. Now the struggling company is focused on making internal fixes, including selling off unwanted assets. Will the proceeds from those sales provide...

Europe
Security Worries May Damper Paym Launch in UK
April 28, 2014

Paym plans to launch on Tuesday, however, many consumers are saying that they do not plan on using the app, according to a survey.

Mobile Commerce
How Much Is Square Really Worth?
April 28, 2014

The payments version of the rumor mill has been going full tilt about whether Square’s running out of cash, whether it’s up for sale, and how much it’s really worth. Well, MPD CEO Karen Webster has a point of view on this whole topic that...

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PYMNTS FLASHBACK: Transcript: Twitter Vet Jack Dorsey on How Square Redesigns the Payment Process
April 28, 2014

When buzz began bubbling up around Square about a month ago, the industry took notice. Many charged that was due mainly in part because the driving force behind Square was the co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey. Many industry insiders, like MagTek CEO Mimi Hart, raised...

B2B Payments
Where’s The Money Going in B2B Payments?
April 28, 2014

One of the things that got us thinking that B2B innovation was the “next big thing” in payments, is the amount of investment and energy being funneled into solving the problems with businesses paying each other. So, we thought it would be fun to track...