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The Five Forces of mPOS
April 17, 2014

Players continue to zig and zag around the mPOS space yet common themes are beginning to emerge. The March mPOS Tracker highlights the five key things that all successful – and scalable mPOS solutions have. Want to see if your solution makes the cut?

Company Spotlight
MasterCard on Mobile Payments Security
April 17, 2014

“Why don’t we just leapfrog over EMV and go right to mobile?” That’s just one of the questions that MPD CEO Karen Webster posed to MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer Ed McLaughlin in Part Three of this Four Part Mobile Insiders Series. Don’t you want...

Commentary
LevelUp’s March to Free Payments
April 16, 2014

LevelUp raised a lot of eyebrows in 2012 when it said that moving money should be free and that its mission was to reduce payments processing fees to zero for his merchants. Two years later, its Chief Ninja is announcing a permanent reduction in those...

Company Spotlight
MasterCard on Helping SMBs Succeed
April 16, 2014

In a tight credit market and fragile economy there are still a lot of things that the FI and payments community can do to help SMBs succeed. Eugene DeSilva, MasterCard’s Group Head responsible for the Global SME Segment within the Global Commercial Products Group, tells...

Mobile Commerce
Cyber Kiosk Plans to Create eWallet App for Marijuana Dispensaries
April 16, 2014

Cyber Kiosk Plans to Create eWallet App for Marijuana Dispensaries

Mobile Commerce
ItsOn’s Cloud Service Raises $12.5M in Funding
April 16, 2014

ItsOn’s Cloud Service Raises $12.5M in Funding

B2B Payments
TransferWise Has Moved £1 Billion Cross-Borders
April 16, 2014

The Estonian-founded and London-based company TransferWise announced on April 15, 2014 that they have transferred £1 billion ($1.67 billion) in cross-border payments.that they have hit the milestone of £1 billion  mark in cross-border payments. In addition the company also announced that their Android app is ready so...

Citi Reports 2% Rise In Q1 Cards Unit Revenues
April 15, 2014

Citigroup reported April 14 that Cards business unit revenue for the first quarter ended March 31 totaled $5.28 billion, up 1.3 percent from $5.21 billion a year earlier. North American branded Citi-cards revenue was flat at $2 billion, reflecting improvement in net interest spreads and...

Mobile Commerce
PayPal Encouraging UK Shoppers to Pay Later
April 15, 2014

PayPal has expanded its ‘Pay After Delivery’ program to the UK and many sellers are not happy with the decision. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....