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Why POS Players Should Be Nervous
October 13, 2014

The launch of Apple Pay has kept everyone in payments pretty busy speculating about its impact to others with digital wallet/account ambitions. What’s been ignored, at least so far, is the impact of Apple getting into payments on every other facet of the payments ecosystem....

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Payments By The Numbers
October 11, 2014

Want to be the smartest person in the room on Monday morning? Check out a few of the stats that you may have missed last week about Apple Pay, PayPal and consumer spending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Oberthur Technologies Launches First Payment Card to Secure Online Transactions
October 10, 2014

Digital security solutions provider for the mobility space, Oberthur Technologies, announced the launch of its first payment card integrating dynamic Card Verification Value/Code technology from NagraID Security (NIDS) to secure online transactions, according to a company press release.

The Three Things That Merchants Want From mPOS
October 10, 2014

When it comes to mPOS there are only three things that merchants want: business apps, business apps, and business apps. That’s what ROAM’s VP of Marketing and Solutions Scott Holt told MPD CEO Karen Webster that he’s hearing from his customers. Oh, and how they...

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Icahn’s Ten Key Points About Apple
October 10, 2014

Investor extraordinaire Carl Icahn sees Apple Pay as one of several factors that is going to propel the Apple and its new iPhones. In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook on Thursday (Oct. 9), Icahn offered a variety of observations and insights into what...

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Target Exec Says Apple Pay Not A Breakthrough
October 09, 2014

As the hoopla over Apple Pay wanes, skepticism is beginning to set in — even among executives at big retail chains that will be rolling out Apple’s new payment system later this month. On Tuesday (Oct. 7), Target director of finance Bill Ramsey told a...

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Jim Cramer Discovers—And Falls In Love With—Fleet Cards
October 09, 2014

Television investment-advice-giver Jim Cramer recently told his CNBC audience that he just discovered fleet card companies and loves them. “The fleet card business may be the hottest business that you’ve never heard of,” he said. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Why Email Could Be the Missing Link to Selling Online
October 09, 2014

The idea of email marketing might seem slightly less exciting when put next to something like a beacon-prompted push notification on a cool mobile device when near a physical store. But @Pay CEO John Killoran says that mobile buying has, to date, been a tremendous...

Square Uses Geolocation To Keep Coffee Hot
October 09, 2014

Square is merging the two things every payments geek needs: geolocation and making sure that your coffee is served hot and fresh. (For many payments firms, “fresh” is measured in months, but let’s not go there.) Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...