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Google’s New Analyst Strategy
September 24, 2015

Google’s new Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat is changing the company’s relationship with Wall Street. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

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NACHA Cuts Down On Excessive Transaction Return
September 21, 2015

The Electronic Payments Association officially put the ACH Network Risk and Enforcement Rule into effect as of late last week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Yes, No And Maybe: What We Learned About Worldpay, EMV and Twitter Last Week
September 07, 2015

In 1894, Labor Day was created by an act of Congress to honor the “social and economic achievements” of the American worker. The holiday is traditionally celebrated with sleeping late, grilling and avoiding labor of any kind as strenuously as possible. Get the Full Story...

“First, Let’s Kill All The (Payments) Innovators!”
August 31, 2015

Dick The Butcher, in Shakespeare’s "Henry VI," famously proposed “first let’s kill the lawyers” as the most appropriate way to jumpstart the overthrow he was cooking up. Fast forward a few centuries and MPD CEO Karen Webster posits that The Clearing House’s (TCH) latest white...

B2B Payments
Navigating The Murky Waters Of Level-3 Processing
August 28, 2015

The complexities facing merchants that process B2B and government procurement transactions are plentiful. But streamlining Level-3 processing may be a good place to start. Sean Jones, President of Revolution Payments Systems, sat down with PYMNTS to discuss how identifying qualifying transactions can lead to big...

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CFPB’s Latest Targets
August 26, 2015

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the results of its monthly consumer complaints snapshot yesterday (Aug. 25), with credit reporting complaints taking the top spot for consumers.

B2B Payments
Big Value For Visa Europe, Big Progress For The Blockchain And Big Trouble For Snapchat
August 24, 2015

Between Apple’s falling share prices, Amazon’s HR woes and the great Ashley Madison data dump of 2015, last week was an all-around great time for gossip in America. And with so much scurrilous (and potentially spurious) data floating free in cyberspace, it might have been...

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Under Armour Threatens Legal War To Protect Its Name
August 20, 2015

No one can say the athletic retail company does not take its “Protect This House” slogan seriously. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

Merchants Call Out Feds’ Debit Card Reform Mistakes
August 19, 2015

When it comes to managing money, nobody’s perfect — and that includes the Federal Reserve System. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...