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Crowdfunding Student Loans … With A Twist
March 10, 2014

Next week, a startup called Pave will be launching a new group of New York “Rising Stars,” who will be able to take advantage of the company’s unusual investment program designed to help individuals, including recent college graduates, get their careers off the ground. Get...

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Social-Media Talk Turns Positive For mPayments
March 10, 2014

Consumer sentiment regarding mobile payments has improved “drastically,” as social media conversations have moved to discussions over which options should be used and which are most secure, according to a new MasterCard report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Ryanair and PayPal Working On Smartphone Payments
March 10, 2014

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Chirpify Launches Interactive #Actiontags
March 10, 2014

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Ripple Launches New Developer Portal
March 10, 2014

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Global Luxury Market Growing, But Is That Good?
March 04, 2014

Looming store closures by Macy’s, J.C. Penney and Sear Roebuck and Co. represent a grim example of the general tenuousness of consumer spending. Tick up a few notches in socioeconomic standing, however, things appear a bit brighter. Roughly 10 million shoppers enter the luxury market...

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MasterCard To Distribute PayAnywhere mPOS
December 18, 2013

PayAnywhere and MasterCard have announced a new partnership that will see MasterCard distribute a branded, co-branded or white-label solution of PayAnywhere’s mPOS solutions to help small business owners (SMBs) reduce friction at the checkout, a December 19 press release revealed. Get the Full Story Complete...

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How Social Motives Can Unlock Spending
December 13, 2013

St. Louis-based cafe chain Panera Bread turned more than a few heads when it revealed in 2010 that it would launch an unconventional non-profit restaurant chain called Panera Cares. These locations would do something unprecedented in the corporate world: allow consumers to set the price...