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B2B Payments Innovator Chosen For Backing By MasterCard
June 01, 2015

MasterCard and Silicon Valley Bank have made their selections for the upcoming round of Commerce.Innovated., a program aimed at helping commerce-focused companies grow their businesses. Yesterday (May 28), the companies announced the five startups which they have chosen to join in the third annual accelerator...

Xero Inks Swedish Deal For Mobile Payments
June 01, 2015

Digital payments service provider Xero has been busy in recent months. Just weeks ago the New Zealand-based company announced a partnership with B2B mobile sales servicer Pepperi to integrate Xero’s cloud accounting software. Just days before that, the company revealed plans to launch a new Big...

Malaysia Launches Chinese SME Financing Scheme
June 01, 2015

In response to alleged criticism that Chinese small- and medium-sized enterprises are not sufficiently supported in Malaysia, officials in the nation announced last Friday (May 29) that a new financing scheme will launch to support the demographic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Silk Road’s Dread Pirate Roberts Gets Life In Prison
June 01, 2015

Calling the Silk Road “an assault on the public health of our communities,” Federal Judge Katherine Forrest sentenced 31-year-old Ross Ulbricht to life in prison for his role in creating the Silk Road — the bitcoin-ran online drug marketplace that funneled through billions of dollars for...

Cross-border Payments
American Express President Ed Gilligan Dies Unexpectedly
June 01, 2015

Edward Gilligan, president of American Express for the past two years, died after becoming seriously ill on a flight back to New York from a business trip on Friday (May 29), the company said in a statement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Latest Financing Boosts Snapchat’s Value To $16B
June 01, 2015

Snapchat is making its way up the valuation ranks as new reports indicate that the social messaging app could soon be worth $16 billion, in light of its new financing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

News
Target Will Soon Take A Bite At The Apple (Pay)
June 01, 2015

Another big MCX merchant could soon embrace Apple Pay. 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, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...

FDIC Says Overdraft Fees Gave Banks $2.5 Billion In First Quarter Non-Interest Income
June 01, 2015

Overdraft fees may be a gray area of finance no longer. 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, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

Mobile Commerce
Chase Bank Embraces TouchID
June 01, 2015

Across the payments and banking space, there’s been one type of tech that is becoming almost second nature for consumers: fingerprint TouchID. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...