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Singapore’s PayPal Challenger Raises $7M
April 29, 2015

PayPal’s Singapore competition, 2C2P, a payment services provider, is making headlines as it closed a $7 million deal in Series C funding, bringing its total capital raised to $10 million, according to e27, a Singapore-based business news service. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Twitter’s Commerce Strategy Remains Vague As Profit Dips
April 29, 2015

Twitter’s “in-the-moment” commerce strategy is part of its plan to further monetize the social networking service, but Twitter still seems to be unable to find a way to expand its commerce plans quickly enough to turn around a profit. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Small Lenders Wage On In Fight Against Breach Settlements
April 29, 2015

The major breaches that happened at Target in 2013, or Home Depot in 2014, have spurred a strong alliance between the small banks and credit unions who’ve joined together to make their case for recovering hundreds of millions of dollars of losses that occurred from...

Tencent’s New Smartphone Software Equipped For Payments
April 29, 2015

Tencent has released new software for smartphones and smartwatches that pushes the eCommerce company further into payments and stacks it against its top competitors Google, Alibaba and Xiaomi. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

B2B Payments
Amazon Takes On B2B With Launch Of Marketplace
April 29, 2015

Amazon has launched a new marketplace that caters to the business community, and it’s got a name that’s easy to remember: Amazon Business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Chase Commerce Broadens Payments Reach With USA Technologies
April 29, 2015

USA Technologies and Chase Commerce Solutions have announced a partnership that entails a multi-year agreement to help self-service retailers use USAT’s cashless payments service, while at the same time expanding the reach of Chase Commerce’s payment processing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

SEC Probing BoA About Possible Customer-Protection Violation
April 29, 2015

The Security and Exchange Commission is reviewing if Bank of America violated its customer-protection rules that were put in place to protect its clients’ accounts, The Wall Street Journal reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Cybersecurity
CFPB Issues Ruling Against Bank For Illegal Overdraft Fees
April 29, 2015

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced yesterday (April 28) that it has made its first enforcement ruling against a bank that was accused of issuing illegal overdraft fees from its customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Mobile Commerce
Chinese Mobile Movie-Ticketing App Raises $105M
April 29, 2015

As Alibaba and Tencent square off for yet another battle — this one over mobile movie-ticket sales — Tencent ally Beijing Weiying Technology has raised $105 million from investors for its WePiao ticket sales service, Tech in Asia reported on Tuesday (April 28). Get the...