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Squats: The Bitcoin For The Rest Of Us; Guantanamo For Bankers
November 14, 2013

Welcome to What’s Trending In Payments – a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had to offer over the past five days. Which companies grabbed the most headlines – for better or for worse – this week, and...

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11062013 – PYMNTS.com Webinars
November 14, 2013

PYMNTS.com digital discussions are a live 45 minute state-of-the-art branded webinar designed to turn your point of view into an industry-wide thought leadership and lead gen platform.  An industry expert provided by PYMNTS.com hosts and moderates these live discussions to highlight your company capabilities and...

Uber CEO Suggests App Experience Trumps Payments
November 13, 2013

“All of Uber’s old-school power users have gotten used to Uber and simply expect our service as a baseline at this point. What I mean is that as you have gotten used to Uber, your expectations of basic fundamental service have risen. We like being...

Report’s by Jeff Green
November 11, 2013

Jeffrey Green is a Senior Editor at PYMNTS.com, and he has covered the payments industry in various leadership and other capacities for 17  years. Before joining the company in October 2013, Mr. Green was the director of the Emerging Technologies Advisory Service at Mercator Advisory...

Bitcoins For Hitmen, Payment Demons Strike WalMart and BestBuy Kills Showrooming
November 08, 2013

Welcome to What’s Trending In Payments – a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had to offer over the past five days. Which companies grabbed the most headlines – for better or for worse – this week, and...

Durbin Debaters Take Sides In Washington
November 07, 2013

On November 6, PYMNTS.com gathered experts in the fields of payments and economics in Washington, D.C. for a passionate debate of all things Durbin at an event entitled The Durbin Amendment & The Regulation of the Debit Card Industry. Participants drawn from government, the payments...

Moving To Electronic Payments: Giving Up The Paper Without Giving Up Control
November 05, 2013

It’s no secret that when it comes to payments, paper is more expensive and less efficient than its online counterpart. In a time when payment companies are under tremendous pressure to produce more with fewer resources, shouldn’t they all be jumping the traditional payments ship...

Is HCE NFC’s Killer App?
November 03, 2013

The month of November was ushered in by the Red Sox World Series Parade of Champions in Boston (did I mention that the Red Sox won the World Series this year??!!!), the return of daylight savings time (my favorite day of the year besides Christmas...

Bieber Vs. Buffet, Third World Meets U.S. And FI Dregs
November 01, 2013

Welcome to What’s Trending In Payments – a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had to offer over the past five days. Which companies grabbed the most headlines – for better or for worse – this week, and...