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PYMNTS Summer School Recap: Day One
August 12, 2013

Welcome to the inaugural edition of our PYMNTS Summer School 2013 Recaps – a series designed to bring our readers everything they need to know from the faculty, fellows and forward-thinking innovators we’ve assembled at PYMNTS Summer School. Each day, a different PYMNTS.com editor will give...

How CAN SMBs Get Working Loans Approved?
August 12, 2013

Commercial lending is steadily on the rise, and interest rates are dropping; yet small businesses are still struggling to get working capital from banks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Gauging Groupon’s Recovery And PayPal’s Latest Play
August 08, 2013

Coauthored by Ben Carsley, Managing Editor (@BC_PYMNTS) 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, you agree...

How Card Regulation is Killing Competition
August 05, 2013

If you think there isn’t enough competition in the payments industry, just wait a few years – there will be a lot less in the U.S. and European Union. Before I explain why let’s take a survey of the state of competition. No, the payments...

Strange Statistics Around Mobile Shopping
August 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...

Subscription Commerce: Fad Or Fantastic?
July 30, 2013

Just ask any Wall Street Banker, VC or CFO what they most wish for, and they’ll answer with two words: recurring revenue. But, this often hailed silver bullet of commerce has gotten a bad rap of late when applied to companies that just plain didn’t...

A Square Scandal, Foursquare’s Newest Service And Jay Z’s POS
July 25, 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...

PayPal’s Quadrillion-Dollar Error And Bitcoin’s Strangest Bet
July 18, 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...

Apple’s Wearables And French Biometrics Get Fancy
July 11, 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...