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UK Court Rules In Favor Of Uber’s App
October 19, 2015

Score one for Uber. The ride-hailing company got handed down a legal victory, and what’s more, it’s in Europe, where Uber has been a flashpoint across the Continent. [bctt tweet=”Uber got handed down a legal victory, and what’s more, it’s in Europe.”] As was widely reported...

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Prepaid Market Takes Gamble On Lottery Gift Cards
October 19, 2015

Millions of Americans try to strike it rich every year by picking numbers or scratching tickets in lotteries around the country, but a new development could have even people who want nothing to do with lotteries forking over their cash, too. Scientific Games Corporation and InComm...

TransFirst Takes Second Stab At IPO
October 19, 2015

TransFirst Holdings has filed for an initial public offering, marking the second attempt by the U.S.-based payments processor to bring its shares to the public equity markets. The IPO lists a “nominal” value of $100 million, but other sources, such as Renaissance Capital, have said...

IPO Watch: First Data, Square — The 10 Need-To-Know Stats
October 16, 2015

The payments IPO news on the Street kept the headlines abuzz about two of the most talked about public debuts of the year. While First Data finally made its debut, Square has set plane in place to join Wall Street soon. Catch the Top 10...

The Last Word: Inside Capital One’s Mobile Wallet
October 16, 2015

Capital One’s slogan might soon change from “What’s in your wallet” to “What’s in your mobile wallet.”  This week, Capital One joined the rank of payments innovators with the launch of Capital One Wallet, which made it the first U.S. bank to enable contactless mobile payments in its...

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Lending Club Adds New SME Option
October 16, 2015

Lending Club wants to take a deeper stance in the small and medium-sized business lending market. As the U.S.’s largest online marketplace, Lending Club has taken off with consumer borrowers. But a new loan product aimed at small businesses and entrepreneurs will aim to change...

New Trends Emerge In Uber, Airbnb For Corporate Travel
October 16, 2015

Certify has released its latest quarterly travel and expense management report, and the data suggests an interesting trend in corporate travel. The company’s SpendSmart report for Q3 2015 finds where newcomers to the expense report, Uber and Airbnb, land this season. According to the data,...

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HealthiPASS Payments Co. Closes Series A Round
October 16, 2015

Patient check-in and payments company HealthiPASS has closed on its Series A investment for an undisclosed amount, the company said in a press release on Thursday (Oct. 15). The funding round was led by OCA Ventures and was joined by a number of strategic investors, including Beverly...

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Yahoo Looks To Nix Passwords In Security Push
October 16, 2015

Passwords for digital accounts have become almost as ubiquitous as the devices they’re used to access, and the statistics paint a scary picture. According to Entrepreneur, the three most common passwords in 2014 were, shockingly, “123456,” “PASSWORD” and “12345.” It’s clear that passwords aren’t the strict...