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ACI To Power TransferWise
December 09, 2015

International money transfer platform TransferWise is partnering with ACI Worldwide to build upon its payments solutions using ACI’s UP Framework. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Restaurant’s Payment Malware Incident Spans Seven States
December 09, 2015

The company known as CM Ebar LLC, which is the parent operation of the 29-unit Elephant Bar restaurant chain, said Tuesday (Dec. 8) that customers who used credit cards to pay for their purchases between August and December of this year may have been the...

San Bernardino Shooter Helped By Online Lender
December 09, 2015

An online lender finds itself in the unfortunate position of having supplied funds to an ISIS-inspired terrorist weeks before he and his wife carried out a shooting spree in San Bernardino, California, that claimed 14 lives and wounded 21 others. Get the Full Story Complete...

International
HSBC Takes Bonds Global To Increase Profits
December 09, 2015

Banking behemoth HSBC wants to boost its bottom line by packaging loans into bonds and bringing them to market in the United States, Reuters reported Tuesday (Dec. 8). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Mobile Commerce
Pinterest Acquisition Hints At Larger eCommerce Play
December 09, 2015

Visual bookmarking company Pinterest has bought two startups in an effort to bolster the reach of its “pins”, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Dec. 8). The two acquired companies are The Hunt, which is billed as a “community-powered” shopping service, and Pext, an app that...

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Millennial Lending App Attracts New Partners
December 09, 2015

Lenny, a mobile lending app that provides microloans to millennials, is expanding its offerings under a new partnership with digital payments network Dwolla. 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...

Merchant Innovation
FTC Puts Preliminary Kibosh On Staples-Office Depot Merger
December 08, 2015

When most people think of business monopolies, their thoughts turn to telecommunications or related high-tech industries. Rarely, however, do office supplies come into the discussion of antitrust laws. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Google Safe Browsing Comes To Android Web
December 08, 2015

Ever since the early, AOL-inspired days of the Internet, the average consumer has known the dangers that inadvertently visiting compromised sites poses for the health of a computer. However, with the profusion of connected portable devices nowadays, is the mobile Web protected like its desktop counterpart?...

Target’s Birchbox-Style Surprises
December 08, 2015

Consumers who found themselves tired of the traditional retail models have been able to enjoy curated subscription services like Birchbox, Bombfell, Blue Apron and more that remove the middlemen of physical retailers by shipping clothes and cooking ingredients straight to customers’ homes based on their...