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Alternative Finances
Dwolla’s Direct Debit Debut
June 18, 2014

It’s getting awfully crowded in the P2P2B space these days. Dwolla Direct launched yesterday which will enable individuals and businesses to pay each other directly from their checking accounts. It says an easy registration process will convert more check users to regular e-payment customers. Find...

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Census Bureau: Large Retail Trade Firms’ Q1 Sales Up, Profits Down
June 18, 2014

Large retail trade corporations during the first quarter of the year saw their sales rise, but a big boost on their provisions for deferred domestic taxes helped drive down their profits, new Census Bureau data show.

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LevelUp: The iBeacons Are Coming, The iBeacons Are Coming!
June 17, 2014

Boston-based LevelUp has officially taken its iBeacon pilots out of stealth and is now running full tilt with this new technology. But today’s announcement is just the beginning of LevelUp’s plans to enhance the consumer experience and give merchants new options for serving them. PYMNTS...

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LevelUp: The iBeacons Are Coming, The iBeacons Are Coming!
June 17, 2014

Boston-based LevelUp has officially taken its iBeacon pilots out of stealth and is now running full tilt with this new technology. But today’s announcement is just the beginning of LevelUp’s plans to enhance the consumer experience and give merchants new options for serving them. PYMNTS...

B2B Payments
Why Disruption Could Be The Key For B2B Success
June 16, 2014

It is not uncommon for businesses to evolve in order to stay successful, especially those involved in B2B commerce. However, executives from ShopVisible and 3M think that the key to successfully evolve in this digital world is to take a page out of the B2C...

B2B Payments
Can Fleet Card Activity Gauge U.S. Economic Health?
June 13, 2014

As the economy goes, so go corporate fleet programs? That might not be entirely true, but an analyst on June 11 inquired about whether a top executive at WEX could gauge any modest improvement in the U.S. economy based on what the fleet card provider...

B2B Payments
Agrawal: Western Union Seeing B2B Gains, Expects More To Come
June 13, 2014

Fueled in large part by its 2011 acquisition of Travelex, Western Union has made great strides in growing its B2B funds-transfers activities. But with just a 2 percent market share, the company’s interim CFO, Anil Agrawal sees a bright future as it looks to tap...

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MasterCard Sees Revenue Opportunities In Tokenization
June 13, 2014

Like all processors, MasterCard sees revenue opportunities from the growing use of payment card tokenization and other fraud-prevention measures. Later this year, for example, the network expects to launch its Digital Enablement System, which would support the tokenization of clients’ card data. But MasterCard expects...

Company Spotlight
CluckCluck: The App For Calling, And Paying Babysitters
June 13, 2014

Ton of apps help parents find babysitters. But one, called CluckCluck, allows parents to not only communicate with them but pay them as well. PYMNTS.com spoke recently with co-founder Heather Estenson Joyce to learn more on how this payments app can help cash-strapped parents strapped...