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So Will Apple Pay Really Ignite? (Paul Purcell Isn’t So Sure)
September 26, 2014

It can seem in the three weeks since Apple Pay has rolled out, that the payments ecosystem has been in a competition to win the title of “Most Enthusiastic Apple Pay fan;”  a competition that ensued when a certain Cupertino company entered the mobile payments/NFC...

Alternative Finances
Square To Now Accept Bitcoin And Apple Pay
September 26, 2014

Coming soon to a Square merchant near you: the ability to pay with bitcoin or Apple Pay.  Square CEO Jack Dorsey recently told reporters in Square’s new Canadian home-base that Square’s next reader will come equipped to handle both alternative payment methods. Get the Full...

Merchant Innovation
MasterCard Hosts Innovation Forum In Singapore
September 26, 2014

This week, 400 hundred MasterCard partners from Southeast Asia, Middle East and Africa gathered in Singapore to talk payments innovation. 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...

The Basement Drops Another Floor
September 26, 2014

Just a few weeks ago we thought that a $500 bitcoin floor was the bottom of the barrel, but bitcoin has dipped even further, reaching a new low, down in the 400’s. This week bitcoin took a long fall down to $410.61 from $450.68.

Mobile
Tencent Takes Stake in Mall, Pushes Mobile Payment App
September 26, 2014

As part of an effort to push its mobile payment app as deeply into retail as possible, China-based Tencent Holdings has increased the size of its minority ownership of a shopping mall and logistics developer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Mobile
Fed Sets Up Tokenization Workgroup
September 26, 2014

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has created a working group to study the implications of using digital account tokens to replace card numbers, for both in-store and E-Commerce use. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Visa’s Next Big Business: Tokens and Data
September 25, 2014

Apple Pay may be the catalyst that mobile payments needed to get the payments ecosystem cranking, but that’s not all it did. It’s launched a whole new focus for the largest payments network in the world – tokens and data. Visa’s mobile chief, Bill Gajda,...

B2B Payments
How Mobile Imaging Improves Accounts Receivables
September 25, 2014

The Magic of the Camera Phone in Mobile Payments 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,...

Mobile Commerce
Amazon And Twitter Partner On Commerce
September 25, 2014

A tweet is about to joins pennies, eyelashes and stars on the list of things one can wish on.  As a bonus, due a recent partnership between Amazon and Twitter, those commerce-based wishes made on tweets have a slightly better chance of coming true that...