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Five Key Tactics for Prepaid Success
August 19, 2014

Take a well-thought-out prepaid program – and a data-backed understanding of its performance – and mix in strategies for increased customer engagement. What do you get? Just a few of the tactics that i2c follows in its efforts to fuel the global growth of prepaid...

Merchant Innovation
E-Commerce Site Wayfair Eyes IPO (In Alibaba’s Shadow)
August 18, 2014

Wayfair Inc. is gunning for $350 million in its upcoming IPO.  Wayfair’s primary business is as an e-retailer for home furnishings, though it also operates several other e-commerce sites, including the membership-based Joss & Main. The company began its IPO process with a confidential filing...

Can Apple With NFC Ignite Mobile Payments?
August 18, 2014

Can Apple With NFC Ignite 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, you agree...

Merchant Innovation
Heartland Takes Over Leaf
August 18, 2014

Heartland Payment Systems may not be turning over a new leaf, but it’s finished taking over an old one. Heartland has announced that it acquired 100 percent of mPOS tablet maker Leaf. Last year, Heartland bought a majority stake in Leaf for $20 million. It...

Mobile Commerce
PayPal’s New Pay After Delivery Service Twists Its Model
August 18, 2014

PayPal has started contacting its customers touting a feature called Pay After Delivery, which puts a new twist on its payment system. PayPal is pitching it as letting shoppers “get your items before you pay at no extra cost.” Get the Full Story Complete the...

CFPB Warns Of Virtual Currency Dangers
August 18, 2014

There’s no question that virtual currencies such as Bitcoin have traditional payments regulators upset, given the relative transaction anonymity they bring to the table. Moreover, they continue to be a risky venture for consumers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau noted earlier this week, the first...

B2B Payments
When Getting A Partner Can Speed Up AP Deployments
August 15, 2014

Accounts payable platforms can be tedious to implement. But that’s even more the case for smaller firms that may have worthwhile products but lack the expertise to get them installed quickly. One AP vendor found itself in just such a situation. PYMNTS.com takes a look...

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Square’s Puzzling Top 10 Lists Negative Myths About It
August 15, 2014

Square, which was just the subject of a less-than-glowing story in FastCompany, published a blog post about the Top 10 negative myths about its service on Thursday (Aug. 14). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Mobile Commerce
Why Square Won’t Issue A Long-Expected Credit Card
August 15, 2014

Payments-startup Square, whose card reader plugs into smartphones to let small merchants accept credit and debit cards, has decided against issuing its own brand of card, according to FastCompany. Square has been testing the card over the past year by giving prototypes to employees to...