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Europe
Apple’s Good News In The UK — The Contactless Payment Cap Has Been Upped (Slightly)
September 01, 2015

Apple Pay launched in the U.K. around a month ago — albeit with one very sharp limit. Consumers, due to a cap on contactless payments methods (like Apple Pay, Google Wallet, contactless cards or just about anything that makes use of NFC) were limited to...

Apple Pay’s Heading Off To College (In Oklahoma)
September 01, 2015

This week the University of Oklahoma will be a payments pioneer as it becomes the first university to accept Apple Pay across its campus. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

“First, Let’s Kill All The (Payments) Innovators!”
August 31, 2015

Dick The Butcher, in Shakespeare’s "Henry VI," famously proposed “first let’s kill the lawyers” as the most appropriate way to jumpstart the overthrow he was cooking up. Fast forward a few centuries and MPD CEO Karen Webster posits that The Clearing House’s (TCH) latest white...

News
Google Play Upgrade Leaks Android Pay Hint
August 31, 2015

Google is one step closer to the launch of Android Pay with the latest Google Play Services app upgrade, which contains hints of Google’s contactless payment service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

International
MasterCard On Building Silk Road 2.0
August 31, 2015

As China sees slowing growth, to levels not seen in a quarter century, there’s a silver lining, says MasterCard. It lays out the three pillars that it believes will not only enable a stronger China and its trading partners, but SMEs, in particular. A new...

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FBI Warns Of Financial Email Scams
August 31, 2015

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Friday (Aug. 28) that a new email scam is targeting recipients’ financial firms, law firms and real estate enterprises. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

International
Regulation Study Looms For Uber In Europe
August 31, 2015

In a new development in the ever-raging battle between Uber and European taxi drivers, the European Commission will undertake a study next month of the ride-sharing company, with an eye toward settling the legal actions that have cropped up against the company, Reuters reported Friday (Aug....

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Consumers Make The World Go ‘Round Edition — Visa Checkout, Credit Rating And Cybercrime
August 31, 2015

Well, it’s finally come upon us. The last “official” week of summer has arrived. And after last week’s thrills and spills on the stock market, most of us are hoping to ease into the last week doing positively normal things like wearing white (it is...

Consumer Spending Trends Upward
August 31, 2015

The latest figures from the Commerce Department show that consumer spending is improving as wages continue to raise, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....