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Over the past week, the IRS deemed bitcoins taxable property, giving critics even more ammo to blast what Warren Buffet has dubbed “a mirage” and a man that Andreessen sort of slighted this week for his criticism of the cryptocurrency. That said, a small gun...
Discover Financial Services has a long history of trying to do things differently, starting out with the Cashback Bonus for card transactions and no annual fees. In doing so, it doesn’t try to emulate what’s occurring in the marketplace. Get the Full Story Complete the...
In her commentary column in the March 24 PYMNTS newsletter, Market Platform Dynamics’ CEO Karen Webster asked whether now is the time to hit the pause button on EMV. She’s not alone in sharing that view, as more payments-industry insiders are wondering whether the push for...
Mobile-payment app provider for the food and beverage industry TabbedOut named several new executive to its team.
Two-year old software company Index, founded by former Google Wallet engineer Jonathan Wall and product lead Marc Freed-Finnegan, is focused on the physical world of commerce. Payments today work just fine, contends CEO Freed-Finnegan, but what about the other possibilities? Get the Full Story Complete...
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Helping merchants find the best, low-cost option when accepting payments from oversees travelers is a core offering behind BlueSnap’s platform. But as CEO Ralph Dangelmaier explained in a recent podcast interview with MPD CEO Karen Webster, combating fraud is equally important.
Secure payment-technology provider Bluefin announced today it became the first company in the U.S. to receive PCI validation for a point-to-point encryption (P2PE) solution. While the PCI Security Standards Council, which provided the validation, has been around for some time, no other company has achieved...
