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Challenger Banks Up Their Invoice-Financing Game
July 24, 2014

Who says that big banks always have to be the best when it comes to the latest and greatest technological innovations? Arbuthnot Banking Group is making a name for the little guy, at least when it comes to invoice financing. So what exactly is this...

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TSYS Q2 Revenues Beat Estimates
July 23, 2014

TSYS announced yesterday that its revenues for the second quarter this year increased by 30.4 percent, while its adjusted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations were $0.45, an increase of 19.8 percent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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UK Banks May Be Anticompetitive
July 21, 2014

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently announced that it would launch an investigation into the UK retail banking sector to determine whether the industry lacks effective competition and is therefore inadequate to meet the needs of personal consumers or SMEs. Get the Full...

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Q2 VC Investments Exclude Key Sectors
July 21, 2014

With $13 billion in total investment, Q2 2014 was the strongest for venture capital investment since the days of the dot com bubble.  For some sectors anyway. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Volvo And Telogis Partnership Could Move Fleet Managers To Spend Smarter
July 18, 2014

“Trucks run on fuel, trucking companies run on data,” is the motto of a new partnership between Telogis and Volvo. The goal is to show how a strong fleet software-management system can reduce spend while keeping drivers in control.

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Alibaba To Push Its IPO To September
July 18, 2014

International e-retail giant Alibaba has decided to push back its IPO to September, sometime after Labor Day.  According to the Wall Street Journal, the company did not see a reason to sprint toward an IPO set to coincide with the late summer market slow-down. Get the...

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Apple iPayments Comes to U.S.
July 17, 2014

Earlier this week, PYMNTS reported that Apple was launching a new service in Japan that allowed users to load credit for purchases in the iTunes store using Apple retail establishments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Western Union Board Snags Former MasterCard CEO
July 17, 2014

Robert W. Selander has been appointed to Western Union’s board of directors, effective July 17, 2014.  He will additionally serve on the compensation, benefits and compliance committees.  His term will last until the next annual election of directors in 2015. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Chase Q2 Mobile Users, Card Volume Up
July 16, 2014

Chase Card services performed well in Q2, acquiring new 2 million new consumers with end of quarter receivables hovering around $2 billion. Delinquency rates also fell, while active mobile users were up more than 20 percent to 17 million. So if consumers were using their...