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B2B Payments
B2B Investment Tracker, May 15-22
May 22, 2015

Just like the weather, things are heating up for B2B startups. Following last week’s slow flow of new investments, the market saw significant activity this week as more than $210 million was raised over the past seven days. FinTech and alternative lending led the way,...

The Genius Bar of Healthcare Payments?
May 22, 2015

Healthcare billing, as much any other area of payments, is an emerging and complex space. There is room for simplification, no doubt, and SimpleePAY – as its name implies – hopes to provide as much. PYMNTS recently spoke with Tomer Shoval, CEO of SimpleePAY, to...

“Digital Gold” Tells Rich Tale Of Bitcoin’s Past
May 22, 2015

Bitcoin has a rich history — much richer than the past few years of FinTech stories on the market might allude to; stories that have nothing to do with the “bitcoin baron,” a pirate and the Silk Road, or even Mt. Gox. Get the Full...

Apple Pay
Will Payments Be Apple’s Summer Story?
May 22, 2015

While late 2014 and early 2015 were largely “The Apple Pay Show,” as far as Apple fans, financial services geeks and tech bloggers were concerned — by Spring new favorites had cropped up to steal some of that laser-like focus on Apple’s foray into the...

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PayPal’s Big Vision
May 22, 2015

“This isn’t about minor upgrades — like replacing the card swipe with a tap — this is about fundamentally rewiring the commerce experience.” — Bill Ready, ‎SVP Global Head of Merchant & NextGen Commerce at PayPal Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

No Credit Score, No Problem: Alternatives To A Number
May 21, 2015

Millions of Americans are invisible to the three major credit reporting agencies in the United States. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), millions more Americans have credit histories that are insufficient to generate a credit score. In total, some 45 million Americans lack...

B2B Payments
Coca-Cola Revamps Support For The Startup
May 21, 2015

Among one of the top concerns of today’s small businesses is improper treatment by the hands of their large corporate buyers. Issues like late payments from corporations to their small supplier are leading to rising tensions and strained relationships between SMEs and the giants. Get...

Mobile Payments Without The Merchant Fuss
May 21, 2015

If the success of the Uber-like payments models have proven anything about consumer preference and mobile payments, it’s that consumers want a frictionless experience. And that they don’t want to think about payments as part of the transaction itself. Get the Full Story Complete the...

NACHA CEO On Why Same Day ACH And Why Now?
May 21, 2015

We may all know that NACHA members, in a near unanimous vote, approved the amendments to the operating rules to implement Same Day ACH, but the real question is why all 12,000 financial institutions said yes today when they said no just three years ago....