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Apple To Payments To Patents. Can You Follow The Trail?
September 04, 2014

“If only Apple weren’t so secretive, if only we knew what their intentions were toward mobile commerce,” said every payments player everywhere at some point ever. Bad news: the team at PYMNTS cannot read Apple’s mind. Good news: PYMNTS can do the next best thing--read...

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World Bank Demands Action On Digital Payments
September 03, 2014

The World Bank is pushing the G20 nations to increase digitized payments to the world’s 2.5 billion unbanked adults, saying that less cash will mean more economic growth, more financial inclusion and improved empowerment for women. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Can Retailers Replicate Amazon’s Success?
September 03, 2014

Amazon has removed a lot of the friction associated with shopping on and offline: easy checkout, fast delivery, massive product inventory. Yet Safwan Zaheer, a global product and strategy exec for a top global bank, said retailers can harness the power of digital to enable...

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Delta Settles With Card Brands Over Swipe Fees
September 03, 2014

Delta Airlines this week reached a settlement with Visa and MasterCard in its dispute over interchange fees. The airline had opted out of a settlement agreement the card brands reached with merchants last year that the retailers contended was unfair. Should American Express, which issues...

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The iPad And The Future of Payments
September 01, 2014

We have seen a lot of interesting announcements of late, with more expected to come. HCE is providing a path to include NFC in cloud based services; PayPal launched drag and drop integration, and One Touch experience; key hires point to a new wave of...

Babies For Bitcoin?
August 29, 2014

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. 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 to...

Bitcoin Tracker: Week 37
August 22, 2014

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America Unplugged?
August 22, 2014

News flash. The majority of Americans are plugged in most of the time, and Millennials are the least likely to log-off. But curious to know other ins-and-outs of America’s increasingly logged-on population? Check out the PYMNTS Digital Consumption Slideshow. Get the Full Story Complete the...

In Wex Versus FleetCor, Two B2B Winners Emerge
August 22, 2014

Perhaps no payments industry segment has been as active recently as fleet cards, with two of the industry leaders, FleetCor Technologies and Wex, duking out it through company and contract acquisitions and diversification into new markets. Demand, it appears, is strong for B2B specialists who...