International

WePay’s Cross-Border Payments Strategy
February 12, 2015

When Google tapped WePay to tackle its mobile-commerce payments problem, it didn’t just give merchants an easy way to use its two-tap instant Buy system, it helped gave them an easy way to do business cross-border and gave birth to an interesting partnership. Get the...

Will Mobile Help Corporate Travel Take Off In 2015?
February 12, 2015

So here’s the good news. Corporate travel managers expect travel volumes to increase in 2015, according to AirPlus’ 2015 International Travel Management Study. But here’s the bad news - a third of those travel managers said “mobile payments won’t be relevant” in the space –...

International
With Kill Switches, Smartphone Thefts Plummet In London, NYC And SF
February 12, 2015

“Kill switches” are proving deadly to smartphone theft, which has dropped by half in London, 40 percent in San Francisco and 25 percent in New York City in the year after Apple added a kill switch to the iPhone, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story...

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Rocket Internet-Backed ePawn Shop Raises $19M
February 11, 2015

Since the economic downturn of 2008, the lending industry has undergone a sea change of sorts, as established banks rethink their lending practices, as well as who receives the loans. While payday lending is seeing disruption by companies like SimpleFi, high-end pawnbroking is also experiencing a...

International
Two Global Payments Showstoppers
February 11, 2015

The big trend in payments is to move away from in-house payments processing systems to SaaS-based platforms that are easy to deploy, configure and enable new capabilities. What’s driving this trend, says i2c CMO Marc Winitz, is the need for both the control and flexibility...

Fancy’s New Funding Hopes To Buff Up Social Commerce
February 11, 2015

Social shopping platform Fancy said it has closed a new financing round that’s reportedly worth as much as $20 million, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

India’s E-Commerce Figures May Catch Physical Store Share By 2019
February 10, 2015

Despite its current problems with slow adoption of online retail, a new retail survey in India predicts that by 2019, e-commerce will pass physical store sales by 2019. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Tuxedo Money Solutions Inks Partnership With Global Processing Services
February 10, 2015

U.K.-based international payments firm Tuxedo Money Solutions announced in a Feb. 9 press release that it would be partnering up with Dubai-based Global Processing Solutions FZ in a global payment program partnership. The main focus of this partnership is to expand the Tuxedo brand to...

What’s Inside The Global Payments ‘Gateway In A Box’
February 10, 2015

The merchant checklist for taking on global commerce in many ways might appear never-ending. There are multiple languages, currencies, payment methods, regulations, compliance issues, the build versus buy discussion and much more that must be considered in the process. And in Europe specifically, simply signing...