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Alibaba IPO To Be Bigger Than Visa’s
September 08, 2014

Monday (Sept. 8), Chinese tech giant Alibaba kicks off its IPO roadshow as it tries to persuade prominent investors to jump into an IPO that will almost certainly become one of the largest in history. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Acquiring
September 06, 2014

Over the past week, PYMNTS.com’s brief’s coverage in this newsletter has spanned a broad variety of issues. In this column, we take a look at five common elements that link many of those stories, in essence making them the “trends of the week.” Get the...

Canada’s Credit-Card Fee Crackdown
September 05, 2014

Canada’s government is pushing Visa, MasterCard and banks to accept lower interchange fees paid by Canadian retailers, which the government claims are currently among the highest in the world, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Sept. 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

B2B Payments
Mobile Payments Changing The Face Of Agriculture World Wide
September 05, 2014

For farmers across the developing world, being trapped in a cash-based economy is costly.  Those costs come in all forms—what commodity buyers farmers can work with, security risks associated with constantly carrying around large wads of currency, the unpredictable price fluctuation and pressure to produce...

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Alipay Goes Bio(metric)
September 03, 2014

Alibaba’ payments arm Alipay has partnered up with Chinese handset maker Huawei to help consumers have mobile payments literally at their fingertips.  The companies are working to create a mobile payments system that uses the fingerprint reader to be built into Huawei’s forthcoming Mate 7...

Acquiring
Trends Of The Week
August 30, 2014

Over the past week, PYMNTS.com’s brief’s coverage in this newsletter has spanned a broad variety of issues. In this column, we take a look at five common elements that link many of those stories, in essence making them the “trends of the week.” Get the...

B2B Payments
Micronesia Sets Procurement And Supply Deadline
August 28, 2014

Micronesia’s Division of Procurement and Supply announced this week that government agencies have until September 15 to sign contracts for projects, issue requests for proposals and requests for purchase of supplies and equipment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

The Financial Inclusion Game Changer
August 28, 2014

Today, MasterCard is launching a ground-breaking program in Nigeria with the cooperation of the Nigerian government. This program uniquely combines a national ID card with electronic payments. Daniel Monehin, MasterCard’s Division President for Sub-Saharan Africa, sat down with MPD CEO Karen Webster to discuss why...

What Most ATM Cash Planning Models Miss
August 27, 2014

ATM cash planning requires a delicate balance of having enough cash on hand to satisfy consumers but not so much that banks can’t put extra cash to work. Models can help, says TSYS Deputy Director General for Moscow Andrei Povarov in a recent interview with...