Merchant Innovation

B2B Payments
Traveldoo Announces Partnership With Advantage
June 02, 2014

Mobile expense management platform Traveldoo created a referral agreement with Advantage Business Travel in order for Advantage corporate clients to have access to an expense management solution. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Merchant Innovation
BluePay Working With Recovery Group On Settlement Collection
May 30, 2014

Merchants processing through BluePay that don’t want to deal with trying to collect on their own their portion of the $7 billion interchange class-action settlement Visa and MasterCard struck with merchants in 2012 now have an alternative. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Merchant Innovation
Target Joins Growing List Of Retailers With Down In-Store Sales
May 30, 2014

First-quarter year-over-year in-store sales were down slightly at Target, which is facing difficulties similar to those of other large merchants in getting traffic through their doors. As more individuals choose to shop online for deals, the megaretailer is turning its attention to the needs of...

Alternative Finances
The Great Bitcoin Debate In Six Points
May 30, 2014

Last Friday PYMNTS ran a short article by me that made the pretty simple and accurate point that Overstock.com receives dollars when people use their Coinbase wallet to send bitcoins. Little did I know the firestorm I would start. Patrick Byrne, Overstock’s CEO, was not...

B2B Payments
NHS Shared Business Services Makes E-Invoicing Push
May 30, 2014

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) announced this week that it has partnered with the Tradeshift e-invoicing platform to eliminate its reliance on paper invoices and to improve the payment process for health care organizations and their suppliers. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

B2B Payments
Capital Business Credit Creates Credit Extension Offer For Importers
May 30, 2014

Commercial finance company Capital Business Credit (CBC) announced recently that it now has an option for importers to extend their credit terms. According to a Trade Financing Matters blog post, CBC developed Supplier Early Payment (SEP), which allows importers to extend credit for up to 90...

Merchant Innovation
Apple Reaching Out to Top Retailers As It Contemplate Payments Push
May 30, 2014

After all the speculation it seems Apple is finally ready to start making its push into payments, albeit slowly. According to reports in 9to5Mac executives from the high design tech company have reportedly been in meetings with retail chain directors about a mobile payments servicce. Get...

Company Spotlight
Fraud Report Compares Payment Options
May 29, 2014

An inaugural quarterly fraud-index report from online-payments provider 2Checkout identifies Discover and Diners Club credit cards as experiencing the most amounts of fraud and Acculynk payments as having the least fraudulent activity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Company Spotlight
MasterCard Extends 0% Liability Protections To PIN-Debit Activity
May 29, 2014

MasterCard is extending its zero-liability policy in the U.S. to include all MasterCard PIN-based purchases and ATM transactions, the company announced May 28. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...