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Apple Pay
The Real Reason Rite Aid Dumped Apple Pay
October 27, 2014

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The Scariest Things In Payments
October 27, 2014

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As Apple Goes, So Goes The U.S. Economy?
October 27, 2014

Apple in general—and the iPhone in particular—is having an outsized impact on the U.S. and global economies, according to a provocative piece in The New York Times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Siris Capital Close To Buying Digital River
October 27, 2014

The Siris Capital Group is paying $840 million to take over Digital River, a key early E-Commerce firm that is used as the checkout engine for hundreds of E-Commerce sites. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Yelp Gets Into Hotel Bookings Biz
October 26, 2014

Yelp is working with the Hipmunk travel search engine to expand its hotel booking business. Hipmunk’s focus is letting travelers browse flights and hotels by a combination of factors like pricing, layover duration and amenities. Hipmunk is already in deals with direct-booking sites like Getaroom...

Tim Cook Says China “Top Of The List For Apple Pay”
October 26, 2014

When exploring global expansion for Apple Pay, China is the highest priority for Apple CEO Tim Cook, even though the service has yet to launch there. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Apple Pay Launch Week By The Numbers: 46B, 58M and 1
October 25, 2014

After weeks of waiting and speculating, Apple Pay went live and the payments industry stood back and watched things play out.  Something wonderful happened- lots of people suddenly took lots of interest in mobile payments and a small army appeared on Twitter to pay by...

VISA and MasterCard Releases 440+ Banks to Support Apple Pay
October 24, 2014

At the last official Apple Event held this month, Tim Cook announced that Apple Pay would sign on an additional 500 banks throughout the course of both this year and next. Cook has already started to make good on that assertion since both Visa and...

Inside the Future of Commerce, Post Apple Pay
October 24, 2014

What does it take to enable the future of commerce? We’re no longer talking contactless payments on just smartphones and tablets – the focus is now on turning every device into a commerce device, says MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer Ed McLaughlin. To coincide with...