PYMNTS Daily Roundup: July 18-19

New MasterCard SpendingPulse™ for Small Business Report Shows Small Retailers Outperforming Overall Retail Sales in June, with 8% Year-Over-Year Growth 

Google Wallet’s Still Dogged by Security Perception 

PNC Joins Growing Trend, Unveils a Prepaid Card 

Prepaid Card is a Hit with Social Security Recipients 

Shopkick Tunes its Mobile Tech to Merchants’ Needs 

Macy’s Using Shopkick Mobile Rewards App Nationwide 

Tapingo raises $3.5M to expand mobile payment platform for students 

MasterCard and Sonoma State University Unveil Long-Term Relationship in Support of the Performing Arts 

M-Via Closes $17 Million Round to Serve the “Unbanked” 

This Mobile Company Wants To Use Twitter To End Retail’s’ Most-Hated Trend: ‘Showrooming’  

Card Compliant Names Jeff Johnson Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

Malaysian transit card to go NFC 

Apsalar lets developers target (and retarget) audiences for mobile apps 

Boardwalk Fresh Burgers and Fries® Taps Cardagin® to Power Mobile Loyalty and Rewards Program 

Experian launches online collections portal 

Columbus Community Bank turns to ACH Alert for fraud protection 

NEYVA BANK Leverages Compass Plus’ TranzAxis to Make Virtual Prepaid Cards Available Through ATMs 

LG CNS to introduce NFC access control service 

TruStone Financial Federal Credit Union Implements Acumen, Digital Payments and Channel Solutions from Fiserv 

CorFire CMO to Deliver Insights into Accelerating Mobile Commerce at Mobile Payments Panel and Outlook Leadership 2012 

Ogone strikes deal with Belgacom to purchase Tunz.com 

SheerID integrates verification API with Magento 

CreditCall, EMV Academy team up for EMV migration in the US 

Apigee acquires direct carrier billing technology from WAC 

SafetyPay launches mobile payments platform 

NCR Turns the iPad Into a Cash Register 

Design & Organization Continues to be Most Important Predictor of Overall Customer Experience for U.S. Retail Bank Marketing Sites – Keynote Research Reveals 

JMango deploys Jumio’s ID authentication, credit card verification technology