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Through An eCommerce Lens
June 09, 2016

ECommerce has a dark side, where online sellers put merchants and acquiring banks at risk by peddling illegal goods. G2 Web Services found that one market with burgeoning risk surrounds the sale of contact lenses. Dan Frechtling, chief product officer of G2, told PYMNTS about...

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Slowing Consumer Credit – A Shape of Things to Come?
June 08, 2016

Amid the lingering questions about when and whether the Fed will raise rates, another data point, or slew of them, came through recently which may auger a further delay in Fed fund hikes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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No Hurry, But Rate Hike Looms For Sometime This Year (Maybe)
June 08, 2016

June is out. July looks iffy. But keep an eye out for, possibly, one and done for a Fed boost.

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Walmart Tops, Apple, PayPal Jumps The Fortune 500
June 08, 2016

The Fortune 500 list has long been a who’s who of the most influential and connected companies in the U.S., and while there will always be the same familiar names at the top of the list, the fast-moving pace of disruption in retail means that...

Pushing The ePayables Needle Forward
June 07, 2016

On the consumer side of payments, checks have been all but declared dead. However, on the commercial side, it’s a vastly different story. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

How SMBs Can Get Smart About Payments
June 06, 2016

In today’s payments ecosystem, it isn’t just about moving fast, it’s about moving and thinking smart. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

Visa’s NFC Payment Ring Comes To Olympics
June 03, 2016

Visa just rolled out the next generation of payments wearables: an NFC-enabled payment ring. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

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Bank of England Releases Plastic Money
June 03, 2016

The Bank of England unveiled its first plastic banknote on Thursday (June 2), which is a polymer £5 bill sporting an image of Sir Winston Churchill. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Looking At Creditworthiness, Backwards And Forwards
June 03, 2016

Determining who represents good credit risk – and who doesn’t – is as much art as science for card issuers and other lenders. VantageScore 3.0 can begin to help lenders discover the meaning behind credit score movements big and small, says SVP Sarah Davies.