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Apple Pay Makes Headway With Canadian Banks
April 17, 2015

Negotiations with Apple and Canadian banks to launch Apple Pay north of the U.S. border could have the mobile payment service up and running in Canada as early as November, The Wall Street Journal reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Jack Dorsey Says Square Just “Wants To Make Commerce Easier”
April 17, 2015

Mel Brooks famously observed that it is good to be the king, but while few of us will ever intentionally pass up a turn in the throne, there are downsides to the crown. When the going gets tough, the king is the person most at risk of...

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AmEx CEO: Life After Costco
April 17, 2015

American Express has done some backpedaling during the first quarter of the year. 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 Today....

Will London Be The FinTech Hub For Bitcoin?
April 17, 2015

London has decided it wants to be the epicenter for bitcoin. 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 Today. By completing...

ACH Payments Volume Grew By 1 Billion In 2014
April 17, 2015

A new report from NACHA shows that ACH payments grew by 1 billion transactions in 2014, when compared to 2013’s figures. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Apple Pay’s Business Model Blues
April 17, 2015

There is no shortage of things to say about Apple Pay — which is why we developed an entire Tracker on the subject. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

MasterCard Cooks Up M-Payments Restaurant App
April 17, 2015

MasterCard announced that it has partnered with restaurateur and chef Marcus Samuelsson to bring its Qkr! app to Samuelsson’s new “casual kitchenette” restaurant, Streetbird Rotisserie, the first restaurant location in the U.S. to enable the app.

Mobile Commerce
Reserve — The M-Payments Dining App — Breezes Into The Windy City
April 16, 2015

Reserve, the dining concierge app, added 22 Chicago restaurants to its scrumptious lineup Tuesday (April 14), as the company announced its Windy City launch. Chicago — which represents Reserve’s largest launch yet — joins Reserve’s sizable list of restaurants in Boston, San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. Get the...

Twenty Need-To-Know Stats About U.K. Mobile Shopping
April 16, 2015

With 18.3M consumers in the U.K. who are said to shop by mobile a lot, there’s billions at stake for retailers rushing to revamp their mobile strategies. But just how are those consumers using mobile to shop? Barclays released new research on U.K. mobile shopping...