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DoorDash Raises $17.3 M To Expand On-Demand Delivery
May 23, 2014

DoorDash may not be the only on-demand food delivery start-up out there, but it may be the one that dreams biggest with its plans to move beyond food. Those dreams now have a new underwriter in Sequoia Capital, who just led a $17.3 million Series A...

Alternative Finances
Barclaycard And Flubit’s Digital Marketplace Team-Up
May 23, 2014

Barclaycard and London-based tech startup Flubit have teamed up to create a digital marketplace to help give smaller retailers greater access to cardholders. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Merchant Innovation
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 25
May 23, 2014

Could bitcoin be settling down? Will the Fed regulate it? Do consumers pay more when they use it? Oh, where can bitcoin now be used that might surprise you? Get caught up in this weeks, bitcoin news.

Merchant Innovation
Yoyo Raises $5m In Seed Funds To Bring mPay To the People
May 23, 2014

London-based mobile-payments and loyalty app Yoyo has scored $5 million in seed funding. Yoyo aims to create a better customer experience by speeding up in-store transactions through combining payment and loyalty via one easy scan. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Mobile Commerce
Visa to Replace Signatures with PIN In New Zealand
May 23, 2014

For Visa customers in New Zealand, swipe and sign credit cards are soon to be a thing of the past. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

B2B Payments
WEX Has Canada In Its Cards
May 23, 2014

Fleet card provider WEX plans to take it fleet card to Canada, as more of its U.S. customers have operations in both countries. WEX has grand global growth plans overall, fueled by expanding relations with such fuel companies as ExxonMobil.

Company Spotlight
MasterCard Rejects Sberbank’s Offer To Buy Maestro
May 23, 2014

According to a source close to the reported negotiations, Sberbank considered the possibility of buying the Maestro brand from MasterCard, but the latter refused to sell, reports the KyviPost. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

B2B Payments
SaaS Solutions For Health Care Payments
May 23, 2014

Reducing the cost and time to e-enable health care payments is the sweet spot of many B2B solutions providers. New cloud-based technology is making it faster and easier than ever to provision test and development environments that help internal IT teams adapt new health care...

Hmmm
Guess What Folks, Overstock.com Does Not Take Bitcoin
May 23, 2014

Yes, we know what you've heard, but nope, Overstock doesn't take bitcoin as payment and never actually handles bitcoins at all. And, it's not just them. Merchants that accept bitcoin wallets don’t either. Confused? You should be. Luckily, economist David Evans isn't and after reading...