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Atlanta Hawks Sell Their First Tickets Via Twitter
April 21, 2015

Twitter’s Buy button is finally beginning to find its most natural use: Selling live-event tickets on short notice. On Monday morning (April 20), the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks tweeted that the team would sell a limited number of tickets to Wednesday’s game straight from Twitter, Re/code...

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Google Wallet Funds Now Insured
April 20, 2015

Google Wallet just made its digital wallet a little more secure. 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...

Can SnagaStool Snag A Shark?
April 20, 2015

It has happened to everyone. Maybe it’s the day of a big game, or quitting time at the office, or date night – but whatever it is, you’ve decided that you and your favorite drinking establishment need some quality time together.      Only when...

M-Payments App Will Buy Dinner — And Inspire Goodwill
April 20, 2015

There are quite a few mobile payments apps on the market — but there are none quite like Full Society’s app, which is expected to launch this summer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Visa’s Plan To Connect 500M To Financial Mainstream
April 20, 2015

Visa’s CEO Charles Scharf has got a plan to connect half a billion additional consumers to the financial mainstream in the next five years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Uber’s Legal Troubles In Amsterdam
April 20, 2015

Uber appears to be having some more legal trouble abroad — this time in the Netherlands, Reuters reported. 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...

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Why AmEx Couldn’t Make Costco Card Economics Work
April 20, 2015

The possible terms of Costco’s new co-branded deal with Visa and Citigroup gives good indication of just why the partnership with American Express didn’t work out. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Google Scan-To-Pay App Turns Newspaper Digital
April 20, 2015

As much as the payments industry is transforming, the archaic print media has undergone its own rapid series of changes. 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...

Western Union: 60 Percent Of Our Customers Are Migrants Doing Remittances
April 20, 2015

Roughly 60 percent of Western Union’s customers are now migrants sending money back to their home countries — and the shape of that remittance business isn’t necessarily what many payments-industry people assume. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...