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TIO And PSE&G Partner To Enable Enhanced Payments At Thousands Of Retail Locations
May 13, 2014

Bill pay technology firm TIO and New Jersey-based power provider PSE&G have joined forces to make bill paying a little easier for everyone through the introduction of bill payment kiosks in the company’s 16 walk-in customer service centers. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Company Spotlight
Mercury Pulls IPO, Sells to Vantiv
May 13, 2014

Mercury Payment Systems Inc. accepted a $1.65 billion purchase offer from Cincinnati-based payments processor Vantiv Inc. yesterday. With the deal Vantiv will expand its online commerce business into Mercury Payment Systems’ network. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

B2B Payments
MasterCard’s Big Play For Small Businesses
May 13, 2014

Small Businesses create two out of every three jobs in the US and keep the wheels of commerce spinning. Today marks the first day of a weeklong celebration of the role of Small Business in driving this country’s economic growth engine. Ed Glassman, MasterCard’s Global...

B2B Payments
Swedbank Gains Assistance In Its Multichannel Banking Strategy
May 13, 2014

Swedish savings bank will use hardware and software solutions from NCR to help address rising consumer demand in Baltic states for technology and online tools for enhanced banking access and education.

B2B Payments
The Rx For Healthcare Payments
May 13, 2014

The past year has been a busy one for healthcare, with drastic changes in coverage, insurance options, taxes, and overall reform. The 2013 Trends in Healthcare Payments report showcases the market trends that are impacting the industry.

In Depth
The Straight Scoop on EMV, Tokenization and P2PE
May 13, 2014

Data security breaches have had heads spinning throughout the payments ecosystem as merchants sort through a variety of options designed to keep cardholder data safe. While it is now clear that there is no “silver bullet” to be found, there is merit in having a...

Cool
Point And Click With No Schtick
May 13, 2014

XX Startups promise to make payments life a breeze. EMV. eCommerce. OpenStack. All at the click of a mouse.

First Data: April Same-Store Spending Up 4.1 percent
May 12, 2014

Warmer weather last month got more folks to leave their homes, and to shop. Same-store spending in April grew 4.1 percent, a full percentage point above March’s year-over-year growth, according to First Data’s SpendTrend report. Other research, however, suggests consumer confidence in their financial situation...

Mobile Commerce
Cashless Society? Are We Nearly There?
May 12, 2014

Maybe the cards filling up consumers’ wallets are just making less room for cash, but nearly eight out of 10 (78 percent) U.S. consumers carry less than $50 with them at any one time, with 49 percent carrying $20 or less, new survey data show....