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PYMNTS Innovation Investment Tracker | November 8-15
November 19, 2014

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iBeacon Alternative AllUnite Gets $3.7m To Expand
November 19, 2014

Danish startup AllUnite, which lets retailers offers ad-supported free Wi-Fi in their stores, plans to add 50 new markets in 50 weeks with its €3 million ($3.76 million) in new funding, TechCrunch reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Alibaba Makes It Australian Move
November 19, 2014

Right after its executives signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement on Monday (Nov. 17), Alibaba held a briefing in Melbourne to promise to bring far more Australian “products, brands and businesses” to China’s online shoppers through both Alipay and the Taobao Marketplace, Forbes is reporting....

Why Global Financial Inclusion Programs Fail
November 18, 2014

For well over a decade, players across the payments space and all around the world have been trying to crack the code on delivering mobile financial services to the un-and-underbanked consumer. And despite many great ideas and the urgent need to move those without bank...

Pressure Packs Too Much On Alibaba’s Jack Ma
November 18, 2014

As a company that went public just a few months ago, Alibaba continued to show its strength when it shattered sales records on Nov. 11 with Singles’ Day sales of $9.34 billion. But that’s not enough to make Alibaba Founder and Chairman Jack Ma happy,...

Mobile Payment Startup Taps Into Indian Villages
November 18, 2014

Ezetap, a mobile payment startup, wants to connect small Indian villages with business and is using its mPoS to do so, Business Standard reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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DHL Wants To Deliver Your Package To Your Parked Car
November 18, 2014

Online deliveries could soon be delivered to customers’ parked cars, according to Bloomberg News. 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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China Looks To E-Commerce To Drive Growth
November 18, 2014

China’s cabinet called for supporting the country’s e-commerce industry with preferential policies — a shift that would benefit Alibaba and JD.com, China’s biggest online retailers, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

China The Hot Market For International Payments
November 18, 2014

As Apple cautiously establishes a foothold in China for the eventual rollout of Apple Pay there, other international payments services are already finding China to be one of their biggest markets, Chinese tech blog TechNode reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...