International

Can An Apple (Pay) A Day Keep The Bitcoins Away?
September 12, 2014

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. 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 this form, you agree to...

Alternative Finances
Bank Of England Says Bitcoin’s A Bank Killer
September 12, 2014

Will bitcoin really be the great bank killer?  It’s got potential, according to a new report released by The Bank of England, but as of right now that threat is more theoretical than practical, reports The Wall Street Journal.  Get the Full Story Complete the...

EU Card Fee Battle, MasterCard Wins
September 11, 2014

MasterCard has won the right to see a key study used by European regulators to set a European Union cap on cross-border card fees, according to Bloomberg. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

B2B Payments
Alibaba’s IPO Already Oversubscribed
September 11, 2014

Alibaba Group has already received enough orders for its record-breaking initial public offering to cover the entire deal, just two days into its roadshow, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

International
Amazon China Takes On Alibaba
September 11, 2014

Alibaba will have a record-breaking IPO next week, but it’s Amazon that owns the future of China’s $400 billion online shopping industry, argues Peter Fuhrman, CEO of investment bank China First Capital. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Europe
Visa Europe Protests Being In U.S. Lawsuit
September 10, 2014

Having been dragged into a payment card interchange lawsuit, Visa Europe Limited and Visa Europe Services are pushing back, arguing that Walmart-led lawsuit “casts too wide a net, lumping them in with Visa even though they are only licensors of Visa and are owned by...

International
A First Look At Alibaba’s IPO Roadshow
September 09, 2014

Alibaba Group launched the roadshow for its $24 billion initial public offering in New York on Monday (Sept. 8). But although China’s e-commerce giant has updated its IPO filing six times since May, there are still unanswered questions, according to a Wall Street Journal blog....

B2B Payments
Meet The Man Who Wants To Solve The $2 Trillion Late Payments Problem
September 08, 2014

Entrepreneurs are prepared for a world where no one buys their product and they go out of business. Somewhat harder to accept is a world where ones product is bought, and they still go out of business because the 30, 60 or even 90 day...

International
Alibaba IPO To Be Bigger Than Visa’s
September 08, 2014

Monday (Sept. 8), Chinese tech giant Alibaba kicks off its IPO roadshow as it tries to persuade prominent investors to jump into an IPO that will almost certainly become one of the largest in history. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...