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What’s Driving Mobile Commerce Growth?

What’s Driving Mobile Commerce Growth?
What’s Driving Mobile Commerce Growth?
May 22, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

New research about the growth of mobile commerce over the next few years has the web buzzing. But we thought that knowing exactly what retail...

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How Ripple Labs Simplifies B2B Payments
How Ripple Labs Simplifies B2B Payments
May 21, 2014  |  B2B Payments

What can the Ripple protocol do that basic core banking infrastructure can’t? Move money in real time, efficiently, securely and at a lower cost. The...

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Vantiv, Mercury CEOs Discuss Growth Post-Acquisition
Vantiv, Mercury CEOs Discuss Growth Post-Acquisition
May 21, 2014  |  Acquiring

Vantiv's recently announced plans to acquire Mercury Payment Systems rounds out its strategic roadmap with an integrated business solutions platform serving small and midsize businesses....

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The mPOS Pioneer And Its Future Plans
The mPOS Pioneer And Its Future Plans
May 21, 2014  |  Financial Inclusion

The world was a different place in 1999-cell phone use was just leaking into the mainstream, Palm Pilots were the next big thing and almost...

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What Is The True Value Of A Receipt?
What Is The True Value Of A Receipt?
May 21, 2014  |  Acquiring

Square talked about the value of a receipt in January at the NRF. Today, oodles of merchants and ATM deployers are convinced that receipts are...

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The Cost Of Accepting Cash
The Cost Of Accepting Cash
May 21, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Despite the movement to electronics payments and alternative currencies and a shift in the digital age, companies still need to accept cash, but it actually...

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Consumers Pay More When They Pay With Bitcoin
Consumers Pay More When They Pay With Bitcoin
May 20, 2014  |  Exclusive Series

People who wanted to buy really bad stuff probably didn’t mind paying a premium to use bitcoin to do it. But, will the regular old...

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Is the EMV Journey Worth the Price?
Is the EMV Journey Worth the Price?
May 19, 2014  |  Commentary

Several reports surfaced last week that reaffirmed what we’ve all suspected – rolling out EMV in the US is going to be a long slog...

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