International

Airbnb Eyes China As Next Big Market
October 08, 2015

Airbnb is eyeing a market that’s getting a lot of attention from the on-demand startup world. 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...

International
Card Payments Cut Into Cash — But Who’s Leading?
October 07, 2015

The 2015 World Payments Report was released yesterday (Oct. 6), with its data marking a significant shift in the accelerated movement from physical to digital payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Europe’s High Court Strikes Down EU-US ‘Safe Harbor’ Data Sharing
October 07, 2015

Data transfer between the U.S. and Europe just hit a major bump in the road. 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,...

Inside Ameriabank’s New Omnichannel Banking Platform
October 06, 2015

Ameriabank, the Armenian bank headquartered in Yerevan, said Monday (Oct. 5) that it is working with CR2, a multichannel banking software company based in Ireland, to introduce BankWorld, an omnichannel platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Payment Innovation – The No Fear Edition
October 06, 2015

MasterCard has brought developers from across the world together to take simple ideas to innovative new commerce concepts through its Masters Of Code Hackathons. Sebastien Taveau, Chief Developer Evangelist and VP of Open API at MasterCard, sat down with MPD CEO Karen Webster to reflect...

Hyperwallet’s New Freelance Payment API
October 06, 2015

Hyperwallet Systems, the payouts company that serves the independent worker industries, will debut a new suite of APIs geared toward the payouts industry. The company said in a Monday (Oct. 5) press release that it will showcase the APIs this week at the FinDEVr 2015...

Future Frontiers: PayPal’s EMV Adventures, Samsung’s Mobile Move And Amex’s New Friends
October 05, 2015

Hurricane Joaquin may have weakened substantially as it made its way up the East Coast this weekend, but the torrent of news that was payments and commerce last week was anything but sparing. As always, the Data Dive is ready to refresh you about everything...

Why The APAC Region Is Mobile Shopping Hotbed
October 02, 2015

The Asia-Pacific region is turning out to be marked by strong mobile usage, especially in paying bills over smartphones and other devices, leaving the desktop behind. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Europe
Oberthur To Guide Allstar’s EMV Conversion
September 30, 2015

Allstar — the United Kingdom’s leading fuel card provider — is moving from the mag stripe to EMV and has chosen Oberthur Technologies (OT) to support that migration. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...