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Payments Innovation Investment Tracker | Week of July 25
Payments Innovation Investment Tracker | Week of July 25
July 30, 2014  |  Controversial

Oh where oh where have the investments in Fintech gone? Well, last week, $8.9 billion of it went to a bunch of players in payments...

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How SMBs Make Omnichannel Their Retail Trump Card
How SMBs Make Omnichannel Their Retail Trump Card
July 28, 2014  |  Company Spotlight

What can all SMBs learn about omnicommerce from a specialty coffee roaster in New Hampshire? The need to embrace omnichannel tools and techniques to maintain...

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Is mPOS the Missing Piece to the Omnichannel Puzzle?
Is mPOS the Missing Piece to the Omnichannel Puzzle?
July 28, 2014  |  Company Spotlight

While omnichannel remains an important focus of most retailers, most merchants say they lack the capabilities to support it. Yet most have plans to implement...

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Bitcoin Tracker | Week 33
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 33
July 25, 2014  |  Exclusive Series

The Winklevii launched WinkDex, NASCAR’s Alex Bowman wants to bring a Bitcoin sponsored car to the circuit and NY says get permission or get out....

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Is Investor Interest In Payments Startups Waning?
Is Investor Interest In Payments Startups Waning?
July 22, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Sure, the “big name” darlings in the industry are getting their share of funding but other startups, not so much of late. Are investors simply...

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Innovation Investment Tracker | Week of July 21
Innovation Investment Tracker | Week of July 21
July 21, 2014  |  Exclusive Series

An acquisition and an auction drove the bulk of investment activity last week. Of the venture  back moves, alternative lending and electronification of documents paved the way. The Big Takeaways...

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Bitcoin Tracker | Week 32
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 32
July 18, 2014  |  Exclusive Series

Well, just when everyone thought that New York would be Bitcoin friendly, they released the first draft of their plan that is anything but. Are...

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June Investors Say “Yes” To Data And Security and “Meh” To mWallets and POS
June Investors Say “Yes” To Data And Security and “Meh” To mWallets and POS
July 14, 2014  |  Cool

In another PYMNTS first, we’re going to bring you weekly scoop on ALL of the investments in the payments space – VC funding, strategic investments,...

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Discover Serves As A DOJ Ally In Amex Trial
Discover Serves As A DOJ Ally In Amex Trial
July 14, 2014  |  Company Spotlight

Times have changed since Discover and American Express both helped the U.S. Justice Department prove its case that Visa and MasterCard exerted too much competitive...

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