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Commercial Real Estate Lending On The Rise
Commercial Real Estate Lending On The Rise
September 16, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Buoyed by low interest rates and increasingly favorable market conditions, banks are expanding their lending footprint into commercial real estate and construction. Data from financial...

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Most Mobile Apps Will Fail Security Test Next Year
Most Mobile Apps Will Fail Security Test Next Year
September 16, 2014  |  Mobile

Analyst firm Gartner has issued a report predicting that 75 percent of mobile apps, by next year, will flunk even most rudimentary of security requirements....

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China’s Biometric Payment Scheme
China’s Biometric Payment Scheme
September 15, 2014  |  Mobile

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has endorsed an E-Commerce biometric authentication program based on the shopper transmitting a selfie. Dubbed “face swapping,” officials described a...

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Apple Talked To Square About Being Acquired. It Didn’t Go Well
Apple Talked To Square About Being Acquired. It Didn’t Go Well
September 15, 2014  |  Mobile

Apple recently approached Square about becoming part of the Apple family, but talks ended abruptly when Apple was only willing to pay $3 billion, which...

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McDonald’s Pushes Apple Pay Out The Window
McDonald’s Pushes Apple Pay Out The Window
September 15, 2014  |  Apple Pay

McDonald’s Chief Digital Officer Atif Rafiq was talking with a reporter last week about how “seamless” and easy McDonald’s will incorporate ApplePay, which makes sense given...

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Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
September 15, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Though there has been a lot of talk and media coverage about the tremendous potential mobile payments offer to the poor, underbanked and financially disenfranchised...

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Alibaba’s Billions Beyond China
Alibaba’s Billions Beyond China
September 15, 2014  |  International

As more data emerges about e-commerce giant Alibaba in the run-up to its IPO Thursday (September 18), it is becoming increasingly clear the size and...

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Could Retail Cyber Attacks Pay For Modernized Payment?
Could Retail Cyber Attacks Pay For Modernized Payment?
September 15, 2014  |  News

There is a school of thought that says a little destruction is not a bad thing, as such clearings brought on by destruction often offers...

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Amazon Shutters P2P
Amazon Shutters P2P
September 15, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Amazon is formally pulling the plug on it free person-to-person funds transfer service WebPay as of October 13, 2014. “We are not addressing a customer...

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