Mobile Commerce
Bubbly Adds Carrier-Billing Payments Engine
May 19, 2014

What do you get when you blend 40 operators with $39 million and a emerging Asian economies? Bubbly. Nope, it’s not a champagne or even the Colbie Caillat song by the same name, it’s a new set of payments rails that enable carrier-based billing for...

Hmmm
Square Plans to Enhance its Payments Platform
May 19, 2014

PYMNTS.com spoke with Square to find out if the recent announcements about Feedback and Square Order are signs for something bigger.

Alternative Finances
Blade Launches $20M Seed Fund in Boston for Consumer Tech Startups
May 19, 2014

The company plans to invest $250,000 to $1 million per consumer-based tech startup.

B2B Payments
Trover Launches Payments Integrity Division
May 19, 2014

Trover Solutions, which provides insurance subrogation, claims recovery and cost containment solutions has announced the launch of a Payments Integrity Solutions division focuses specifically on health payers’ ability to ensure payments are made and logged accurately and that they reach the hands of the correct providers....

Alternative Finances
Marshall Wace LLP Planning An IPO For P2P Lending Fund
May 19, 2014

One of Europe’s biggest hedge fund managers, Marshall Wace LLP is investing in P2P in a substantial way. The portfolio will include a closed-ended P2P Global Investments PLC fund, run by Marshall Wace. It is aiming to raise $310 million in an initial public offering, but that...

B2B Payments
GE Contracts With Tungsten For E-Invoicing Solution
May 19, 2014

General Electric has contracted with the Tungsten Network to roll out a a multi-year e-Invoicing program into every GE operation globally, according a a release earlier today. The partnership could involve potential invoice volumes of over 16 million per year. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

B2B Payments
Memorandum Of Understanding On Currency Convertibility Signed By East African Community
May 19, 2014

The three current and two future member states of the East African Community (EAC) – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania Burundi and Rwanda – have signed a memorandum of understanding on currency convertibility, reports Coast Week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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

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 that will optimistically take 5 years but more likely 10 to complete. That got MPD CEO Karen Webster to thinking,...

CEO Series
CEO Series: BlueSnap Takes Charge in Cross-Border Payments
May 19, 2014

In this installment of the PYMNTS CEO Series, Karen Webster speaks with Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap, to learn his thoughts on payments innovation, how the industry is changing and more. Where does Dangelmaier believe young innovators should look for innovative ideas, and what advice...