B2B Payments
Taking The Mystery Out of Cross Border B2B Payments
April 25, 2014

It’s not all that easy to make payments to another business across borders, especially for SMBs. The process tends to be opaque and costly. The Currency Cloud is a small start-up with a big idea: fixing this for businesses of all sizes. PYMNTS caught up...

Company Spotlight
Risk Management Patent Assigned to MasterCard International
April 25, 2014

A patent originally filed in October 2010 was assigned to MasterCard International, Purchase, NY, according to Insurance News Net. The patent was developed by a team of five members, and offers “methods for risk management” in mobile devices like smart phones that can be used...

Mobile
Square Expands HQ Offices to East Coast
April 25, 2014

The company will be adding another satellite headquarters in New York City.

News
ShopKeep’s Point of Sale Software Raises $25M
April 25, 2014

The software vendor manages point of sale transactions for over 10,000 stores.

B2B Payments
Should Banks Expand The Small Business Credit Card Space?
April 25, 2014

Banks may now feel that there is some breathing room to take advantage of an improving economic climate to broaden their portfolio offering to include SMB credit cards. Here’s a look at how banks can turn this opportunity into an attractive return on one of...

B2B Payments
Powering Payments For Europe’s Railroads
April 25, 2014

Ogone powered a mobile app designed to help one of Europe's high-speed rail providers streamline its ticketing operations. Launched in December, it’s now used by 1,000 riders per week. Find out how and why they did it.

Alternative Finances
PayPal Testing New ‘Wearable Wallet’ for Smartwatches
April 25, 2014

PayPal is testing the new software in the corporate office coffee shop.

In Depth
Visa: Q2 Revenues Rise 7% As Profit Jumps 26%
April 24, 2014

Visa missed analysts' projections for fiscal second quarter revenues, but earned a 26 percent increase in profits as spending on credit and debit cards remained strong.

Merchant Innovation
Amazon Reports 23% Rise In Q1 Net Sales, Launches Grocery Service
April 24, 2014

Amazon Inc. on April 23 reported total first quarter net sales of $19.74 billion, up 22.8 percent from $16.07 billion during the same three-month period ended March 31 last year and beating analyst estimates by a reported $320 million. Net income was $108 million, up...