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Mobile
Pay With Open Table Cuts Bill Wait In D.C.
October 15, 2014

By nature Washington, D.C., is a fast-paced population who like restaurants but don’t like to wait. With the launch of Pay with Open Table mobile payments option, there’s a solution to appease both consumers and owners in cutting out the wait to pay the bill....

Apple Pay
Apple Pay Backer JPMorgan Chase Preparing To Become Its Rival
October 15, 2014

While JPMorgan Chase has been one of Apple Pay’s most vocal visible backers, it has been aggressively working on plans to also become one of Apple Pay’s most visible rivals, as it readies its own mobile payment app for launch. Get the Full Story Complete...

Mobile
Twitter Payments Works…Sort Of
October 15, 2014

Groupe BPCE, France’s second-largest banking group, released more details Tuesday (Oct. 14) about the technology — and privacy hurdles — of the new pay-by-tweet service that was announced last week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

B2B Payments
B2B Payments Are Antiquated And Starving For Data
October 15, 2014

The problem with the B2B payments mindset is that financial players still focus on the money transfer element, when it’s the data that has to rule. This is colored mostly by the fact that B2B payment professionals also happen to be consumers. And the important...

Cool
Omni-channel Is Dead
October 15, 2014

The reigning buzzword champion – omni-channel – is dead. There, I said it. Someone had to. 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...

Hailo Gives Up On North America, Pulls Its Taxi App Out
October 15, 2014

In the battle of various mobile payment apps focused on the taxi space, one company tried to reform cabs by focusing on making operations better for cab drivers. That company, UK-based Hailo Network, has now retreated and pulled out of the North American market, citing...

Mobile
Alipay Can Now Rent Cars
October 15, 2014

Alibaba’s Alipay mobile payment service has jumped into the car rental business, with a service rolled out in Beijing Wednesday (Oct. 15) called Che Fenxiang (“car sharing” in Chinese), according to The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Apple Pay
You Can’t Put A Price On Privacy. But Apple Can: $50 Million Per Violation
October 14, 2014

In the B2B payments world, manufacturers often find themselves having to agree to severe penalties for non-performance such as late deliveries. This can be frustrating if the delays are unavoidable and if those penalties mean the difference between profit and loss. In one extreme case...

Mobile
Google CEO Says Amazon Is Its Biggest Threat
October 14, 2014

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Monday (Oct. 13) that it’s a misconception to think Bing or Yahoo is its biggest competitor when it comes to mobile searches. Instead, he cited Amazon as Google’s biggest force against the company in the mobile search market. Get...