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A “Beacon” On Privacy Concerns
November 17, 2014

Consumer fears about beacons and privacy will evaporate as beacons become part of everyday life, panelists said at the M1 Summit conference in San Francisco on Thursday (Nov. 13), according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Who Do Consumers Love More: Banks Or Apple?
November 17, 2014

Despite the huge amount of Apple Pay buzz, most U.S. consumers still say they’d prefer a mobile wallet from their bank, according to a new survey of 4,200 U.S. households by Phoenix Marketing International. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Holiday’s $31B Gift To Payments
November 17, 2014

Holiday shoppers will spend a record-breaking $31 billion on gift cards this year, according to a survey of more than 6,000 consumers by the National Retail Federation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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The Newest Merchant Tool To Fight POS Fraud
November 17, 2014

The PCI Security Standards Council has done a breakdown of how recent high-profile security breaches have occurred, and how merchants of all sizes can defend against the risk of being hacked, Payment Week reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Apple Cuts UnionPay Deal, Apple Pay Not Part
November 17, 2014

Despite Visa and MasterCard still struggling to get into the Chinese market, Apple has found one way, working out an agreement with UnionPay to make it easier for Apple apps to be purchased there. In exchange, Apple will let Chinese consumers pay with UnionPay for...

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Visa, MasterCard Still Struggling With China
November 17, 2014

Contrary to recent inviting signals from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, executives with MasterCard and Visa are finding it increasingly difficult to get permission to do business in China. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

B2B Vendor Global Healthcare Exchange Buying Vendormate
November 16, 2014

Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) has agreed to buy Atlanta’s Vendormate for an unspecified amount. GHX handles business network connectivity and payments issues for some 4,000 hospitals and 18,000 provider facilities, which the firm says repreasents “more than 80 percent” of U.S. hospitals and their U.S....

Mirror Mirror On The Wall, Pay With PayPal Or Not At All
November 14, 2014

At fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff’s store in New York’s fashionable Soho district, a dressing room has a digital mirror that identifies garments, makes accessory recommendations and can summon sales associates to bring in that garment in alternative colors and sizes. But what makes this digital...

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Google Wallet Abandons In-App Purchases
November 14, 2014

Google Wallet has officially pulled out of the in-app business—although it will continue to handle such purchases until March 2, 2015—and has gone out of its way to neither offer a replacement service nor to steer any business to any existing service. Get the Full...