Giving A Platform-Powered Assist To Ambitious Merchants
Giving A Platform-Powered Assist To Ambitious Merchants
December 13, 2017  |  Platform Payments

For retailers, increasing conversions in the Amazon age doesn’t just mean making it easy to check out. It means adapting prices in real time across...

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Westfield Malls Bought For $15.7B By French Mall Operator
Westfield Malls Bought For $15.7B By French Mall Operator
December 13, 2017  |  News

Westfield, the Australia-based mall operator with a sizable U.S. presence, is being bought for $15.7 billion from Unibail-Rodamco SE, the European shopping center firm. The...

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PayPal, Accel Back Fraud Detection Startup, Simility
PayPal, Accel Back Fraud Detection Startup, Simility
December 13, 2017  |  Investments

Simility, the fraud detection and risk management startup, has landed $17.5 million in funding. In a company blog post, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of...

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Messenger’s Marcus Joins Coinbase Board
Messenger’s Marcus Joins Coinbase Board
December 13, 2017  |  News

Facebook executive David Marcus, vice president of messaging products at the company, who also had a previous stint at PayPal as a president, has joined...

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iZettle Grabs $47M Additional Funding, Eyes Market Expansion
iZettle Grabs $47M Additional Funding, Eyes Market Expansion
December 13, 2017  |  News

iZettle has grabbed €40 million in funding (the equivalent of $47 million) that the Stockholm-based payments firm will use to expand into new markets. TechCrunch...

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Fourteen Months In, Extra Credit For Faster (ACH) Credit?
Fourteen Months In, Extra Credit For Faster (ACH) Credit?
December 13, 2017  |  Faster Payments

In an age where faster is a hallmark of, well, everything, it follows that the same should be true of payments. It has been 14...

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Person Present: The Future Of Card Not Present Identity Verification
Person Present: The Future Of Card Not Present Identity Verification
December 13, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

“Who are you?” It’s a philosophical question with a million different answers depending on who’s asking. In payments, it is a practical question with just...

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Fiverr And The ‘Other’ Gig Economy
Fiverr And The ‘Other’ Gig Economy
December 13, 2017  |  Matchmakers

  What will a person do to earn five dollars? Something of a random question, maybe even a slightly silly-sounding one – but for Fiverr...

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TRENDING: IBM On The New Rules Of The ‘API Economy’
TRENDING: IBM On The New Rules Of The ‘API Economy’
December 13, 2017  |  API

The emergence of APIs is doing more than just changing the way banks and FinTechs operate. It’s forcing them to create new marketplaces and ecosystems...

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