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True Fit Crosses 5M Customer Line, Gets $15M
January 14, 2015

True Fit, a startup that guides online apparel shoppers by finding out what’s already in their closets, has passed 5 million users and raised $15 million, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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First Data Plugs Into UL Tools For EMV Migration
January 14, 2015

With the clock ticking down toward the October 2015 deadline for retailers to accept EMV chip payment cards, First Data said it will offer its customers EMV testing tools that have been certified by Visa and MasterCard. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Mobile
Google’s Apps And Developers Outgrew Apple’s In 2014
January 14, 2015

A new report from analytics vendor appFigures says Google Play’s app market has outrun Apple’s App Store in 2014 for the first time in the number of new apps, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

International
Shanghai Opens Up To Foreign E-Commerce Players
January 14, 2015

China continues to send mixed signals to foreign-owned companies who want to do business in the world’s largest consumer market. On Tuesday (Jan. 13) China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that it will now allow wholly-foreign-owned companies to operate in the Shanghai Free Trade...

The Future Of Retail Is Now
January 13, 2015

There’s no doubt that the face of retail is changing. And this week in New York, retailers and the marketers and technologists that work with them are together trying to figure out how to get ahead of that change and turn it into an advantage....

American History’s Invisible Innovator
January 13, 2015

“There is an elegant memorial in Washington to Jefferson, but none to Hamilton. However, if you seek Hamilton’s monument, look around. You are living in it.” -George Will Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Europe
peerTransfer Raises New Round – Disrupts X-Border Tuition Payments
January 13, 2015

Global payments firm peerTransfer announces today (January 13) that it closed a major funding round and hit a key profitability milestone.  peerTransfer is an efficient, cost effective and transparent alternative to the existing friction-laden international funds transfer services, including bank wire.  peerTransfer’s global payments platform...

Alternative Finances
Consumer Advisor And Advocate Found To Be Tied To Payday Lending
January 13, 2015

Howard S. Dvorkin claims to have perosnally counseled at least 40,000 Americans on getting their debt under control in his capacity as the founder and former president of Consolidated Credit Counseling Services Inc.,a nonprofit that reports having helped 5 million Americans get their borrowing under...

MasterCard Signs Agreement With India To Accelerate Mobile Payments
January 13, 2015

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