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Amex Busts Blue Card Cash Back
December 09, 2014

Maybe the rewards program offered by American Express’s Blue Cash credit card has turned out to be a bit too popular with consumers. It appears the credit card company has taken some new steps to prevent “perk abuse.” Get the Full Story Complete the form...

The Year That Many Missed: 2014 Mobile Payment Predictions
December 09, 2014

About a year ago, the pundits said that 2014 was going to be the year of mobile payments. 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...

The Land of DoCoMo Lags Mobile Payments Adoption
December 09, 2014

Japan outpaces mot of the rest of the world when it comes to technology advancements, except when it comes to digital payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Company Spotlight
How MasterCard Will Bring Financial Services To East Africa
December 09, 2014

There is no shortage of efforts to bring financial inclusion to those in developing economies who lack access to basic financial services. Most have failed for one very important reason – they’ve been unable to scale. The announcement last week of MasterCard’s partnership with The...

Lisa Stanton Named InAuth CEO
December 09, 2014

InAuth, a mobile and browser security firm, recently announced the appointment of Lisa Stanton as its new CEO. 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...

What’s A Mesh Beacon And Who Needs One?
December 09, 2014

A Parisian company wants to make Apple’s iBeacon irrelevant. 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 newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...

International
Canadians Say “No Thanks” To Mobile Payments
December 09, 2014

Only 2 percent of consumer purchases in Canada use mobile payments today, but attitudes among young adults there suggest that mobile buying will pick up soon, according to new research from GfK. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Alternative Finances
Millennial Banking “Nanny App” Launches
December 09, 2014

A Canadian banking upstart called Koho is joining Simple, Moven and other neobanks trying to reinvent financial services in ways that make sense to Millennials, American Banker reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

International
Brazil’s The Bellwether For Mobile Payments
December 09, 2014

Brazil is one of the fastest-growing payments markets in the world, with the most developed card market in Latin America and boasting 70 percent of the total ecommerce transactions in the region — and now mobile payments may be about to take off there, according...