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Can ‘Dirty Cash’ Move Us To A Cashless Society?
May 08, 2014

Catchy commercials might ask you “What’s in your wallet?” but do you really know the answer? Tens of thousands of germs and bacteria could be crawling around on your beloved bills, which MasterCard research says is actually enough to potentially move consumers more quickly to...

News
U.S. Judge: DOJ Merchant Antitrust Case Against Amex May Proceed
May 07, 2014

This story was updated at 9:40 EDT on May 8. A federal judge on May 7, ruled that an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Justice Department and several states challenging merchant rules imposed by American Express Co. may proceed to trial. Filed in 2010, the...

International
New CEO Seeks Client Stickiness From Shift In Global Cash Access’ Sales Strategy
May 07, 2014

Instead of concentrating sales on individual products, Global Cash Access has begun bundling its products aided by a kiosk under a strategy change for the gaming cash-access specialist implemented by new CEO Ram Chary. Chary replaced David Lopez as the company’s leader in January and...

Hmmm
Has Consumer Spend Hit Another Wall?
May 07, 2014

Gallup’s new research threw a bit of a wet blanket on prior reports that consumers were feeling all warm and fuzzy about their economic prospects and warming up for a pre-summer spending spree. Adding insult to injury, it turns out that mobile is doing a...

B2B Payments
Can Multiple Banking Relationships Ruin Cash Flow?
May 07, 2014

Not having standardized payment workflows makes it difficult for many companies with wieldy systems to track their cash flow, according to a new report. Consolidating banking relationships and centralizing the process can save money through greater efficiencies while also reducing the potential for fraud.

B2B Payments
Cardtronics’ Rails Drive New Debit Revenue For Banks
May 07, 2014

What’s the relationship between ATMs and retail? According to Cardtronics CEO Steve Rathgaber during his most recent analyst call, about an 8x increase in monthly consumer debit spend for retailers with ATMs in their stores.

B2B Payments
Making Money In Government Online Payments
May 07, 2014

One of the largest government processors, NIC, has seen its share of ups and downs over the years, as the trials and tribulations of supporting government contracts plays out on their bottom line. Q1 results report that while the company is losing business from one...

News
Walmart Beats Amazon’s Sales Growth
May 07, 2014

Wal-mart's e-commerce operation represents its fastest-growing business and helped the company increase total sales last year in what was an otherwise weak year.

B2B Payments
EDI – Alive and Well in Healthcare
May 07, 2014

The rest of a new market report on the global healthcare electronic data interchange market has predicted that the market will grow at a substantial rate and will be worth $1.7B by 2018. Many factors are responsible for the growth and the report has analyzed...