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Saxo Bank Is Launching Payments Banking Market Platform
June 05, 2015

Saxo Bank is setting its sights on changing international payments. The company, through its two-year-old Saxo Payments platform, is tackling both compliance and security in an effort to ease the creation of international transaction accounts, Saxo said in a Thursday (June 4) press release. Get...

Copay The Bitcoin Way
June 05, 2015

BitPay, the global bitcoin payment processor provider, just got a little more consumer friendly. 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...

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Amex’s Rewards Battle To Stay Competitive
June 05, 2015

American Express is falling short in the ongoing struggle amongst credit lenders for dominance in the industry if it does not step up its rewards offerings, reported Bloomberg yesterday (June 4), citing a report from Nomura analysts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Mysterious Conversation Files: PayPal Talks to PYMNTS About Pinterest
June 04, 2015

We’re eavesdropping on a conversation between Anuj Nayar, Senior Director of Global Initiatives at PayPal, and MPD CEO Karen Webster. They’re talking…about something. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Mobile Commerce
Mondelez Matches Brands With Startups To Spur Retail Tech
June 04, 2015

The continued embrace of technology while shopping means less time spent waiting to checkout – and that means less time dawdling over the candies, cookies and other temptations that lie in wait right at the register. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

MasterCard Debuts In Somalia, Aims to Take Country Beyond Cash
June 04, 2015

Somalia is open for business. MasterCard will become the first international payments network to enter Somalia, a country that hasn’t had a formal banking or financial system for over two decades since the collapse of its government in 1991. Get the Full Story Complete the...

SoftBank Will Invest $1 Billion In Korea’s Coupang
June 04, 2015

Korean eCommerce company Coupang announced that it will be getting a $1 billion investment from a SoftBank subsidiary, according to a Wednesday (June 3) release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Why Samsung Pay Got Delayed
June 04, 2015

Within 24 hours of a report that suggested that Samsung was not really all that concerned with Android Pay, came the news that the launch of its mobile payments solution, Samsung Pay, would be delayed. What was initially scheduled to be a summer 2015 rollout...

Mobile Rent Payments See Boost With Major Acquisition
June 03, 2015

The rental industry’s popular payment method, the physical check, may be facing some stiff competition with the recent announcement of RentShare.com’s sale to i3 Verticals, LLC, a technology and integrated payments provider based in Nashville, Tennessee. The rent payment provider, whose payment platform provides a...