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Apple Taps Alipay For Apple Store China Payments

Apple Taps Alipay For Apple Store China Payments
Apple Taps Alipay For Apple Store China Payments
February 07, 2018  |  Apple Pay

The Apple iPhone 7 was China’s second-best selling phone in 2017 — but Apple has never been a firm thrilled with a silver medal. If...

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PayPal On Taking Merchants From Here — To Their Multichannel Anywhere
PayPal On Taking Merchants From Here — To Their Multichannel Anywhere
February 07, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Consumers don’t really care what word retailers and payments providers use to describe a seamless payment experience across all of the places they shop on...

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Google Announces Search-Based Mobile Travel Bookings
Google Announces Search-Based Mobile Travel Bookings
February 07, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

Google is trying to make it easier for consumers to use their smartphones to directly book travel from a Google search. Get the Full Story...

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Bitcoin Daily: Scammers Fake KodakCoins, Coinbase’s Credit Card Woes
Bitcoin Daily: Scammers Fake KodakCoins, Coinbase’s Credit Card Woes
February 07, 2018  |  Bitcoin

As the price of bitcoin plummets, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is teaming up with other agencies to regulate cryptocurrencies, CNBC reported. “The Treasury secretary has been out...

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To Blunt Fraud, Chase The Consumer, Not The Fraudster
To Blunt Fraud, Chase The Consumer, Not The Fraudster
February 07, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Here’s a novel concept in the eternal battle against payments fraud: Chase the customer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Real-Time Payroll: Not Just For Gig Workers
Real-Time Payroll: Not Just For Gig Workers
February 07, 2018  |  Matchmakers

Employees making $10 an hour or working gigs with companies like Uber and Lyft aren’t the only ones who struggle to make ends meet. Retail...

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States Press Regulators To Simplify FinTech Licensing
States Press Regulators To Simplify FinTech Licensing
February 06, 2018  |  Bank Regulation

Reuters reported news on Tuesday that banking regulators from seven states across the United States are working to, as the newswire reported, “streamline” the FinTech reporting...

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Today In Data: Domestic Business, Veteran-Owned SMBs And SDA Are On-The-Rise
Today In Data: Domestic Business, Veteran-Owned SMBs And SDA Are On-The-Rise
February 06, 2018  |  Today In Data

Today in PYMNTS data, domestic business trips are rising to record highs, veteran-owned small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are boosting the economy, a staggering number...

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