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Visa payWave’s Transaction Milestone
Visa payWave’s Transaction Milestone
August 26, 2014  |  News

Visa’s contactless payWave cards were used for more than 2 million transactions in Singapore during July 2014—more than 21.5 percent of all Visa card-present transactions for...

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Roomlia Enters Crowded Hotel Reservations Space
Roomlia Enters Crowded Hotel Reservations Space
August 26, 2014  |  Mobile

Roomlia, a discounted hotel reservations mobile app that gives access to more than 250 hotels, launched Monday for iOS, TechCrunch reported. The goal of Roomlia,...

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New Payments Scam, Same Payments Tool
New Payments Scam, Same Payments Tool
August 26, 2014  |  News

There’s a new twist to the payments scam in which fraudsters pretend to be utilities that want “overdue” bills paid by prepaid cards, according to Electric...

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Election Season Could Spur Expansion of Operation Choke Point
Election Season Could Spur Expansion of Operation Choke Point
August 26, 2014  |  News

Operation Choke Point has thrown light on several schisms in how banking is regulated, according to American Banker.   The controversial program is putatively an attempt...

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Retailers Struggle To Remain Relevant To Teens
Retailers Struggle To Remain Relevant To Teens
August 26, 2014  |  News

Teen-focused retailers Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle Outfitters and Aeropostale have lost their cool image and are now turning to social media and improved supply...

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Now Available Through WeChat: Utility Bill Pay
Now Available Through WeChat: Utility Bill Pay
August 26, 2014  |  News

Mobile payments took another great leap forward in China earlier this week, with the announcement that WeChat users can now use the messaging platform to...

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The Downside of Mobile Commerce
The Downside of Mobile Commerce
August 26, 2014  |  Mobile

Retailers love M-Commerce in all of its forms, whether it’s in-store barcode scanning, shopping while riding the subway or trying out a mobile payment methods....

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Amazon’s Physical Retail Strategy
Amazon’s Physical Retail Strategy
August 26, 2014  |  News

Amazon hopes to use its newly launched payment-card reader as a first step in turning hundreds of thousands of small businesses into a brick-and-mortar presence...

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