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Tumblr: The Social Media E-Commerce Powerhouse?
Tumblr: The Social Media E-Commerce Powerhouse?
September 16, 2014  |  News

As it turns out, when it comes to marketing value for retailers, name recognition isn’t everything. It seems in the case of the niche social...

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Pep Boys Rock Passbook Coupons
Pep Boys Rock Passbook Coupons
September 16, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

While many in the retail and payments space are waiting to see if Apple will delivery on all the speculation on its future as the...

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Amazon Unit Lets Expensive Downloads Happen Before Verifying Payment
Amazon Unit Lets Expensive Downloads Happen Before Verifying Payment
September 16, 2014  |  News

The Amazon Audible unit lets shoppers sign up using fake payment card data, fake E-mail addresses and fake names and then permits them to download...

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Commercial Real Estate Lending On The Rise
Commercial Real Estate Lending On The Rise
September 16, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Buoyed by low interest rates and increasingly favorable market conditions, banks are expanding their lending footprint into commercial real estate and construction. Data from financial...

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Most Mobile Apps Will Fail Security Test Next Year
Most Mobile Apps Will Fail Security Test Next Year
September 16, 2014  |  Mobile

Analyst firm Gartner has issued a report predicting that 75 percent of mobile apps, by next year, will flunk even most rudimentary of security requirements....

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China’s Biometric Payment Scheme
China’s Biometric Payment Scheme
September 15, 2014  |  Mobile

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has endorsed an E-Commerce biometric authentication program based on the shopper transmitting a selfie. Dubbed “face swapping,” officials described a...

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Apple Talked To Square About Being Acquired. It Didn’t Go Well
Apple Talked To Square About Being Acquired. It Didn’t Go Well
September 15, 2014  |  Mobile

Apple recently approached Square about becoming part of the Apple family, but talks ended abruptly when Apple was only willing to pay $3 billion, which...

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McDonald’s Pushes Apple Pay Out The Window
McDonald’s Pushes Apple Pay Out The Window
September 15, 2014  |  Apple Pay

McDonald’s Chief Digital Officer Atif Rafiq was talking with a reporter last week about how “seamless” and easy McDonald’s will incorporate ApplePay, which makes sense given...

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Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
September 15, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Though there has been a lot of talk and media coverage about the tremendous potential mobile payments offer to the poor, underbanked and financially disenfranchised...

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