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Alternative Finances
New Partnership Set To Boost B2B eCommerce
September 22, 2014

Ecommerce company Gorilla Group and consulting firm itelligence announced last week that they had joined together to offer a new turnkey omni-channel B2B commerce option, Gorilla’s hybris Catalyst. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

B2B Payments
CMS Payments Site Heading For More Downtime
September 22, 2014

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week that its Open Payments website was going to experience downtime for “scheduled maintenance upgrades.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Mobile
Is Apple Pay Prepping A SIM Card For Next Year?
September 22, 2014

Is a vague comment from the CEO of SoftCard (formerly ISIS, the AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile mobile payment effort) that his group is “actively working with Apple” to be permitted onto the iPhone in 2015 “using integrated secure SIM-based hardware” an indication of a future...

PayPal Partners With Samsung On Mobile Pay By Watch
September 22, 2014

Though Apple gets all the press and glory, Samsung’s smartwatch is out there and may soon include a payments feature much like its Cupertino-born rival. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

News
Green Dot Buys Tax-Refund Biz
September 22, 2014

Next year, Green Dot’s contract with Walmart expires, a troubling detail for the prepaid card company considering that for much of its fifteen year existence, the majority of Green Dot’s profits have come from its mega-retailer parent.  In recent years, that has amounted to 55-65...

Merchant Innovation
Could Apple Watch Drive Major Banking Changes?
September 22, 2014

Who wants a wearable?  So far the answer to that questions has been “almost no one,” as smart watches have failed to gain traction in the marketplace.  That could, however, see a change with the release of the Apple Watch. Get the Full Story Complete...

Innovation
Smile! MasterCard Toys With Mobile Facial Recognition For Payments
September 22, 2014

MasterCard is labeling “successful” a biometrics payments trial (facial plus voice) where more than 14,000 transactions were confirmed in a closed iOS and Android pilot using only MasterCard employees, according to a Computerworld report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Karen Webster
Who Will Run “Android Pay?”
September 22, 2014

While the world’s now focused on Apple Pay, there’s another “A” player that’s just as capable of shaking things up in mobile payments. Android. Except that there’s just one problem, well actually there are five, that are getting in the way of making it the...

Mobile
Tesco Embraces Mobile Grocery Purchases
September 22, 2014

Tesco is trialing at a handful of stores—in London and Edinburgh—a mobile payment system, currently only being offered to employees. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....