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Braintree Looking Into Bitcoin
August 15, 2014

EBay has been in talks to accept Bitcoin through its Braintree unit, according to a report Thursday (Aug. 14) in The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

B2B Payments
Cashless Payment Solutions Now Available To Cannabis Dispensaries
August 14, 2014

Mobile technology and full-service payments firm SinglePoint, Inc. finalized an agreement to advertise its cashless payment options on Leafly.com, which is an online cannabis information resource. The move is designed to assist recreational and medicinal cannabis dispensaries, according to a SinglePoint press release. Get the Full...

B2B Payments
Survey: Nearly Half Of In-House Lawyers Use E-Billing Software
August 14, 2014

In-house law departments are willing to embrace technology, according to a recent Thomson Reuters survey. Specifically, 44 percent of respondents said that they are using e-billing software. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

StartUp Hopes To Crack eCommerce Conversion Problem
August 14, 2014

Online-customer retention start-up Windsor Circle said Tuesday that it has closed $5.25 million in a second round of institutional funding, VentureBeat reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

News
Facebook To Tell Advertisers How Often Ads Convert Users Across Devices
August 14, 2014

Facebook will be giving its advertisers a new peek into ad efficacy with the release of a new report that will shows when and how often advertisements push users to complete a purchase on a different web-enabled device. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Mobile Commerce
PayPal Launches New mPOS Sales Feature
August 14, 2014

Merchants who use PayPal will soon get real-time sales reports on the PayPal mobile app, eBay’s e-payments subsidiary announced on Tuesday (Aug. 12). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

International
Uber: Innovate By Payment, Getting Beaten Up By Payment
August 14, 2014

Worried about new age cab competitor Uber, a group of taxi firms in India are trying a creative legal attack on Uber and it all revolves around payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Mobile
IP 2014 Expo Participant PayRange Lands Funding, Launches Nationally
August 14, 2014

If there ever was a sector screaming for modernization—and especially mobilization—it would be vending machines. The potential to know inventory in advance, to know which of the 10 machines nearby have three of the desired item you and your friends want, to be able to...

Europe
Russia Backs Off Deadline For Visa, MasterCard Security Deposits
August 14, 2014

Russia’s Central Bank is preparing to abandon its deadline for MasterCard and Visa to pay transaction security deposits because neither has yet selected a partner to process cards in Russia next year, according to a report Thursday (Aug. 14) in Russian business daily Vedomosti. Get...