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Going Into WWDC: The Good, The Bad And The Kinda Hard To Say
June 05, 2015

In about three days the countdown clock on Apple’s website will run all the way down to zero and the world’s biggest company will kick off its annual developers conference in San Francisco. Google’s I/O conference was last week and (paired with Microsoft) served a...

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Restaurants Take The mPOS Cake
June 04, 2015

May was a big month for the mPOS players, with the hospitality sector driving demand and user adoption. Starbucks, in the beginning of May opened an express store in New York’s Financial District, where employees take orders on their handheld device to reduce customers’ wait...

May’s Big Finish (And Why Salesforce Likes Calendars)
June 03, 2015

Calendars are very hot this year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to...

Controversial
Why PayPal Leads With Payments
June 01, 2015

In what is likely one of the more dramatic statements written in history about a software development conference, USA Today reported last week that Google’s I/O developers’ conference was the “latest salvo” in an “escalating arms race” among the Top 5 U.S. tech firms for...

The Lifeline to Financial Inclusion
June 01, 2015

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Apple Gets “Proactive”
May 29, 2015

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference is set to kick off in about 10 days in San Francisco. If you’d like to watch the clock count down you can click here, compliments of Apple, of course. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Company Spotlight
The 911 Call For A Digital Identity
May 29, 2015

The conversations about digital identity and how to secure it have never been more active – or more necessary – prompted recently by any number of news reports related to the compromise of a consumer’s identity in a digital environment. Get the Full Story Complete...

Another Week, Another $2.1B (And eProdigy’s $100M Pick-Up)
May 27, 2015

After a strong showing with investors in the winter and early spring – it looks as though alternative financial services is poised to continue capturing investor interest going into the (we hope at least here in the Northeast) dog days of 2015’s summer. Get the...

Why Banks Aren’t Lending’s Dead End
May 26, 2015

The last 12 months have been good for alternative financial services. And this is quantifiable from a variety of vantage points. A decade ago, alternative financial services was mostly a euphemism for seeing a quasi-reputable, or in some cases totally irreputable lender. In the last year alone,...