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Holy Smartphone, Batman!
Holy Smartphone, Batman!
April 28, 2014  |  In Depth

New research from Nielsen shows that 70 percent of Americans now own smartphones, including those elder Boomers 55 and older. Is this the missing link...

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Tax Returns, Confused Consumers Credit Card Fraud…And Other Friday Factoids
Tax Returns, Confused Consumers Credit Card Fraud…And Other Friday Factoids
April 25, 2014  |  Cool

Do you know … How many billions of dollars will be lost to credit card fraud this year? How many consumers have no idea what...

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Remote Control Credit Cards?
Remote Control Credit Cards?
April 25, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

What would happen to fraud if consumers were given the opportunity to turn their credit and debit cards on and off from their mobile phones...

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Bitcoin Tracker Week 21
Bitcoin Tracker Week 21
April 25, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

Bitcoin traded in the in a fifty dollar range going from as low as about $450 and as high as $506, ending at $464 at...

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Should Banks Expand The Small Business Credit Card Space?
Should Banks Expand The Small Business Credit Card Space?
April 25, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Banks may now feel that there is some breathing room to take advantage of an improving economic climate to broaden their portfolio offering to include...

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Powering Payments For Europe’s Railroads
Powering Payments For Europe’s Railroads
April 25, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Ogone powered a mobile app designed to help one of Europe's high-speed rail providers streamline its ticketing operations. Launched in December, it’s now used by...

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Visa: Q2 Revenues Rise 7% As Profit Jumps 26%
Visa: Q2 Revenues Rise 7% As Profit Jumps 26%
April 24, 2014  |  In Depth

Visa missed analysts' projections for fiscal second quarter revenues, but earned a 26 percent increase in profits as spending on credit and debit cards remained...

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Square’s Many Suitors:  The People Have Spoken
Square’s Many Suitors: The People Have Spoken
April 24, 2014  |  Hmmm

So two weeks ago we ask you, the readers, what Square should do, given that many of Silicon Valley’s biggest players are reportedly pursing the...

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Nelms: ‘It’ Card And Free FICO Scores Fuel Discover’s Q1 Receivables Growth
Nelms: ‘It’ Card And Free FICO Scores Fuel Discover’s Q1 Receivables Growth
April 24, 2014  |  In Depth

During the first three months of the year, Discover Financial Services’ card receivables grew by nearly 5 percent, at the upper end of the company’s...

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