With a bounce-back in share price, Teva’s in a position to do something it hasn’t done much over the past few years: buy companies. Source: http://www.fiercepharma.com

The collapse of the Russian rouble and worries about the US Federal Reserve have hit developing markets Source: http://www.newslocker.com

Investors can’t always live with state-run companies and their politicized ways. But in emerging markets, can they always live without them? Source: http://www.wsj.com

Apple, which uses its iTunes accept/reject power to control potential rivals, is slightly loosening control on Google Wallet. A new update to the mobile app released on Monday (Dec. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

The U.S. Payments Security Task Force (PST) – a group of leading U.S. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

An East Coast supermarket chain opened for business on Dec. 8, only to find all of its payment terminals unresponsive — and it wasn’t alone. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Big players in the payments space tend to have a knack for disrupting every market they enter. Look at Amazon and retail or Uber and cab services. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Ah, yes, it’s the most magical time of the year.Predicting what the next year holds for all of us in payments.The internet is already filled with tons of predictions about who will do what, when in 2015. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Credit card fraud and identify theft are serious problems for consumers and industries. Source: phys.org

RT @dduane: “New Insights into Quantum #Physics May Offer Solution for Credit Card Fraud”: http://t.co/f2Lgc925gB Source: nhv.us