Monthly Archives: January 2015

Gemalto prepaid EMV banking cards extend reach of Vodacom m-pesa mobile wallet in South Africa

Amsterdam, 20 January 2015 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces the deployment of prepaid EMV banking cards to complement Vodacom`s m-pesa mobile wallet … Source: finance.yahoo.com

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How Was Your Credit Card Stolen? — Krebs on Security

Would you like to know how was your Credit Card Stolen? Look at some of the most common forms of credit card fraud: http://t.co/VVqyAjWiNG Source: krebsonsecurity.com

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5 Reasons Your Credit Card Application Got Rejected – U.S. News & World Report (blog)

And what you can do about it. Source: money.usnews.com

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Velcro Pay To Offer Free Apple Pay POS For Merchants

It can be difficult for small businesses to cash in on the big push toward mobile payment processing, particularly with the new rules and regulations to abide to regarding fraudulent payments. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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Alibaba-Backed Discount Site Nabs $700M in Financing

The Alibaba-backed Chinese group-discount website Meituan.com is now worth $7 billion after it received $700 million from unidentified investors, CEO Wang Xing told Bloomberg. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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How Much Can You Make On an App?

The mobile app market is expected to be over $50 billion by 2015 as a continuation of the exponential growth that the market has seen in the last few years, according to The Wall Street Journal. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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Are Groceries Ready For Disruption?

Surprising as it may seem, one can learn an awful lot about the payments industry by watching “Seinfeld.“ “I don’t think that anyone would dispute the fact that change in payments happens slowly, not because we don’t want things to

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Bye-Bye Google Glass

Microsoft has the Zune. Apple has the Newton. More recently, Amazon has the Fire Phone. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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4 Essential Elements To Delivering The Right mPOS Solution

Nearly a third of merchants who participated in a recent survey believe mPOS to be riskier than standard e-commerce offerings. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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In Russia’s Wake, Belarus Wants Visa And MasterCard Alternatives | PYMNTS.com

Just days after Russia’s central bank said both MasterCard and Visa are back in its good graces, the payment-card giants are being prodded by the central bank Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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