Welcome to the monthly mPOS Tracker, a PYMNTS Special Report. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

While developed markets languished, investors turned to emerging markets and related exchange traded funds for a cheaper play on global markets. Emerging Source: http://www.etftrends.com

The Philippines is being tagged as one of the biggest emerging markets by global logistics and transport companies, its improving business environment propelling it upward three places to 16th spot in the Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index… Source: http://www.philstar.com

MasterCard’s digital wallet MasterPass continues to grow as  Mobile Commerce Daily announces that retailers Neiman Marcus and Office Depot will now accept payments from the service, which enables those retailers’ consumers to make purchases in-app… Source: http://www.pymnts.com

A common remedy to dealing with growing credit card debt is to cut up the cards and close the accounts. Source: http://www.wthr.com

More than 1.5 billion smart payment cards were shipped in 2014 as the rise of contactless and America’s migration to EMV technology drove growth. Source: http://www.finextra.com

Mobile shopping has come to be understood as a way for brick-and-mortar stores to increase traffic and sales inside the four walls of their establishment, but a survey from November 2014 released by Contact Solutions shows that the idea of…

Kazakhstan is to acquire the Sukhoi Su-30SM ‘Flanker’ as it looks to recapitalise its Soviet-era fighter force, the government announced on 4 February. Source: http://www.janes.com

An appeal against the closure of a hard-hitting current affairs magazine was adjourned on February 5 amid circumstances that its hunger-striking editor described as “absurd.” The hearing was ad Source: http://www.eurasianet.org

Makkah, Rabi’II 16, 1436, Feb 5, 2015, SPA — The Secretary General of the Muslim World League Dr. Abdullah Al- Turki received today at his office in Riyadh Ambassador of the Republic of Kazak… Source: saudiwindow.wordpress.com