KeyBank has been inking new partnerships to shore up its competitive position against FinTech upstarts. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

The report reflects actual use for ‘top of the wallet cards,’ not for EMV cards that are issued only to lie forgotten in a desk drawer, CardFlight says. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com

NORMAL — Doug Twitchell, an associate professor of information systems at Illinois State University in Normal, embraces technology. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pantagraph.com

While there are a lot of expert opinions from the top at this time of the year, especially in retail, we took a new view from the middle. It was educational. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

An IDC white paper contends that eCommerce and cashless payments mean that firms must establish more robust data analytics and payments platforms. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

After blasting off from Kazakhstan, Tim Peake and two colleagues are greeted by the crew of the International Space Station. Sourced through Scoop.it from: news.sky.com

Yuri Malenchenko (Roscosmos), Tim Kopra (NASA) and Tim Peake (ESA) launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Dec. 15th, 2015. It will take them about 6 hours to reach the International Space Station. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.space.com

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain and Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Masimov on the sidelines of the World Internet Confe… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

See the moment Britain’s first official astronaut Tim Peake launched from Kazakhstan, on a multinational mission to the International Space Station. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

China signed deals with Kazakhstan on Monday to expand traditional cooperation in energy to the non-energy sectors, including transportation, tourism and agriculture. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn