Kazakhstan will introduce a law to civil servants on compulsory qualification improvement every three years, said Vice-rector for Academy of the Public Administration Aliya Mukhamedzhanova during a briefing at the Central Communications Service, BNews… Sourced through Scoop.it from: bnews.kz

Financial services firm Cowen released a note with its prediction Amazon will take over as the No. 1 U.S. apparel retailer by 2017, replacing Macy’s. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

PYMNTS has compiled an in-depth evaluation addressing the future of tokenization and how far reaching its impacts may be across the payments landscape. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

In its third annual Mobile Shopper Study, Synchrony Financial explores how far away from retail nirvana merchants really are (since consumers are ready, willing Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

While last week had intrigue and flash – it was saw big bets came to the table. What was up with Visa, Google And Greece? We have it all here. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Reserve, a mobile dining app, has a new feature for check splitting. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

The Apple Watch may be big, but apparently it has not been big enough yet to force the big name app makers to program for it. Find out why. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

OpenTable says a survey finds increasing interest in mobile dining apps. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Apple Pay has hit some glitches on London’s mass transit. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Google is jumping into the home services market. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com