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Digging Deeper with Boom Financial: Empowering the Unbanked with Mobile Money

April 7, 2014 by

Boom Financial is empowering the unbanked with mobile bank accounts and money remittance right on their smartphones.

European Parliament Furthers Swipe-Fee Cap

April 4, 2014 by

The European Parliament has voted to shake up the landscape of commerce relating to credit and debit cards.

Digging Deeper with Lending Club: The Peer-to-Peer Loans Marketplace

April 2, 2014 by

Andrew sat down with Renaud Laplanche, CEO & Founder of Lending Club to talk about the company’s tremendous growth, this thoughts on the payments ecosystem, and plans for 2014.

Alibaba Partners to Take Online Retail Offline

April 1, 2014 by

Alibaba is spending $692 million to bring online payments to the real world.

MasterCard Brings MasterPass to China

March 27, 2014 by

Hoping to capture the booming online-retail business in China, MasterCard has partnered with the China Construction Bank to power their “LongPass” digital wallet offering.

China to Cap Mobile Payments Despite Public Backlash

March 27, 2014 by

While the outcry was enough to get China’s central bank to notice, it wasn’t enough to get them to change their mind, now saying they may revise the amount they cap mobile payments based on public opinion.

U.S. Sanctions Shows Need for Russian National Payment Network

March 25, 2014 by

Sanctions imposed on Russia by the U.S. because of the country’s actions in Ukraine and Crimea has brought some Russian banking customers to lose usage of their Visa and MasterCard payment cards.

China Bans QR Code Payments and Virtual Credit Cards… For Now

March 20, 2014 by

China’s central bank, The People’s Bank of China, has effectively banned QR code payments and put a dent in the plans of China’s leading internet companies.

VocaLink Releases Global Real-Time Payments Infographic

March 18, 2014 by

VocaLink, providers of the UK’s national payment system, has released an infographic detailing the power and the demand of real-time payments.

Alibaba to Go Public in the US This Year

March 17, 2014 by

Alibaba, China’s massive e-commerce and payments company, has announced that it’s in the beginning stages of an initial public offering in the United States.

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