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UK Retailers Press For Commercial Card Interchange Fee Caps

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Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) continue their probes into competition of the card-acquiring space, with Mastercard and Visa offering late last year to cut swipe fees on tourist cards to help end the EC’s investigation. ” Part of that simplification should include the addition of commercial cards under swipe fee caps, he added.

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As Amazon’s Market Cap Takes Hit, Bright Spots Emerge

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It was only about two months ago — August, in fact — when the prediction came out: Amazon , the eCommerce operator that had recently made moves into healthcare, deepened its power in grocery and continued to grow in other parts of retail (and cloud computing), would hit $2.25 After (briefly) hitting $1 trillion in market cap on Sept.

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Card Payment Use Rises Globally

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The number of merchants accepting card payments around the world grew by 13 percent in 2017, to 69.2 The growth was partly driven by new regulations; India was helped along by the government placing caps on terminal charges and also pressuring banks to recruit more merchants. million, according to a report.

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Amazon Flirts With $900B Market Cap Amid Strong Prime Day Sales

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Amazon flirted with the $900 billion market cap club Wednesday (July 18) after completing a successful Prime Day shopping event. All of this was made possible because of our many valued associates — the global team that continues to make Prime Day bigger and better.” percent.

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Bitcoin Tracker: Coinsource

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The price of bitcoin has continued its December climb this week. We have 73 machines in 17 markets in eight states, and we’re going to continue to grow with demand.”. There’s a possibility that we could more than double our machines in Texas in 2017.”. Bitcoin is at its highest value since early Feb.

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Macy’s A 2017 Takeout Target?

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The market cap and capita structure for Ross are also relatively stronger (and healthier) for Ross than for Macy’s. The tie up, he continued, would mean that Macy’s could also gain entrée to the more than 1,300 stores operating across 36 U.S. Sozzi noted that Ross carries relatively little debt, which should help digest an acquisition.

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