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134Cross Border CommerceHow BlueJeans Solved Its Recurring Payments Woes
September 17, 2019Transaction fees and interchange rates, among other factors, can turn a simple transaction into a complex process for merchants. But Mike Schramm,...
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409B2B PaymentsSpeed Finds Opportunity In B2B Payments Beyond Accounts Payable
September 17, 2019Corporate treasurers show increasing interest in real time and faster payment solutions, the latest research suggests. However, it’s not necessarily the ability...
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1.1KPodcastsPODCAST: Solving Instant Payments Ubiquity Problem
September 17, 2019Consumers live in a real-time world. Their use of mobile devices fuels the expectation that what happens on the other side of...
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1.1KCryptocurrencyGlobal Regulators Debate Stablecoin Risks With JPMC
September 16, 2019Global central bank officials met with leaders from both Facebook’s Libra Association and JPMorgan to discuss policies and regulation around new cryptocurrencies,...
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1.6KInvestmentsPlaid Gets Strategic Funding From Visa And Mastercard
September 16, 2019Plaid, which focuses on APIs, said on Mon. (Sept. 16) that it has received strategic investments from Mastercard and Visa. The companies...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsCorporates Challenged By Digitization Beyond Vendor Payments
September 16, 2019The announcement of Mastercard Track expanding into B2B payments last week represented a significant push for B2B payments modernization by one of...
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3.2KCommerce ConnectedWhat The Trendsetters Say About How We Will Pay Next Decade
September 16, 2019Sheep are not natural-born leaders. If they were, they wouldn’t need border collies or sheepherders to make sure that they didn’t follow...
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3.2KBlockchainJPMC Adds Deutsche Bank To Blockchain Roster
September 15, 2019Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest bank, is joining the 320 banks in the JPMorgan Chase-led blockchain initiative, the Financial Times reported Sunday (Sept....
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2.4KCryptocurrency26 EU Central Bankers Set To Grill Libra Execs Today
September 15, 2019Libra Association representatives are getting ready to face questioning by 26 central banks over the potential peril the proposed cryptocurrency poses to...
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2.1KNewsTop News In Payments: Mastercard Grows Track Platform; Affirm Aims For $1.5B In Funding
September 13, 2019Today in the payments news roundup, Mastercard is modernizing its business-to-business (B2B) payment ecosystem. Also, Affirm is reportedly seeking to raise around...
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1.5KB2B PaymentsYardi Links Property Managers To Mastercard V-Cards
September 13, 2019Yardi, a FinTech company enabling property managers to make electronic B2B payments to their vendors, is expanding the functionality of its Yardi...
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1.3KNewsTop News In Payments: R3 Works With Mastercard On Blockchain Tech; Uber Pushes Back On California Law
September 12, 2019Today in the payments news roundup, R3, an enterprise software provider, is collaborating with Mastercard to establish a blockchain cross-border payments solution....
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1.5KApple PayApple Card Users To Get 3 Pct Cash Back At Walgreens
September 12, 2019Customers using the Apple Card with Apple Pay to purchase goods and prescriptions at Walgreens will get 3 percent cash back, Walgreens said...
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3.1KB2B PaymentsMastercard Track Expands Focus To Faster B2B Payments, Data Collection
September 12, 2019Mastercard is launching a new business-to-business (B2B) payment ecosystem to streamline and simplify transactions between suppliers and sellers. The Mastercard Track Business...
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1.4KCashMastercard Launches UK Retailer Cashback Initiative
September 12, 2019A new resource to expand cash access in the U.K. is being launched by Mastercard, the company said in a press release...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsChase, AFP Applaud B2B’s Shrinking Check Use
September 12, 2019The paper check continues to be a prominent — and, in many cases, dominant — payment method in B2B transactions. PYMNTS research...
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3.9KB2B PaymentsLifting The Veil On Cross-Border B2B Payments
September 12, 2019Faster cross-border commercial payments are within reach thanks to global initiatives from the private and public sectors, and to growing consensus among...
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2.7KPartnerships / AcquisitionsMastercard, R3 Team Up To Bring Blockchain To X-Border Payments
September 11, 2019Enterprise software provider R3 is teaming up with Mastercard to establish a blockchain solution for cross-border payments, the companies said in a...
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1.8KPayment MethodsCollaboration Is Key For Consensus On Cross-Border Payments
September 11, 2019According to the new Simplifying Cross-Border Payments Playbook, there are five key criteria that an ideal cross-border payment solution should meet: speed,...
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1.7KSecurity & FraudBig Tech CEOs Petition Congress For Data Privacy Law
September 10, 2019An open letter to Congress asking for a consumer data privacy law was signed by 51 CEOs across tech and other industries,...
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4.4KB2B PaymentsB2B Payments: Moving From Inertia To Ignition
September 10, 2019The B2B payments discussion often centers around innovators’ efforts to kill the check. Unfortunately, simply introducing an electronic alternative to paper checks...
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3.6KCryptocurrencyJack Dorsey Brushes Off Plans For Square Crypto
September 08, 2019There are no plans for Twitter to create its own digital currency similar to Facebook’s Libra. Founder Jack Dorsey said in an interview...
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3.7KAuthenticationInside Australia’s Push For A Safe And Trusted Digital ID
September 06, 2019The use of digital identities is becoming commonplace, and consumers are largely satisfied with their presence. In fact, PYMNTS’ Digital Identity Lifestyle...
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4.1KPayment MethodsWestern Union, TRUE North Offer X-Border Tuition Payments
September 05, 2019Western Union is teaming up with TRUE North to offer students a simplified payments platform to pay tuition and expenses, Western Union...
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3.3KPayment MethodsUS Payment Card Market Tops $6T
September 05, 2019Commercial and consumer cards issued in the U.S. generated $6.13 trillion in spending for goods and services in 2018, The Nilson Report...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsRegulators Stoke The Flames Of The Early Wage Access Debate
September 05, 2019Regulators recently announced plans to take a closer look at the early wage access industry, but as demand among the workforce for...
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2.3KNewsTop News In Payments: Mastercard Added To Marco Polo Network; Apple Gains Watch Patents
September 04, 2019Today in the payments news roundup, Mastercard announced it has joined the Marco Polo Network. Also, Apple has gained three separate patents related to the...
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2.6KPersonnelDigital Banking Veterans Join i2c Leadership Team
September 04, 2019Global digital banking firm i2c Inc. is rounding out its leadership team to include four payments industry veterans, the company said in...
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1.9KB2B PaymentsB2B Pay Pursues Status As Regulated Bank
September 04, 2019B2B payments and international money transfer company B2B Pay has announced plans to become a regulated financial institution, and is looking to...
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3.1KMastercardMastercard Joins Marco Polo Global Trade Finance Network
September 04, 2019Mastercard announced it has joined the Marco Polo Network. The network — and its more than 25 member banks — aims to...
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4.8KB2B PaymentsB2B’s Summer Of Faster, Integrated Payments
September 02, 2019For B2B payments, this summer was a season of technological progress. Both buyers and suppliers say they are looking forward to adopting...
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2.8KPayment MethodsPYMNTS’ Labor Day Reading List (Without The Labor)
September 02, 2019Reading lists should cut to the chase, pointing to what’s most urgent or cutting edge. PYMNTS offers dozens of reports, trackers and...
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4.7KPayments InnovationWhat 10 Top CEOs Said About Payments This Summer
September 02, 2019There was no shortage of things to watch this summer for payments and commerce peeps. Contactless launched in New York City, retail...
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2.7KNewsNew Cyber Threats, Square’s Strategy And Subscription Changes Top Week’s News
August 30, 2019It’s that time again — the last unofficial weekend of summer. In this new edition of the PYMNTS Weekender you can read...
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1.2KToday In DataData And Other Ways To Build Stronger Commerce Experiences
August 29, 2019Meanwhile, Mastercard has some ideas about ePayables, an expert offers golden rules on marketplaces and a debit card debuts for kids. Meanwhile,...
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3.9KGig EconomyNew Report: Why 84 Percent Of Paycheck-To-Paycheck Gig Workers Want Early Pay
August 29, 2019A growing number of workers are turning to platforms like Uber, TaskRabbit and Upwork to earn extra money – or even to...
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1.7KToday In DataSpeed, Security And Simplicity: The Three S’s Of Payments Innovation
August 28, 2019From the biggest transactions between enterprises to the small weekly allowances doled out weekly by 70 percent of America’s parents, there are...
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2.7KFacebookFacebook Taps Ex-Coinbase Exec To Lobby For Libra
August 27, 2019The former policy executive of the crypto exchange Coinbase is heading a lobbying firm hired by Facebook to contend with U.S. regulatory...
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1.8KNewsTop New In Payments: Data Key To Credit Union Member Retention; Mastercard On The Opportunity For ePayables
August 27, 2019Today in the payments news roundup, a report shows that credit unions could be more in tune with their customers’ needs, and...
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4.7KMastercardMastercard: The Opportunity Ahead For ePayables
August 27, 2019In the quest to streamline B2B processes, and to move beyond the way things have always been done – especially when it...
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3.8KPayment MethodsDebit Cards For Kids — It’s A Thing
August 27, 2019Paying out a kid’s allowance may not sound like a major payments hurdle to clear, but for Greenlight Co-Founder, CEO and father...
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2.1KFacebookDespite Meeting Swiss, US Lawmakers Remain Libra Skeptics
August 26, 2019U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters met with government officials in Switzerland about Libra, and said she remained concerned about...
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2.5KThe WeekenderChase Pay Demise And Gut Check On Lending Dominate Week’s News
August 23, 2019The PYMNTS Weekender has you covered with any news you might have missed over the past week. Among the stories we ran...
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3.1KNewsTop News In Payments: Regulatory Pushback Spooks Libra Backers; Adyen Gains Traction With Mid-Market Firms
August 23, 2019Regulatory Pushback Spooks Libra Backers An unnamed faction of the coalition of 28 organizations called on by Facebook to help bring...
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3.0KPayment MethodsApple’s Shiny (Possibly Damaging) Card Offers Design Lessons
August 23, 2019In the drive for luxury, for exclusivity, how far is too far before high-end goods risk alienating – well, everybody? Let’s start...
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4.7KSecurity & FraudBreach Of Mastercard Loyalty Program Affected 90K Germans’ Data
August 23, 2019Belgian and German data protection regulators were notified by Mastercard of a possible data breach, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Aug. 23). The...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsPhillips 66 Partners With WEX For Exclusive Multi-Year Private Label Extension
August 23, 2019FinTech service provider WEX signed on with Phillips 66 to handle exclusive private label and universal fleet card services, Verdict reported on...
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3.2KFacebookRegulatory Pushback Spooks Libra Backers
August 23, 2019Some early supporters of Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra, spooked by the intense regulatory scrutiny both national and worldwide, want to distance themselves...
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4.1KCryptocurrencyFlexa: Making Crypto Spendable In Every Store
August 23, 2019Beyond bitcoin and price swings, might there be a place for crypto in commerce? Flexa wants to bring digital coin into physical...
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3.1KB2B PaymentsAustrian Telecom A1 Now Accepts Cryptocurrency
August 22, 2019Austria’s major telecommunications firm A1 is now accepting payments in cryptocurrency as part of a pilot project, the company said in a...
