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Marqeta and OakNorth Team to Offer SMBs Commercial Cards

Card issuing platform Marqeta has launched a partnership with U.K.-based, entrepreneur-focused digital bank OakNorth. The collaboration will...

Retail
Foot Locker Begins Rollout of ‘Store of the Future’

Foot Locker has unveiled its “store of the future” in Wayne, New Jersey. This new...

Regulation
TikTok Ban Becomes Law as Social Commerce Takes Off

President Joe Biden has signed a law banning TikTok unless it’s sold within a year. As NPR...

Consumer Insights
Brazilian Shoppers Surpass US, UK Counterparts in P2P Payments

Despite outsized growth in Click-and-Mortar™ shopping opportunities in Brazil during the last three years,...

Ridesharing
Musk’s Master Robotaxi Plan: Giving Tesla the Uber, Airbnb Treatment

The global electric vehicle (EV) marketplace is seeing demand suffer under ongoing macro pressures....

Google
Google Cookie Phase Out Postponed Yet Again

Google has once again delayed plans to eliminate third-party cookies on its Chrome browser. The...

Cross-border Payments
Airwallex Expands Payment Acceptance Solution to US

Airwallex has expanded its payment acceptance solution to the United States. With this service, U.S.-based merchants can...

Technology
Smart Devices Lock Doors to Secure Connected Homes

As the boundaries between physical and digital spaces blur, the traditional home security landscape...

Partnerships
Uber and Klarna Team on New Payment Options for Rides,...

Uber and Klarna have joined forces to offer users new ways to pay for rides and...

Retail
Gen Alpha Consumers’ Unprecedented Connectivity Changes the Retail Media Game

As retailers look to understand their consumers, both for their own sake and the...

Faster Payments
Brite Expands Instant A2A Payments, Payouts Solutions to Germany

Brite Payments now enables instant account-to-account (A2A) payments and payouts in Germany. The Swedish...

Travel Payments
DOT: Airlines Must Automatically Refund Canceled Flights

Airlines must automatically refund travelers for canceled flights under a new Department of Transportation rule. This...

Credit Cards
CFPB Head Wary of Big Credit Card Mergers

America’s leading consumer finance watchdog is skeptical about giant mergers between credit card companies....

SMBs
HubSpot and Stripe Are Optimizing Digital Payments for Small Businesses

Small businesses don’t want embracing modern technology to be a big, technical lift. After...

Cryptocurrency
DOJ: Ex-Binance Head Deserves 3 Years in Prison

Federal prosecutors want former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to spend three years in prison. The one-time...

Personnel
PayU Vet Mario Shiliashki Picked to Lead myPOS

Small-business-focused payments/card solutions company myPOS has named Mario Shiliashki as its new CEO. Shiliashki,...

Payment Methods
Discover Looks to Customer Shifts to Define Innovation

Technological transformation is at the heart of both modern commerce and payments innovation. With...

Opinion
Financing Options Help Merchants and Consumers Manage Economic Uncertainty

Consumer financing solutions can help businesses build trust and loyalty with consumers, Versatile Credit...

VISA
Working Capital Index Finds Central Europe and EMEA Ripe for...

Working capital enables companies to avoid disturbances in operations in the short term and...

Consumer Finance
Why Unexpected Expenses Are Especially Harmful for the Credit-Marginalized 

Unexpected expenses can pack a financial punch for any consumer, but for those who...

Opinion
Data Models Emerge as Effective Customer Strategy

Data modeling can guide businesses refine strategies and optimize outcomes in uncertain times, Franklin...

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