Digital Payments

Digital Payments
Today in FinTech: FinTechIPO™ Index Still Trending Down; Pyypl Points to Blockchain to Fill Payments...
March 04, 2022

In today’s FinTech news, Pyypl wants to help fill the payments gap in the United Arab Emirates by using the blockchain for cross-border payments. PYMNTS FinTech IPO tracker is continuing to see a downward trend, and Aussie digital business bank Zeller becomes a unicorn. GameStop...

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Virtual Card Use, Payment Choice, On the Rise
March 03, 2022

The global value of virtual card transactions is expected to jump to $6.8 trillion over the next four years — compared to $1.9 trillion last year — and a large portion of that growth will come from business-to-business (B2B) transactions. Get the Full Story Complete...

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How Digital Payment Adoption Drives Business Growth
March 03, 2022

Corporations and financial institutions (FIs) can enjoy new levels of efficiencies when adopting modern digital payment methods — such as contactless payments — and pairing them with a robust enterprise resource planning (ERP) or treasury management system (TMS) platform. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Mobile-First LatAm Consumers Pull Merchants Into eCommerce, Digital Payments
March 01, 2022

Given that over 90% of Mexican consumers use some form of online banking, it only makes sense that this digital shift would expand to other forms of electronic payments and connected commerce. This, as growing use of eCommerce sites, streaming media and the payment methods...

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PayPal Urges Stockholders to Shun Mini-Tender Offer by Tutanota
February 27, 2022

PayPal has been notified of an unsolicited mini-tender offer by Tutanota to buy up to 360,000 shares of PayPal common stock, a press release said. PayPal on Friday (Feb. 25) recommended stockholders reject it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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The Digital Payments Gap in Utility Companies
February 25, 2022

Although utility and consumer finance companies have made steady improvements to their electronic billing and payment systems in recent years, the pandemic has fast-tracked their embrace of digital payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Japan’s MUFG Suspends Payments Platform GO-NET
February 23, 2022

Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is suspending operations of its blockchain-based payments platform GO-NET, citing a sluggish economy and the difficulty of commercializing the product. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Data, New Solutions Ease Switch From Paper Checks to Digital Payments
February 22, 2022

The paper check remains stubbornly entrenched in daily life, eschewed by consumers but still a mainstay of business payments. However, a carrot-and-stick approach can optimize the transition to digital payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Nepal Adopts India’s UPI Payments System to Boost its Digital Economy
February 18, 2022

Nepal will become the first country beyond India to utilize India’s unified payments interface (UPI) system, a key step in transforming that nation’s digital economy, according to a report Friday (Feb. 18) on India.com. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...