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B2B Payments
Finja Raises $9 Million In Series A Round
January 03, 2021

Finja, the Pakistan-based digital lending FinTech, has raised $9 million in a Series A round for $10 million, according to a company press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Security & Fraud
T-Mobile: Hackers Accessed Customer Call Data
January 03, 2021

T-Mobile has told some customers of a “security incident” in which a malicious party “may have impacted some of your T-Mobile account information.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Delivery
US Consumers Expect To Return $115 Billion In Unwanted Gifts
January 03, 2021

A surge in eCommerce returns driven by COVID-19-related policy changes is hurting retailers but helping logistics companies, the Financial Times reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Regulation
Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns
January 01, 2021

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be...

Payments Innovation
Expertise On The Screen: The Best of PYMNTS TV
January 01, 2021

We can’t put a final lid on the year 2020 without addressing the big issues, such as how we changed, what we learned, what’s coming back and what will never be the same. PYMNTS TV spent the whole of 2020 talking to the experts on...

Faster Payments
Deep Dive: How Small FIs Use Third Parties, Gradual Integrations To Guide New Payment Rail...
December 31, 2020

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Payment Methods
Synchrony Bank Lands CFPB OK For Dual Secured, Unsecured Credit Cards
December 31, 2020

Synchrony Bank will be able to offer a combination secured/unsecured credit card under a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau order posted Wednesday (Dec. 30). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Retail
Movie Attendance Expected To Drop 25 Pct Post-COVID, Report Says
December 31, 2020

The head of a Southwestern-U.S. theater chain that has closed all its locations and reduced its employee headcount to five from 1,250 due to COVID-19 told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” Wednesday (Dec. 30) that he expects the long-term effect of the virus will be...

News
What Payments Players Had To Say About Innovating Payments In A Pandemic
December 31, 2020

In a year filled with unexpected challenges and a COVID-era economic climate that proved fatal for many companies, PYMNTS was lucky to hear directly from the front lines how scores of company leaders and industry experts were coping with the crisis and turning conflict into...