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1.3KJetPay Payment Processing Goes Live Via NCR
Urban Eatz in Richardson, Texas, has become the first NCR customer to use JetPay payment processing through its point-of-sale (POS) software. Back...
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2.2KGlobal Card Payment Use Rose 13 Pct In 2017
The number of merchants accepting card payments around the world grew by 13 percent in 2017, to 69.2 million, according to a...
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2.9KDecoupled Debit — Again?
The year is 2007. Headlines are filled with news of a “revolutionary” product that will change the fortunes of merchants and unlock...
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3.1KSWIFT Pilot Focused On Reducing Payment Message Errors
SWIFT has announced the launch of a pilot program for an integrated gpi payments service designed to enable the fast identification and...
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2.2KWhatsApp Asks RBI To Expand Payment Services In India
WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook, is seeking approval from the Reserve Bank of India to extend its digital payments service...
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5.2KQR Payments Coming To Hong Kong Subways
The subway system in Hong Kong will allow commuters to scan a QR code as a payment method after announcing a deal...
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4.8KAmerican Express Launches Go For Gig Workers
American Express announced Thursday (Nov. 15) the launch of American Express Go, a new digital service aimed at helping mid-sized and large...
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5.6KChase Card Services President On Why It’s Time For Cards To Tap And Go
How to speed the checkout process? To echo an old Dustin Hoffman film, the answer may lie with one word: plastic. To...
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3.2KChase Rolls Out Tap-to-Pay Visa Credit Cards
Chase said Wednesday (Nov. 14) that it is rolling out tap-to-pay functionality across its Chase Visa card portfolio, an initiative that will...
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3.1KConnecting The Dots On Paying With Connected Devices
Black Friday looms. The holidays loom. Time to take stock, then, of How We Will Pay – in the retail setting, of course,...
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2.3KAmex Biz Gold Card Offers Flexible Repayments
American Express announced on Thursday (Nov. 8) the launch of its new Business Gold Card, which comes with four times Membership Rewards...
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2.8KLouis Vuitton Does Cross-Border Payments, Connects To SWIFT Via FIS
FIS, a global leader in financial services technology, announced that it has connected LVMH Group to the SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (gpi)....
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2.0K7-Eleven Rolls Out Scan-And-Go For Dallas Customers
Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is rolling out scan-and-go options for customers in 14 stores in Dallas later this week, with an aim to...
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4.2KACH Network Payment Volume Jumps In Q3
NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association – announced Thursday (Nov. 1) that automated clearing house (ACH) payments totaled more than 5.6 billion in the third...
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4.6K‘Promise’ Startup Wants To Replace ACH
A white paper has revealed a master plan to replace the U.S.’s Automated Clearing House (ACH) network. “Promise: A Decentralized, Peer-to-Peer, Proxy...
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4.8KThe Three Reasons Why Businesses Still Use Checks
Checks, despite their near extinction in consumer payments, remain alive and well when it comes to businesses paying each other. And that,...
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3.7KGrab, Mastercard Bring Prepaid Cards To Southeast Asia
Grab, the ride-hailing company out of Southeast Asia, and Mastercard, the payment company, announced on Wednesday (Oct. 24) a partnership to issue...
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3.8KWalmart-Synchrony Breakup Pinned To Applicant Underwriting
Synchrony Financial‘s run as the exclusive credit card issuer for Walmart came to an end in July, with reports that Walmart decided...
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2.6KToneTag CEO Sounds Off On Payments At The Speed Of Sound
Talk about cashless and contactless. How about payments made at the speed of sound — to be specific, using encrypted sound waves...
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3.8KSquare Debuts Merchant Installment Payments
Square announced Thursday (October 4) the launch of Square Installments, a new service that provides sellers with access to a tool for...
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2.7KPetal Debuts No-Fee Credit Card For Underserved
Petal, the startup credit card company, announced on Tuesday (Oct. 2) that its credit card is now available via the company’s website....
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3.4KStaying Ahead Of The All-In-One Card Curve
The graveyard of payments innovation is littered with would be all-In-one cards. Batteries? Plastic? Failed startups? Curve's CEO Shachar Bialick tells Karen Webster that...
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3.4KeBay Flips The Switch On Mediating Payments
eBay announced on Tuesday (Sept. 25) that it has started managing payments on its Marketplace platform in the U.S. In a press...
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2.5KPPRO, Credorax Pair On Alt Payment Methods Abroad
PPRO Group, a U.K. cross-border ePayment provider, announced a partnership with Credorax to boost its Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) offerings throughout Europe. Credorax...
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4.5KStripe Takes On Square, Clover With New Terminal
Stripe, the payments company, announced on Monday (Sept. 17) the launch of Stripe Terminal, a product that will enable online businesses and...
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4.3KNACHA Approves Expansion Of Same Day ACH
NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association — announced that its membership has approved three new rules that will expand Same-Day ACH for all financial institutions...
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4.0KNACHA ACH Payments Volume Tops 2 Billion
ACH Network volume surpassed 2 billion transactions in August, an increase of more than 10 percent compared to the previous year. NACHA — The Electronic...
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1.9KPayPal, Small Businesses And The Ongoing Fight Against Friction
At the end of the day, small businesses want to do the thing they went into business to do. Shoe stores want to...
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6.2KNXP On Plastic Cards: There’s A Lot Of Life Left
The plastic payment card is dead. Long live the plastic payment card! Forgive the whipsaw attitude, but that’s how it can feel...
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5.3KMerchants And Tokenization’s Sea Change
Merchants must manage billions of tokens – easier said than done. Nitin Prabhu, PayPal’s senior director of issuance, tokenization and loyalty platform, offers...
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2.5KFlipkart Reportedly Rolling Out Payment Services
Flipkart, the eCommerce giant based in India, is getting into the financial services industry with two new products. According to a report...
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3.3KThe Transition From Tellers To Digital Touchpoints In LATAM
Mass payments are no novel concept. Readers of this space know that many verticals and functions, from insurance to payroll – where payments...
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2.3KIn China, Credit Cards And Mobile (And Beyond), Payments Yin And Yang
The yin and yang concept, born in China, can be applied to so many things. The theme that opposites may be complementary...
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6.3KZelle Eyeing Expansion Into Small Business Payments
Zelle, the digital payment app that enables consumers to send money to friends and family, is gearing up to expand its offering...
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Square Makes EMV Transactions Faster In The US
Square, the digital payments company, announced on Wednesday (Aug. 15) that it delivered on its pledge to make EMV transactions faster in the...
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2.0KEMVCo Launches 3DS Test Platform
Secure payments enabler EMVCo has announced the launch of the full EMV 3-D Secure (EMV 3DS) Test Platform. The platform allows 3DS product...
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2.8KHow Merchant Link Thinks Hotels Can Maximize QR Code Growth
Alternative payments methods, such as contactless and QR codes, have been growing globally in popularity for the last half-decade or so. However,...
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2.5KChase Card Services Teams With Expedia On Expanded Travel Rewards
Chase Card Services and Expedia Group announced on Monday (Aug. 13) a strategic alliance that will boost the Chase Ultimate Rewards travel hub....
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3.5KMeet The Personas Behind The Rise Of Contextual Commerce
It can happen at the office. It can happen on Facebook and Pinterest. It can happen on a well-crafted blog designed to...
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2.1KToshiba Global Commerce Solutions Sees 46 Percent Market Share Growth
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, the global retail electronic point of sale (EPOS) technology company, announced on Monday (July 30) that it has grown...
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2.8KCalifornia Kroger Subsidiary Says No To Visa
Foods Co, a subsidiary of grocery giant Kroger, has announced that 21 of its grocery stores and five of its gas stations...
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5.7KChase Pay Customers With Samsung Phones Can Link To Samsung Pay
JPMorgan Chase announced Friday (July 27) that Chase Pay customers with a Samsung Galaxy smartphone can link Chase Pay to Samsung Pay....
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4.6KFlywire Raises $100M To Expand Into New Markets
Flywire, the payment company for businesses and institutions, announced on Thursday (July 26) that it has raised $100M in new venture funding....
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2.2KACH Network Payment Volume Jumps 6.2 Percent In Q2
NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association announced Wednesday (July 25) that debit and credit transactions totaled more than 5.7 billion in the second...
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2.2KHyperwallet Streamlines Global Payouts For Wordapp.com
Global payments provider Hyperwallet announced today (July 17) that it is launching mass payment distribution for Wordapp.com, a content processing platform for...
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7.9KNew Payments Rule Could Cost Alipay, Tencent More Than $1B
Alipay and Tencent, operators of the two leading digital payment services in China, could lose as much as $1 billion combined in...
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6.5KGlobal Payments Industry Sees Surge In Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions in the global payments industry have hit record highs in 2018, especially in the payments technology market. Financial Times (FT) reported...
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4.6K‘Dollars On The Floor’ — Why A Lack Of Local Payment Options Hurts Retailers
In Germany, security matters. In China, one must make sure to bring their top mobile game. Scandinavia has a thing for invoice-based...
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3.9KIntegrated Payments, With Regulation In Mind
To paraphrase an old maxim: There is nothing new under the sun. There are just new ways to pay for it. Payments done...
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2.3KFirecracker Research Informs Payments Decision Makers
Languid hot holiday day? Day off from work? Time to get thinking -- about payments, financial services and innovation, and getting a leg...
