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RiverPay Facilitates Payments Via Alipay, WeChat At Harrods
July 11, 2019

Integrated payments and marketing platform RiverPay has announced that it is facilitating payments through Alipay and WeChat Pay at Harrods’ Knightsbridge store in London, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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GoCardless Taps DocuSign For SaaS Payments Platform
July 09, 2019

GoCardless has announced that DocuSign will deploy its SaaS-based payments platform for its European customer base. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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Old Habits Die Hard For Accounts Payable
July 05, 2019

Accounts payable (AP) professionals often use established — if unsatisfactory and possibly outdated — payment methods, mostly because that’s just the way it’s always been done. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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The Surprising Industries Speeding Instant Payments Adoption
July 03, 2019

The global value of real-time compensation is projected to reach $34.3 billion over the next five years, according to the July Disbursements Tracker. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Poland’s BLIK Partners With Mastercard, Netflix And Uber For Payments
June 28, 2019

People who use Polish payment system BLIK will soon be able to pay for things like Netflix and Uber with it, according to a report by Reuters.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Restaurants That Aren’t Ready For A Mobile Future Risk Losing Out
June 28, 2019

Mobile food ordering moved from niche to mainstream in just a few years. According to the new Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker, the volume of food and beverage orders placed via mobile apps grew by 130 percent between 2016 and 2018. Currently, 60 percent of U.S. consumers...

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Can Legal Pot Thrive With Closed-Loop Payments?
June 21, 2019

People can say what they will about the wisdom of legal retail sales of marijuana (we here at PYMNTS take no position), but the payments knot that the cash-dominated industry is dealing with is leading to some improvisation, and even government-backed experimentation. The latest example...

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RiverPay’s China UnionPay Mobile Initiative Gains Traction
June 18, 2019

Integrated payments and marketing platform RiverPay revealed that its staged merchant acquisition initiative with China UnionPay is growing in the North American retail industry. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Amex Card Delinquencies Flat In May
June 17, 2019

American Express said its May card delinquency rate was unchanged from April, according to reports. The rate held steady at 1.4 percent. Net write-offs, however, did move slightly in may, from April’s 2.4 percent to 2.5 percent, and the small business card delinquency rate went...