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UnionPay Comes To North America With Merchants Now Accepting QuickPass In Canada
August 17, 2016

UnionPay International announced on Tuesday (Aug. 16) that several daily-spending merchants in Canada will start accepting UnionPay mobile QuickPass, marking the debut of the service in North America. Before its entrance into Canada, UnionPay mobile QuickPass was accepted at over 220,000 POS terminals in Hong...

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Recurly Launches Recurly Analytics To Help Businesses Optimize Revenue
August 17, 2016

Recurly, the subscription management platform, announced on Wednesday (Aug. 16) the immediate availability of Recurly Analytics, a new capability that surfaces data-driven insights for informed decision-making and revenue optimization. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Coin Laundromats to Accept Mobile Payments
August 16, 2016

Considering that laundromats see billions of dollars in revenue each year, it is ironic that customers must still pay with quarters. Some companies are trying to change all that and take advantage of the growing unattended retail market. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Millennials Are Shunning Credit Cards
August 16, 2016

Millennials may know something that their older counterparts haven’t figured out yet: Cash is better than credit cards. 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...

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Who’s Still Paying By Check In 2016?
August 15, 2016

Electronic or ePayments are simple, fast, convenient and (mostly) safe, but it’s 2016 and forms of ePayment are still not the dominant or most accepted form of payment for consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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UK Airlines Charge Travelers For Paying Via Credit Card
August 15, 2016

Paying with credit cards for airline tickets is a way of life for millions of people, but it turns out that airline operators may be charging travelers in the U.K. to use their credit cards at the ticket counters. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Green Dot/Mastercard Explain Walmart Prepaid Glitch
August 15, 2016

Details are emerging about the May 2016 prepaid glitch that hit a triumvirate of heavy hitters in the payments and retail space — namely, Green Dot, Mastercard and Walmart — and the scope has finally been quantified. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Global Payments’ Big Atlanta Expansion
August 15, 2016

Global Payments, the payments processor, is expanding in the southeast U.S., as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Friday (Aug. 12). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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US Olympians Charged A So-Called ‘Victory Tax’
August 15, 2016

Winning an Olympic medal isn’t an easy feat and often is associated with awards in addition to a gold, silver or bronze medal. In fact, in the U.S., the U.S. Olympic Committee awards bonuses of $25,000 for gold medals, $15,000 for silver medals and $10,000...