Though the issue has captured a lot of attention lately as the demand for online grocery order for pick-up or delivery has become a critical priority for many consumers, giving food stamp (SNAP program) recipients the ability to use their EBT cards online to pay...
Samsung Pay is launching a physical debit card and this summer will introduce a money management tool in partnership with SoFi. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
The two-decade-long trot toward digitization has turned into an all-out wind sprint, propelled by a global pandemic. As the lockdown fog lifts and transmission fears slowly dissipate, reopening businesses will encounter change, especially with regard to consumer payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
The State Bank of Vietnam granted FinTech startup GPay a 10-year license to provide intermediary payment services in the country — electronic payment portals, payment services, digital money transfer services and eWallet services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
It’s an interesting time to be in the payments business. The analytics of the past few months, when visualized, might resemble a murmuration of starlings – masses of tiny data points whirling like birds in flight, buffeted by winds and weather, with no clearly visible...
To reportedly help it compete with Apple Pay and the Apple Card, Google is creating its own tangible and virtual debit cards. The card, along with a checking account that is related to it, will let users make a purchase through a card, the web...
To help provide U.S. taxpayers with stimulus payments to get through the recession brought about by the coronavirus, the idea of a digital dollar has been brought to light once again by legislators. The Automatic BOOST to Communities Act (ABC Act) reintroduces the digital dollar concept and...
In developed countries, the notion of cash on delivery – COD – is a payments relic borne out of the days of mail order purchases made by phone for which the purchase amount was settled, literally in cash, when the item was delivered to the...
Cisco, the California-based global technology company, announced a new financing program that allows customers to defer 95 percent of the cost of new products until January, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
