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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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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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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...

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Discover Makes All Deposit Accounts Fee-Free
June 17, 2019

Discover Financial Services said Monday morning (June 17th) that it has ended fees on deposit accounts. 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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Columbia Care Launches Cannabis Credit Card
June 13, 2019

Columbia Care, a medical cannabis company that has licenses in 15 jurisdictions in the European Union and the U.S., is launching the Columbia National Credit program with its new CNC Card, according to a release by the company. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Diving Into The ‘Check-Replacement Cycle’
June 13, 2019

As much as 80 percent of firms still rely on paper checks. Only 3 percent of firms meet demands for B2C payments. Fiserv VP of Digital Payments and Data Aggregation Paul Diegelman explains how companies can cross the Rubicon to digital, on-demand payments with the aid...

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Wild Cards? eGaming, Payroll, Credit, Provide Fresh Fuel For Prepaid
June 05, 2019

Cards (as in prepaid, stored-value cards that consumers can use for gambling, payroll and a variety of other uses, many of them novel) are only half the battle. The real trick is to tie engaging consumer experiences to those cards, which is critical, as prepaid...

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China UnionPay Launches Debit, Credit Cards In Europe
June 03, 2019

China UnionPay, the credit card issuer, is expanding in Europe, rolling out debit and 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 our daily...

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Western Union’s Playbook For Balancing Cash And Digital Payments
June 03, 2019

Despite the dreams and expectations among all kinds of people during the rise of eCommerce and digital payments, cash isn’t really going away. Sure, one may find numerous instances and specific markets in which cash use has given way to payment cards or mobile wallets,...