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2.2KMobile PaymentsWill Contactless Move Credit Union Cards To Top Of Wallet?
December 11, 2019Get ready for the contactless card surge. This holiday season may remind you of the “hurry up and wait” component of brick-and-mortar...
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1.3KCredit UnionsCanadian CUs Link Interac Debit With Google Pay To Enable Android Payments
December 10, 2019Seven Canadian credit unions (CUs) have become the first in Canada to launch Interac Debit on Google Pay, Canadian Credit Union Association...
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1.7KMastercardMastercard, Doconomy To Enable Carbon Footprint Tracking Of Purchases
December 10, 2019Doconomy and Mastercard are partnering to combat climate change by giving any Mastercard issuer the ability to enable their cardholders to monitor...
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7.0KInnovationPayPal’s Schulman: Why Payments’ Biggest Innovations Are Yet To Come
December 09, 2019“Do you see PayPal as a tech company, or as a financial services company?” Dan Schulman still vividly remembers the first question...
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2.9KSafety and SecurityPCI Issues New Requirements For Tap-And-Go Payments
December 05, 2019The PCI Security Standards Council has issued a new data security standard that will allow vendors to provide merchants with tap-and-go payment...
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2.0KDigital PaymentseWallets Don’t Make Money, Says Mandiri Capital Chief
November 27, 2019The CEO of PT Mandiri Capital Indonesia, the venture capital arm of PT Bank Mandiri, said the only way digital payment platforms...
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2.7KRetailHow QSRs Are Driving Retail Innovation Via Emerging Tech
November 25, 2019Retail innovation comes from various places – and for the new decade, that includes quick-service restaurants (QSRs), the site of massive technological...
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4.0KResTechFacing The Fast Future Of QSR Payments Experiences
November 25, 2019Make sure to bring more than your appetite when you dine out in the 2020s, especially at a quick-service restaurant (QSR). You...
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PSCU Expects To Issue More Than 3M Contactless Cards In 2020
November 20, 2019PSCU is prepared to handle what they predict will be a rush in 2020 to adopt contactless cards, the company said in...
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2.9KAppleGermany To Force Mobile Payment Providers To Share Systems With Rivals
November 15, 2019Apple criticized German lawmakers’ vote to pass new legislation that would force it to open up its mobile payment system to rival...
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1.9KUnattended RetailNEN Widens USAT Partnership For Cashless Payments Growth
November 15, 2019Cashless payments firm USA Technologies (USAT) is expanding its partnership with amusement kiosk operator National Entertainment Network (NEN) to bring expanded cashless...
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2.4KRestaurant innovationHow NFC Loyalty Is Changing The Way QSRs Approach Rewards
November 06, 2019Creating dedicated, loyal customers is a constant challenge for competing eateries. Consumers want greater access to mobile tools and payments, even at...
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3.4KMobile CommerceVisa Invests In LISNR To Boost Mobile Payments Growth
November 05, 2019Ultrasonic data firm LISNR is getting a strategic investment from Visa to speed up expansion of its mobile payments, LISNR announced in...
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1.3KRetailXiaomi Debuts Mi Watch Wearable
November 05, 2019Chinese electronics company Xiaomi rolled out its first smartwatch dubbed the Mi Watch, which is said to look similar to the Apple Watch. The...
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3.3KRestaurant innovationTrending: Malibu Poke Gets Personal With Facial Recognition To Order, Pay
November 05, 2019U.S. consumers are increasingly turning to digital technology to place food orders. A recent study found online food delivery orders increased nearly...
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2.5KApple PayEU Digs Into Apple Pay Antitrust Probe
October 30, 2019The EU is looking even further into possible antitrust violations regarding Apple, with regulators trying to find out if online sales companies...
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3.7KApple PayFor Apple Pay, A Tale Of Two Data Sets
October 28, 2019Looking at data can be a bit like watching the famous Japanese samurai film “Rashomon.” Different interpretations, different stories abound. And when...
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14.0KMobile PaymentsREPORT: What Apple Pay At Five Says About The Future Of Mobile POS Payments
October 21, 2019Apple Pay went live five years ago yesterday, on Oct. 20, 2014. When Tim Cook took the stage a month beforehand to...
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9.5KPayments InnovationTen Years Of Payments Innovation And Reinvention
October 21, 2019The mood in the air at the start of the 2010s was different from the one that preceded the start of the...
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2.4KANTITRUSTEU Watchdog Probes Apple Pay Over Anticompetitive Conduct
October 16, 2019The Apple payment platform, Apple Pay, is again being investigated by the European Commission again, MLex reported on Wednesday (Oct. 16). A...
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2.8KPayment MethodsSamsung, Mobeewave Partner On Contactless POS
October 15, 2019Samsung has announced a partnership with Mobeewave for NFC-enabled contactless payment services on its smartphones, Samsung said in a news release on Tuesday...
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2.0KRegulationDeep Dive: Retailers Face Mobile Authentication Challenges Under SCA
October 09, 2019SCA may have arrived on the payments scene, but questions remain regarding its exact authentication requirements. The overarching rule is simple enough:...
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3.2KCredit UnionsDeep Dive: Credit Unions Like And Subscribe To Social Media
September 25, 2019Social media has become a cornerstone of everyday life over the last few decades, with 72 percent of Americans using social...
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2.4KRetailRetail Pulse: Walgreens To Test Drone Deliveries; Walmart To Relaunch Scoop
September 20, 2019Retailers are testing drone delivery to grow their omnichannel offerings and provide “store to door” on-demand service to their customers. Walgreens, in...
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2.6KGoogleGoogle Rolls Out Google Pay, Integrated Payments In India
September 19, 2019Google for India recently launched new features and updates to several products, including enhancements to Google Assistant, Pay, Lens and Search, Android...
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2.5KInnovationStarbucks Consumers In Japan Can Pay With NCF Pen
September 18, 2019Starbucks has announced the release of an actual pen that consumers can use to pay at the register in Japan, according to...
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4.7KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: HSBC Issues First Yuan-Based Letter Of Credit; Sierra Leone Gov’t To Launch Blockchain ID System
September 02, 2019HSBC has issued its first yuan blockchain-based letter of credit transaction, Reuters reported. The move is significant progress in the use of...
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3.6KWearablesTake Two For Fitbit’s Versa 2
August 29, 2019The headlines that started the month of August were less than thrilling for Fitbit — as some were beginning to wonder if...
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3.9KB2B PaymentsAustrian Telecom A1 Now Accepts Cryptocurrency
August 22, 2019Austria’s major telecommunications firm A1 is now accepting payments in cryptocurrency as part of a pilot project, the company said in a...
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6.6KMobile PaymentsAre Mobile Payments Finally Ready To Ignite In Japan?
August 15, 2019Japan, in the last several years, has been something of a puzzle among mobile payments watchers around the world. It’s the market...
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2.8KDigital PaymentsMumbai Bus Operator To Test India’s National Transit Card
August 13, 2019India’s One Nation One Card will be test-piloted with Mumbai bus operator BEST in November, NFCWorld reported on Tuesday (Aug. 13). The...
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5.0KDeliveryDoorDash Seeks $400M Before IPO
August 09, 2019Delivery startup DoorDash is hoping to secure a $400 million credit line ahead of its upcoming IPO, sources told Bloomberg on Thursday...
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5.6KEcosystemsHas Apple Won The Wearables Wars?
August 06, 2019It’s the customer relationship — that seems to be the main storyline in the smartwatch wars, a competition that has recently seen...
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4.9KDigital BankingTaiwan Grants Trio Of Virtual Banking Licenses As Asia Trends Digital
July 30, 2019Three consortiums led by Taiwan and Japanese investors are getting the first virtual banking licenses issued by Taiwan’s Financial Service Commission (FSC),...
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3.3KVISAOlympics Payment Partner Visa Embraces ‘Cashless Japan’
July 24, 2019Visa is exploring state-of-the-art payment experiences at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo to support “Cashless Japan.” The mandate handed down by Japan’s...
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4.8KInnovationCan Elon Musk Turn The Human Brain Into A Connected Device?
July 20, 2019It can never be said that Elon Musk has a problem thinking big. That can be seen from his early days as one...
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6.0KDigital PaymentsAs Banking Evolves, So Does The ATM
July 12, 2019Evolving technology continues to provide consumers with new digital payment options, but does that mean the death of cash and the ATM...
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2.9KPartnerships / AcquisitionsSwish Teams With Nets To Test In-Store Mobile Payments
July 03, 2019Payments company Nets announced that it is partnering with Swish, the number one payments app in Sweden, on an in-store payments pilot...
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3.0KRetailVending Machines Turn To The Bubbly To Gain More Sales
July 03, 2019Among the more interesting storylines of this era of digital commerce and payments is the maturation of vending machines — sorry, “unattended...
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5.5KAutomated RetailDeep Dive: Mobile Payments Uptake In The US
June 28, 2019Brick-and-mortar retailers must ensure smoother, easier in-store experiences to compete with the conveniences of eCommerce. There are numerous ways to accomplish...
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4.8KCredit UnionsCO-OP CEO On The Power Of A Payments Ecosystem
June 27, 2019Credit unions (CUs) often have deep relationships with their customers, but they don't often have primary financial institution status with them. CO-OP...
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2.8KRetailUnattended Retail Stumbles In China, But Global Growth Continues
June 26, 2019Unattended retail is having a moment – a bad moment, as it turns out, in China, according to reports. The challenges there...
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3.5KInnovationPOS Payments At The Speed Of Sound (Waves)
June 20, 2019Friction bedevils all types of retail — and that holds true for transactions inside stores or via eCommerce sites. At the same...
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2.7KRetailBeyond Registers — What’s Next For Retail Store Payments?
June 17, 2019Is the store register on its way out in favor of other retail and payments innovation? That’s probably a bridge too far...
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2.4KGlobal PaymentsAlipay’s Many European Plays
June 14, 2019That Alipay is moving into Europe — and looking to support the millions of Chinese and Southeast Asian tourists who travel there...
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2.6KAppleNFC Slated For Major Upgrade With iOS 13 Release
June 13, 2019Near-field communication (NFC) will receive a major upgrade when Apple releases iOS 13 this fall. While only iPhone apps were previously able...
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4.3KInnovationHow A Retail Incubator Could Produce The Next Big Innovation
June 12, 2019The myth of the lone (and possibly mad) scientist died out a long time ago, as the industrial age led to teams...
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5.0KRetailIs The US On The Verge Of A Contactless Surge?
June 06, 2019Near-field communication (NFC) technology isn’t exactly new. For some time now, retailers have been using it and radio frequency identification (RIFD) behind...
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3.9KRetailWhy Digital Marketplaces Must Anticipate Shoppers’ Needs
May 28, 2019With abundant choices in many aspects of their lives, consumers expect a range of options when it comes to online shopping, ranging...
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7.1KDigital PaymentsClosing In On Contactless Payments’ Tipping Point
May 28, 2019Contactless payments have yet to achieve critical mass in the U.S., at only about 3 percent of transactions, according to NMI. Nick...
