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JPMorgan: Desire Waning for Crypto as Payment Method
JPMorgan: Desire Waning for Crypto as Payment Method
September 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Demand for using cryptocurrencies as a payments method is falling off as the market has shed an estimated $2 trillion in value in under a...

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EMEA Daily: Paysend Launches New Instant Payment Service
EMEA Daily: Paysend Launches New Instant Payment Service
September 15, 2022  |  emea

Today in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, U.K.-based FinTech Paysend launched a new instant payment product, and Adyen has integrated Block’s Cash App as...

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Adyen to Become First FinTech Platform to Add Block’s Cash App
Adyen to Become First FinTech Platform to Add Block’s Cash App
September 15, 2022  |  Mobile Payments

Financial technology platform Adyen has partnered with Block’s mobile payment method Cash App to become the first such platform to offer Cash App outside of...

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Block Will Let Users Make Cash App Payments Outside Its Network
Block Will Let Users Make Cash App Payments Outside Its Network
September 02, 2022  |  Retail

Block, which was formerly called Square, has begun letting users of its Cash App make payments on eCommerce sites that aren’t part of the Square...

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Klarna, Block, Sezzle Results: Merchants, Consumers Flocking to Short-Term Financing
Klarna, Block, Sezzle Results: Merchants, Consumers Flocking to Short-Term Financing
August 26, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

At this writing, shares of Affirm are down about 15%. In part that’s due to guidance that gross merchandise volumes will slow and that the...

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Australia’s Afterpay, Westpac End 2-Year Partnership
Australia’s Afterpay, Westpac End 2-Year Partnership
August 26, 2022  |  Partnerships

Australian payments company Afterpay has ended its partnership with Westpac Banking after Afterpay canceled a smartphone app it was running with the bank. Get the...

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Cash App, Block Accused of Negligence in Class Action Over Breach
Cash App, Block Accused of Negligence in Class Action Over Breach
August 25, 2022  |  Legal

A class action was filed against mobile payments company Cash App Investing and its parent Block over “negligent” behavior related to the December 2021 data breach...

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Block ‘Disappointed’ After CFPB Said It Slow-Rolled Cash App Probe
Block ‘Disappointed’ After CFPB Said It Slow-Rolled Cash App Probe
August 19, 2022  |  CFPB

A Block spokesperson told PYMNTS Friday (Aug. 19) that the company is “disappointed” that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a petition for...

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Inflation, Credit Pressures Manageable for BNPL Providers Amid Soaring Volumes
Inflation, Credit Pressures Manageable for BNPL Providers Amid Soaring Volumes
August 12, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) took off like a rocket during the pandemic, in an age when interest rates were at historic lows and stimulus...

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