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Inflation Concerns Sideline Small Business Borrowing
Inflation Concerns Sideline Small Business Borrowing
March 15, 2024  |  SMBs

With the news that inflation climbed upward last month, many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may find themselves walking a tightrope with even fewer safety nets...

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Preventive Measures Pay Off as Merchants Fight Surging Chargebacks
Preventive Measures Pay Off as Merchants Fight Surging Chargebacks
March 14, 2024  |  Credit Cards

Chargebacks have long been a thorny issue for merchants. And as transactions become increasingly digitized, chargebacks have in turn become more prevalent. They not only...

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Visa, Taulia Team on Embedded Finance as Credit Grows Scarce
Visa, Taulia Team on Embedded Finance as Credit Grows Scarce
March 12, 2024  |  Partnerships

Visa has launched a collaboration with SAP-owned working capital management solutions provider Taulia. The partnership, announced Tuesday (March 12), brings together Visa’s digital payments technology and Taulia Virtual Cards,...

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Mastercard Taps Ex-Ambassador Jon Huntsman to Lead Strategic Growth
Mastercard Taps Ex-Ambassador Jon Huntsman to Lead Strategic Growth
March 11, 2024  |  Personnel

Mastercard has named former ambassador Jon Huntsman, Jr. as its strategic growth president. “Jon’s unique experience spanning four decades in public and private sectors will be extremely valuable...

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Tokenized Credentials Accelerate Fraud Reduction and Get Higher Approval Rates
Tokenized Credentials Accelerate Fraud Reduction and Get Higher Approval Rates
March 11, 2024  |  Credit Cards

The holy grail of payments — for merchants, for consumers and financial institutions — has two essentials: Reduced friction, and reduced fraud. Individuals want to...

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Why the Credit Card Competition Act Won’t Lower Merchant Interchange Fees
Why the Credit Card Competition Act Won’t Lower Merchant Interchange Fees
March 11, 2024  |  Credit Cards

In 1955, the island nation of Borneo was in the throes of a serious malaria virus outbreak. It turned to The World Health Organization for...

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Fed’s Credit Data Signals Caution for Merchants
Fed’s Credit Data Signals Caution for Merchants
March 08, 2024  |  Economy

For merchants, reliant upon consumer spending — and credit as a way to enable that spending — the warning signals are flashing. The Fed’s latest...

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Acquirers Eye Expansion of Installment Payment Plans Amid Consumer Demand
Acquirers Eye Expansion of Installment Payment Plans Amid Consumer Demand
March 08, 2024  |  Payment Methods

Acquirers — the financial institutions that provide the infrastructure for merchants and businesses to accept card payments — operate behind the scenes but can play...

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CFPB Draws Fire at Hill Hearing on ‘Politicized’ Financial Regulation
CFPB Draws Fire at Hill Hearing on ‘Politicized’ Financial Regulation
March 07, 2024  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) came under fire on Capitol Hill Thursday (March 7) from critics who charged that caps on credit card late...

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