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Split Payments May Boost Merchants’ Private-Label Card Momentum
Split Payments May Boost Merchants’ Private-Label Card Momentum
March 19, 2024  |  Payment Methods

For closed-loop systems — merchant-specific cards — split-payment options may spark both interest and momentum. Less than a year ago, PYMNTS Intelligence found that more...

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FIS and Stratyfy Team to Combat Card Fraud
FIS and Stratyfy Team to Combat Card Fraud
March 18, 2024  |  Partnerships

FIS joined forces with software firm Stratyfy to combat fraudulent card transactions. The collaboration employs the FIS SecurLOCK card fraud management solution to spot and prevent fraudulent transactions, according to...

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Nacha Expands Receiving Depository Financial Institutions’ Role in Fighting Fraud
Nacha Expands Receiving Depository Financial Institutions’ Role in Fighting Fraud
March 18, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

Receiving depository financial institutions (RDFIs) now have a defined role in monitoring the ACH payments they receive. The newly defined role was established as part...

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Open Banking Allows More SMB Data to Be Used in Financing Decisions
Open Banking Allows More SMB Data to Be Used in Financing Decisions
March 18, 2024  |  SMBs

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) represent a puzzle that banks have long struggled to solve. SMBs need fast, flexible and digital-first solutions that help rather...

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Grocery’s Omnichannel Present and Future Highlighted in Latest Big Box Retail Data
Grocery’s Omnichannel Present and Future Highlighted in Latest Big Box Retail Data
March 13, 2024  |  Retail

Amazon and Walmart — and the pitched battle between the two for all manner of retail spend — gets a fair share of digital ink...

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Operational Innovations Drive Software Publishing Marketplaces
Operational Innovations Drive Software Publishing Marketplaces
March 13, 2024  |  Innovation

The software publishing industry is in a state of flux right now as it embraces embedded finance to facilitate new growth — and many payment...

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Silicon Valley Bank’s Downfall: Lessons Learned and Unanswered Questions
Silicon Valley Bank’s Downfall: Lessons Learned and Unanswered Questions
March 11, 2024  |  Banking

It’s said that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The spectacular flameout of Silicon Valley Bank (and other banks subsequently), happened March...

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Credit Spigots Continue to Tighten for Small Businesses
Credit Spigots Continue to Tighten for Small Businesses
March 08, 2024  |  SMBs

The traditional spigots of credit continue to tighten for small businesses. Blame higher rates, the continued fallout of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse last year, and skittishness...

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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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