digital payments

Pay With Venmo Launches At 2M Merchants

Since the dawn of social media, the notion of inserting commerce into social networks has seemed like the natural extension of having groups of friends share...

The Financial Data Goldmine Of Order-To-Cash

Order-to-cash is an area of cash flow management that has the potential to significantly enhance a business’s financial performance. But ongoing reliance on...

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Digital Payments

Will It Be Nordic Banks Against The World In Mobile Payments?

The world beat a path to Scandinavia’s door this year when it came to mobile payments. Samsung Pay was the first international...

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Apple Pay

Discover Lets Customers Redeem Rewards Via Apple Pay

Payment processing company Discover announced Wednesday (Oct. 11) that its cardmembers can now redeem Cashback Bonus for a statement credit through Apple...

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Digital Payments

Marqeta Simplifies Real World Applications For Tokenized Cards And Digital Payments

The move from plastic to pixels may be a slow one. Changing consumer behavior is no easy feat, as we’ve seen with...

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B2B Payments

Bill.com Lands $100M

JPMorgan Chase & Co and Temasek Holdings are reportedly the lead investors in a funding round that raised $100 million for Bill.com. According to...

Blockchain

RippleNet Grows To 100 Financial Institutions

Ripple revealed that RippleNet, its blockchain network, now services more than 100 financial institutions. “We are pleased to announce that Bexs Banco,...

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Digital Payments

Alipay Says In-Store Drove Strong YoY Growth During Golden Week

China’s Golden Week appeared to be good for Alipay, the digital payment unit of Alibaba, which saw a big uptick of in-store...

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Bitcoin

Abu Dhabi Joins Growing List To Regulate ICOs

Abu Dhabi regulators join a handful of other countries that have begun regulating initial coin offerings (ICOs), a popular way for startups...

Daily Data Dive

Data Dive: Win, Lose Or Draw Edition — American Express, Shake Shack And Amazon

With the MLB playoffs underway, the NFL well into its regular season and Washington, well, being Washington as usual, this week was...

Bank Of England Says Cash Still Reigns Supreme In UK

Digital payments and cryptocurrencies like bitcoin may be getting all the attention, but that doesn’t mean cash doesn’t still reign supreme. At...

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API

NACHA Picks Five APIs To Improve Payments

The Electronic Payments Association and the Payments Innovation Alliance announced Wednesday (Oct. 5) that it released a Meeting Summary Report and Overview...

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Despite The Digital Age, Cash Is In The Pink (OK, Green) Of Health

Cashless? Not yet. Not by a long shot. Cash still holds sway as the preferred payment method across a variety of options,...

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Mastercard And PayPal Expand Global Partnership

Mastercard and PayPal announced Thursday (Oct. 5) an expansion of its partnership to include Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle...

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Partnerships / Acquisitions

For Faster Payments, Is The Business Model Key?

The movement toward faster payments benefits firms of all types and sizes, traditional and digital. Tammi Shapiro, Fiserv VP of Product Strategy...

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Today In Data

Today In Data: The Shift In Payment Methods

A recent “Lost in Transaction” Paysafe study polled 3,000 consumers in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada regarding their attitudes about the...

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Apple Pay

Apple Pay Cash Expected For Late October Launch

Apple is gearing up for an October release of Apple Pay Cash, its person-to-person (P2P) payment service. With the service, Apple Pay...

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Square Takes $25M Stake In Eventbrite

Square, the payment processing company, has partnered with Eventbrite, the event ticketing service, and will make an investment in the company. According...

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Morgan Stanley CEO Says Bitcoin Could Have Legs

When it comes to Bitcoin and other digital currencies, Morgan Stanley chief executive officer James Gorman sees potential, something with which his...

PEPFAR And Mastercard Team To Fight AIDS In Africa

On Monday (Sept. 18), during the 2017 Concordia Annual Summit, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Mastercard announced...

Retail

Marie Claire and Mastercard Team Up To Launch Pop-Up Shop

Fashion magazine Marie Claire and Mastercard, the payments company, are teaming up to launch a pop-up store dubbed The Next Big Thing...

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Bitcoin

Dubai Financial Services Authority The Latest To Warn Against ICOs

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) warned investors on Wednesday (Sept. 13) that initial coin offerings (ICOs) are complex and risky, joining a growing list...

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UK’s New Payment Systems To Be Delivered By Year’s End

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and Bank of England (BoE) announced Wednesday (Sept. 13) that the Payment System Operator Delivery Group (PSODG)...

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FCA Warns Investors Could Lose All Their Money In ICOs

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is warning initial coin offering (ICO) investors they could lose all of their money. “The...

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Mobile Applications

Zelle To Launch Android, iOS App This Week

Zelle, the payment company backed by a consortium of big banks in the U.S., is gearing up to launch a P2P mobile...

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Mastercard

Mastercard Engage Brings Together Digital Vendors

Mastercard announced news that it is expanding its Digital Vendor program with the launch of Mastercard Engage. The company’s Digital Vendor program is...

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Visa And BillDesk Bring Bharat QR To More Than 300M Consumers

Payment processor company Visa and BillDesk, an India-based electronic payments provider, announced Wednesday (Sept. 6) they had successfully enabled 50 large service...

KICKICO, Metaverse Foundation Collaborate On Russian/Chinese Cryptocurrency Projects

KICKICO, the Russian cryptocurrency company, announced in a blog post Wednesday (Sept. 6) that it has inked a strategic alliance with Metaverse...

London Police Chief Wants A Cap On Contactless Payments Amount

The head of the London Police department is calling for a limit on contactless card payments to prevent an increase in card...

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How (And Why) Cash Keeps Its Crown

With almost everyone who is anyone in payments declaring war on cash these days, one might reasonably expect the paper currency’s days...

Visa Gauges Contactless Payments Progress 10 Years After Its Introduction

The U.K. is leading contactless payments adoptions 10 years after the technology first emerged, according to a new report from Visa. The...

Apple To Let Chinese Consumers Pay For App Purchases Via WeChat Pay

Tech giant Apple is embracing WeChat Pay, giving consumers in China more ways to pay for purchases. The WeChat Pay digital payment service is...

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Bitcoin

First Bitcoin Capital Trading Suspended By SEC

The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday (Aug. 24) it has temporarily suspended trading in the securities of Canada-based company First Bitcoin...

Nintendo And PayPal Partner To Enable Switch Purchases

Nintendo is partnering with digital payments company PayPal, enabling customers to use PayPal to make purchases on the Nintendo Switch and its...

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Payments Innovation

Payments Innovation: Beyond The ‘Wow’

What would you say if someone asked you to name the most important innovation in payments over the last five years? We...

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Wearables

Igniting Smartwatches One Student At A Time

Despite Tim Cook’s most enthusiastic comments that the Apple Watch is doing “great,” the figures on the ground in the U.S. indicate...

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Down Under, Cash Remains Steady

Cash and contactless payments in Australia are all up in each other’s grills (er, barbies) over small-value transactions. And, according to the...

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TSYS Inks Partnership With National Golf Course Owners Assn.

TSYS, the payment processor, announced Wednesday (Aug. 16) that it has been named the official payment processing partner of the National Golf...

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Personnel

Citi Names Gonca Latif-Schmitt As Head Of Commercial Cards Unit

Citigroup announced news on Tuesday (Aug. 15) it had appointed Gonca Latif-Schmitt as the global head of its commercial cards business. In...

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Geoswift, Western Union, UnionPay Launch Tuition Pay Promotion for Chinese Students

Geoswift, Western Union Business Solutions and UnionPay International have announced the latest joint tuition payment promotion available to Chinese students studying in...