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Mind the Gap: Hiding Digital Features Costs UK Merchants Sales
Mind the Gap: Hiding Digital Features Costs UK Merchants Sales
March 20, 2024  |  VISA

Integrating online features and in-store shopping is reshaping the shopping experience in the U.K. However, more than one-quarter of U.K. merchants don’t offer the digital...

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The Apple Pay Threat Facing Banks
The Apple Pay Threat Facing Banks
March 18, 2024  |  Apple Pay

A friend was preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime yoga retreat to a fancy resort in Malaysia. The trip was a long one with stopovers in Qatar...

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St. Pat’s Showdown: Booze Brands Get Creative
St. Pat’s Showdown: Booze Brands Get Creative
March 16, 2024  |  Retail

As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, beer and liquor brands are gearing up for a showdown to see who can win consumers’ boozy spending, and the...

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Report: An Uncertain Economy Weighs on Embedded Finance Innovation for Marketplaces
Report: An Uncertain Economy Weighs on Embedded Finance Innovation for Marketplaces
March 15, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Logistics and wholesale trade businesses exhibit robust demand for embedded finance innovations. For example, most payment facilitators (PayFacs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and marketplaces are...

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Critics Blast CFPB’s ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Approach to Digital Payments Oversight
Critics Blast CFPB’s ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Approach to Digital Payments Oversight
March 13, 2024  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is overstepping its bounds when it comes to regulating digital payments firms — especially larger players — critics charged...

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Banking-as-a-Service 2.0 Helps Senders Monetize Instant Payments Ecosystems
Banking-as-a-Service 2.0 Helps Senders Monetize Instant Payments Ecosystems
March 12, 2024  |  Digital Banking

The evolution of money movement, and of banking, are intrinsically linked. That’s why, as money became digitized and embedded, so too did banking, via the...

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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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From Crypto Perfume to Weightlifting, Brands Try to Win Over Women
From Crypto Perfume to Weightlifting, Brands Try to Win Over Women
March 09, 2024  |  Retail

This Women’s History Month, brands want to take the occasion to capture female shoppers’ spending, but some of their methods may be more effective —...

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Banks Say Better to Be Proactive Than Reactive When Making Payments Real Time
Banks Say Better to Be Proactive Than Reactive When Making Payments Real Time
March 07, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Faster payments solve many traditional pain points endemic to legacy payment methods. But although several hundred financial institutions (FIs) have signed on to the two...

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