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363Payments InnovationRapid Settlements To The SMB Rescue
The overwhelming majority of U.S. businesses are small businesses — close to 90 percent of U.S. companies employ fewer than 20 people....
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1.1KRetailMastercard On Helping Retailers Strike The Right Innovation Balance
Mark Twain famously said there are three kinds of untruths: lies, damned lies and statistics. And nowhere is that aphorism better illustrated...
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1.8KPayments InnovationThe Rapid Rise Of Real-Time Payments
When The Clearing House launched its Real-Time Payments (RTP) network in 2017, the service was bound to rewrite some rules, and it...
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2.6KSMBsNew Data: 75 Pct. Of SMBs Say Slow Settlement Creates Cash Flow Crises
Small businesses play a vital role in the U.S. economy. There are more than 30 million companies that employ less than 500...
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2.1KNewsTop News In Payments: China Finalizing Laws For Digital-Only Banking; Mastercard Names New President Of Data And Services
In today’s top payments news, China is finalizing its rules for online-only banks, Mastercard names Raj Seshadri as its new president of...
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3.7KPayments InnovationNew Data: 85 Pct. Of Businesses Have Real-Time Payments On Their Roadmaps – Here’s Why
The Clearing House launched Real-Time Payments (RTP) two years ago, enabling financial institutions in the U.S. for the first time to send...
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3.0KMastercardMastercard Names Raj Seshadri President Of Data And Services
Retail in recent years has become a very data-intensive industry. In his keynote address to the National Retail Federation (NRF) earlier this...
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7.1KMastercardUsing AI To Keep Issuers On The Right Side Of Credit Risk
As 2020 gets into full swing, artificial intelligence (AI) is in a peculiar position. It’s like that cool new kid everyone knows...
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2.9KMobile ApplicationsMastercard Launches AR App To Highlight Card Benefits
Mastercard, in an effort to help customers better understand the benefits available to them, has launched an augmented reality (AR) program to...
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2.5KRegulationThe Push And Pull Of India’s Merchant Discount Rate Ban
In physics, one of Newton’s Laws state that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In payments, it can...
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1.8KMastercardMastercard Debuts Music Single
Mastercard has released its first sonic-integrated music single, the company announced in a release Tuesday (Jan. 7). “As experiences increasingly define the...
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2.4KRetailPOS Financing Could Play A Bigger Role In Retail In 2020
Financing has long been part of retail, and it’s changing thanks to new technology and changing consumer desires. Indeed, financing is moving...
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5.0KPayments Innovation2020 To Mark A Turning Point At The Point of Sale
The end of one decade, the beginning of another. Might the coming year be marked by innovation at the point of sale...
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3.5KB2B PaymentsPayment Rail Innovation Tops B2B’s Year Of Disruption
This year, B2B payments technology made strides toward speed, transparency and efficiency as service providers took advantage of a massive market opportunity:...
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4.9KFaster PaymentsA Faster Payments Fix For School Invoice Woes
Despite the demonstrated benefits, the adoption of real-time payments has not been, well, particularly speedy. Many businesses cite the lack of ubiquity...
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3.3KRetailGoing Truly Over The Top For Christmas
Christmas is now in the 2019 rear-view mirror. Gifts have been unwrapped, and 10 percent of packages are, or are in the...
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4.4KSecurity & FraudDeutsche, Mastercard Launch Spain’s First Dynamic Code Card
Deutsche Bank, Mastercard and IDEMIA are teaming up to introduce what they said is the first card in Spain to tap motion...
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2.7KRetailMastercard: Holiday eCommerce Nearly 15 Pct Of Retail Sales
Overall retail sales reflected record-high numbers this holiday season – at least in online shopping, Mastercard reported. Even with sluggish sales at...
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4.8KNewsTune In: Best PYMNTS (or Payments) Podcasts Of 2019
PYMNTS doesn’t just cover the news. We regularly feature podcast conversion with the leading experts, executives and entrepreneurs involved in transactions and...
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5.2KSecurity & FraudMastercard Acquires RiskRecon To Boost Cybersecurity
Mastercard is purchasing artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics startup RiskRecon to accelerate the development of cybersecurity solutions, Mastercard announced on Tuesday (Dec....
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1.8KNewsTop News In Payments: Indian FinTech ZestMoney Raises $15M; Fed’s Brainard Warns Of Crypto Risks
In today’s top news, Indian FinTech ZestMoney raises $15 million, the latest in a $63 million Series B funding round, and Federal...
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6.5KMastercardMastercard On Overcoming AI’s Bias Problem
Savor this moment — these coming weeks, the next few months, the year or two that will follow. These are the last...
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4.1KDigital BankingPayrailz Partners With Mastercard For Real-Time Bill Payments
Digital payments company Payrailz is teaming with Mastercard to launch a pilot of the Mastercard Bill Pay Exchange, a real-time payment solution...
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3.8KDigital PaymentsMastercard Launches UK’s First All-Digital Gift Card
Mastercard is partnering with CleverCards and Appreciate Group to offer gift cards directly to mobile wallets, Mastercard announced in a press release...
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3.6KNewsTop News in Payments: Mastercard Pilots Digital ID Verification Program; PayPal’s Bill Ready to Join Google
In today’s top news in payments, Mastercard announces the launch of a new digital identification program that can instantly authenticate someone’s identity,...
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5.3KMastercardMastercard Pilots Digital ID Verification Program In Australia
Mastercard is launching a new digital resource that has the potential to instantly authenticate someone’s identity in a secure manner, the company...
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2.7KMastercardMastercard Offers Holiday Refunds For Tap-and-Go Customers In NYC
Mastercard is running two transportation-friendly holiday season options for cardholders using tap-and-go payment in New York City, the company announced in a...
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2.6KMastercardMastercard, Doconomy To Enable Carbon Footprint Tracking Of Purchases
Doconomy and Mastercard are partnering to combat climate change by giving any Mastercard issuer the ability to enable their cardholders to monitor...
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1.2KNewsTop News In Payments: CFPB Seeks Remittance Exemptions For Small Banks; Regulators Support Traditional Credit Evaluation Alternatives
In today’s payments news, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed to boost the number of smaller banks and credit unions (CUs) that...
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6.6KFaster PaymentsMastercard: Instant Deposits Close SMB Cash Flow Gap
Small business is the lifeblood of the U.S. economy, and cash flow is the lifeblood of small businesses. Firms struggle when funds...
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3.4KPayment MethodsBMO Harris Bank Is First To Issue True Name Mastercard
BMO Harris Bank, in partnership with Mastercard, has introduced the True Name feature for debit Mastercard holders, which will allow for those...
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2.6KPayment MethodsTeen-Focused Digital Bank Pixpay Raises $3.4M
French startup Pixpay is the first challenger bank to cater to teens, offering a debit Mastercard for cashless payments, news outlets reported...
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4.4KPartnerships / AcquisitionsPayPal Expands Instant Transfers With Mastercard
PayPal has extended its Instant Transfer feature into Singapore and Europe, according to a press release. The feature, which is in partnership...
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4.7KFraud PreventionHow Ticketmaster Uses AI To Sort Fans From Fraudsters
The holiday shopping season is kicking into high gear with retailers working aggressively to entice customers with deals and discounts. Fraudsters, sadly,...
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3.1KMastercardMastercard Offers Fare Discounts, Refunds For Contactless Transit Payments
Mastercard has announced that it will refund cardholders up to $10 off their cab rides, every Tuesday through the end of the...
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5.1KCredit UnionsWhat Grubhub, Uber Can Teach CUs About Loyalty And Rewards
Credit unions (CUs) are unique among financial institutions (FIs) for the sense of loyalty they inspire among their members. PYMNTS’ Credit...
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2.5KNewsElavon’s Sage Pay Acquisition, Google’s Citi Deal, Facebook Pay Top This Week’s News
It’s the end of the workweek and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything — and that...
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4.9KInnovationMastercard Teams With Galileo For Instant Debit Card Issuing
Mastercard and Galileo have announced Thursday (Nov. 21) a collaboration to help FinTechs and other financial-affiliated businesses with fast issuing of debit...
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3.0KInnovationCan AI Pass The Nike Test?
There is often a significant gap between efficiency and creativity, and that’s playing out now in the world of artificial intelligence (AI),...
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3.7KMastercardMastercard, Meridiam Partner To Help Cities Fund Transit Pay Innovation
Mastercard is partnering with global investor Meridiam to help upgrade transit systems by introducing smart payments and laying the groundwork for mobility-as-a-service...
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3.1KMastercardMastercard Grows City Possible Network
Mastercard has announced the expansion of its City Possible network to more than 40 members, including more cities in Brazil and one...
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1.8KNewsTop Payments News: DoorDash Bolsters Its Treasure Chest; Policymakers Target Big Tech Over Data; Feds Probe Debit Card Practices
In today’s top news, DoorDash keeps growing and Visa and Mastercard face big questions over their debit card programs. And investors seek...
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5.6KSecurity & FraudFTC Probing Visa, Mastercard About Debit Card Practices
U.S. antitrust regulators are investigating Visa and Mastercard about their debit card policies, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Nov. 13). The Federal Trade...
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4.4KPayment MethodsMastercard Introduces True Name Feature On Cards
Mastercard has announced it will start offering a True Name feature, so that transgender and non-binary persons will be able to have...
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2.5KBiometricsBiometrics Innovation Tests Consumer Privacy Sentiment
Biometrics isn’t as sci-fi as it once was. Thanks to smartphones equipped with facial and fingerprint recognition for security, many consumers now...
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2.2KNewsTop News In Payments: Flywire Names President, COO; Uber Beats Q3 Estimates
In today’s top payments news, Flywire appointed Rob Orgel to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer. Also, Uber’s...
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3.4KInnovationMastercard Report: Nearly Half Of Consumers View Innovation As Purchase Driver
Society still puts the “gut instinct” on the pedestal, often celebrating people who lead by intuition and emotion, and putting them at...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsCommercial Cards, B2B Payments Get A Lift During Earnings Season
Earnings results showed continued uptake in commercial card issuance and use, here and abroad, as WEX, Mastercard and Visa reported earnings and...
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2.5KThe WeekenderUber Money, Alexa Bill Payments And Super Apps Top This Week’s News
It’s the end of the workweek and the beginning of a new month. And the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure...
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6.7KMastercardMastercard: It’s The End Of Rewards Points As We Know It
Consumers are awash in points. Starbucks gives them Stars, airlines give them frequent flier miles, Bee Built has Swarm Swag and Pixi...
