payments innovation

Walmart-Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Pay Raises, Wave To Pay And The Sweet Sound Of Streaming Success
Walmart-Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Pay Raises, Wave To Pay And The Sweet Sound Of Streaming...
January 24, 2020  |  Retail

It was a good week for Amazon’s stock price, with a valuation that briefly exceeded $1 trillion before falling back into the far more conservative $927...

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Deep Dive: Why State And Local Agencies In The US Still Struggle With Instant Payments
Deep Dive: Why State And Local Agencies In The US Still Struggle With Instant Payments
January 24, 2020  |  Disbursements

Fifty-nine percent of U.S. adults still live paycheck to paycheck, and the realities of the situation are stark: These consumers often do not have funds...

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EMVCo: Majority Of Payment Cards (8.2B) Are Chip-Enabled
EMVCo: Majority Of Payment Cards (8.2B) Are Chip-Enabled
January 22, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

More than 8.2 billion chip-enabled consumer cards — credit and debit — are now in use across the world, according to EMVCo, the industry standard...

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How Ghost Kitchens Are Altering The QSR Landscape
How Ghost Kitchens Are Altering The QSR Landscape
January 21, 2020  |  Retail

As more consumers place their food orders through digital channels, eateries are adapting to the tastes of diners who want to enjoy a restaurant meal...

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Venmo Launches Animated Custom Stickers For App Users
Venmo Launches Animated Custom Stickers For App Users
January 21, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

As of today (Jan. 21), users of cash-sending app Venmo will have the ability to send animated custom stickers through the app’s newsfeed. The stickers...

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How Shutterstock Fast-Tracks Royalty Disbursements For Its 1 Million Contributors
How Shutterstock Fast-Tracks Royalty Disbursements For Its 1 Million Contributors
January 21, 2020  |  Disbursements

More than 90 percent of U.S. consumers now prefer to receive digital payments over paper checks. Cash and checks persist as the disbursement methods for...

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The Rapid Rise Of Real-Time Payments
The Rapid Rise Of Real-Time Payments
January 17, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

When The Clearing House launched its Real-Time Payments (RTP) network in 2017, the service was bound to rewrite some rules, and it has. More than...

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This Week In Payments: New Frontiers — Visa And Plaid; Goldman And Marcus; And Big Doings ‘Bout SMB Payments
This Week In Payments: New Frontiers — Visa And Plaid; Goldman And Marcus; And Big...
January 17, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

With Retail’s Big Show in New York, earnings season kicking off and banks reporting on the State of the State 2019, there was no shortage...

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Oscar Health: Using Tech To Take The Pain Out Of B2B Healthcare Payments
Oscar Health: Using Tech To Take The Pain Out Of B2B Healthcare Payments
January 17, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Healthcare providers must frequently wait to get paid by insurance company partners for the patient treatments they have already administered. Some private practice physicians even...

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