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Acquirers Eye Expansion of Installment Payment Plans Amid Consumer Demand

Acquirers Eye Expansion of Installment Payment Plans Amid Consumer Demand
Acquirers Eye Expansion of Installment Payment Plans Amid Consumer Demand
March 08, 2024  |  Payment Methods

Acquirers — the financial institutions that provide the infrastructure for merchants and businesses to accept card payments — operate behind the scenes but can play...

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eCommerce Merchants Fail to Connect Failed Payments and Fraud
eCommerce Merchants Fail to Connect Failed Payments and Fraud
March 08, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

Despite the many fraudsters on the prowl seeking to exploit any vulnerabilities they can find in the payments ecosystem, only about one-third of eCommerce merchants...

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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  |  Real-Time 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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Visa and Western Union Expand Cross-Border Payment Agreement
Visa and Western Union Expand Cross-Border Payment Agreement
March 05, 2024  |  Payment Methods

Visa and Western Union have formed a new agreement centered on cross-border payments. The expanded partnership, announced Tuesday (March 5), lets Western Union customers send money to loved ones, Visa...

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Retail Payments Acceptance Presents Innovation Roadblocks
Retail Payments Acceptance Presents Innovation Roadblocks
March 05, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Among the many payment acceptance tools now available, embedded solutions provided by a variety of payment facilitators (PayFacs) have become increasingly popular among marketplaces and...

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Worldline Projects Cooling Growth After ‘Consumption Slowdown’
Worldline Projects Cooling Growth After ‘Consumption Slowdown’
February 28, 2024  |  Earnings

French payments firm Worldline is projecting slower growth this year as European consumers reduce spending. “With a strong focus on the execution of the transformation plan in...

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8 in 10 Merchants Screen Potential Fraud With Same-Payment-Method Retries
8 in 10 Merchants Screen Potential Fraud With Same-Payment-Method Retries
February 27, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

In an effort to counter false declines and prevent unnecessary losses, PYMNTS Intelligence research finds, the vast majority of merchants are encouraging consumers to reattempt...

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Netflix Stops Accepting Payments Through iTunes Subscriptions
Netflix Stops Accepting Payments Through iTunes Subscriptions
February 27, 2024  |  Streaming

Netflix has begun requiring subscribers with Apple iTunes billing plans to pay Netflix directly. All “members on the basic plan who were using an iTunes...

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