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NewsToday In Payments: Study Shows Americans’ Savings Drying Up; State...
In today’s top news, Americans are struggling as savings accounts run dry, and several...
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APISquare Introduces Terminal API For All-In-One Payments
At Square’s fourth annual conference for developers, the Silicon Valley startup introduced Terminal API...
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CryptocurrencySquare Buys Up $50M In Bitcoin
Square, the FinTech payments company headed by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, announced on Thursday...
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B2B PaymentsPayment Rail Innovators Focus On Cards, Contactless Payments
New payment rails are again in the spotlight, with commercial card and contactless payments...
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NewsToday In Payments: Google Delays In-App Fees; Square Capital Chief...
In today’s top news, Google has delayed its deadline to developers to comply with...
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Digital PaymentsPandemic Has Consumers Embracing QR Codes And Contactless Payments
While the global pandemic has taken a toll on almost every business, consumer demand...
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PersonnelSquare Capital Chief To Step Down
Jacqueline Reses, head of Square's Square Capital unit, is stepping down as of Oct....
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B2B PaymentsEE, Square Team On Contactless Payments For SMBs
EE, which is part of BT Group, is partnering with Square to help expand...
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NewsToday In Payments: Treasury Says PPP Loan Forgiveness Coming Soon;...
In today’s top news, the U.S. Department of the Treasury said it would soon...
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Mobile PaymentsSquare Unveils QR-Code Based Ordering For Eateries
Square has unveiled a quick-response (QR) code-based self-service ordering functionality for eateries harnessing Square...
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NewsThis Week In Payments: Snowflake’s Supersized IPO, Alternative Credit’s Popularity...
This week saw cloud-storage software maker Snowflake’s initial public offering (IPO) pop an unprecedented 111...
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NewsToday In Payments: NYC Approves Restaurant Surcharge; SWIFT To Create...
In today’s top news, New York City changed a rule banning restaurant surcharges, and...
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Fintech InvestmentsCombined Value Of Visa, PayPal, Square And Mastercard Crests $1T
The biggest FinTech companies have been rising in valuation faster than the largest banks,...
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Commerce ConnectedToday In Connected Commerce: Ticketmaster Moves On Mobile, PayPal Prepares...
The pandemic outbreak has pushed consumers and businesses online and looking to make connections...
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NewsToday In Payments: Police Allege Money Launderers Using Chinese eCommerce; Square Launches...
In today’s top news, Chinese authorities have made several arrests alleging cybercriminals laundered $2...
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Digital-First BankingToday In Digital-First Banking: Tesco Bank Introduces Digital Payment Platform;...
In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Tesco Bank has introduced an online payment...
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Digital PaymentsSquare Launches On Demand Payroll
Square Inc. on Tuesday (Sept. 15) announced the launch of two new features the...
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Digital PaymentsSquare Sees Dramatic Hike In Cashless Transactions
The COVID-19 pandemic is fueling contactless payments as one financial mobile app company says...
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NewsToday In Payments: Razer Eyes Banking Licenses In US, Europe;...
In today’s top news, gaming hardware firm Razer eyes expanding into banking operations in...
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BitcoinTwitter, Square CEO Jack Dorsey Bullish On Bitcoin
When it comes to bitcoin, Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey is all in....
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Square Announces Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance; Blockchain Firm...
Square has announced the rollout of the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA), according to...
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Digital PaymentsSquare, Mastercard To Power Digital Payments For Falkland Islands Businesses
Falkland Islands businesses have leaped forward in their digital banking capabilities under a recent...
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NewsToday In Payments: Hilton Times Square To Close; PayPal Launches...
In today’s top news, the Hilton Times Square is closing, and PayPal launched iZettle...
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Alternative CreditHow FinTech Can Disrupt A Payday Lending Industry That No...
The death of U.S. payday lending has long been forecast, as opponents complain that...
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NewsBessemer Venture Partners’ Birnbaum On Why It’s Go-Time For FinTech
There’s been no shortage of big payments and FinTech announcements over the past few...
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NewsToday In Payments: Airbnb Suffers Record Losses In Q2; DoorDash...
In today’s top news, Airbnb reports record losses in the second quarter, and DoorDash...
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LoansSquare's Cash App Tests Small-Dollar, Short-Term Loans
Cash App, Square Inc.’s mobile payment app, has launched a pilot program to offer...
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EarningsSquare Lands Hard On Cryptocurrency
Lost in the excitement of Square’s big earnings announcement Wednesday (Aug. 5) was its...
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EarningsCash App Drives Square Strong Q2 Results
Square saw its shares skyrocket Tuesday (Aug. 4) night after the San Francisco-based financial...
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Digital PaymentsWhat’s Behind Square’s Stock Price Surge?
Wall Street has famously been called “both voting machine and weighing machine.” Of course,...
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Square Rally Sees Firm's Valuation Nearing Major Banks
With a rally in shares, Square's valuation is approaching the level of some of...
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RetailSquare: Albuquerque Sees Biggest Increase In Online Sellers
As omnichannel retail becomes pivotal for success in the long haul, merchants in cities...
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DeliverySquare Powers On-Demand Delivery For Merchants
To let merchants send out delivery drivers for orders made on their websites, Square...
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SMBsPayments Processors, Merchant Settlement and the SMB Cash Crunch
The pandemic has spurred a shift in the payments ecosystem, as businesses of all...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsSquare Buys P2P Startup Verse
Square Inc., the San Francisco-based payments platform, has announced it purchased Verse, the Spanish mobile app...
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Digital PaymentsChargeback Fears Prompts Delay Of Merchant Funds
Like many small businesses, Bluebonnet Photography has been hurt by the pandemic as customers...
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SMBsHow Big Tech And FinTech Are Trying to Save Main...
Most businesses have been hit hard by the global pandemic, but perhaps no segment...
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CryptocurrencySquare Cash App Allows Automatic Bitcoin Purchases
Consumers will now be able to make automatic purchases of bitcoin via Cash App,...
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NewsToday In Payments: Amazon Eyes JCPenney Buy; Stimulus Payments To...
In today’s top news, Amazon could be in talks to buy JCPenney, and 4...
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B2B PaymentsLooking Beyond The Biggest Banks For SMB Relief
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has dealt some difficult lessons, even to the largest...
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NewsGaming Disbursements, Fitness Studios, Georgia's Reopening Top This Week’s News
It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to...
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EarningsWhat Earnings Portend For Payments, Lending, Fitness And The Gig...
For the last several weeks speculation has run rampant on what the real effects...
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EarningsEarnings Reports from FIS to PayPal Herald Point of Sale’s...
For companies like Fiserv, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), PayPal and others, selling terminals,...
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SMBsHow Square’s Results Spotlight Main Street SMBs’ Resilience — And...
Earnings season provides a wealth of data — of numbers and acronyms, a snapshot...
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Square Challenges PayPal With Branded Online Checkout Button
Square has launched an alternative to PayPal, according to VentureBeat. The new payment tool...
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NewsToday In Payments: Frontier Retracts $39 'More Room' Fee On...
In today’s top news, Frontier Airlines retracted its $39 “More Room” fee to ensure...
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EarningsSquare Merchants Shift Online As POS Volumes Sink
Square reported earnings Wednesday (May 6) for the first quarter that showed slowing gross...
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Digital BankingFinTech Faces Hurdles Making SBA Loans
PayPal Holdings Inc., Square Inc. and Intuit Inc., three California technology companies, all wanted a...
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CoronavirusJack Dorsey Designates $1B In Square Equity To COVID-19 Relief
Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said he will donate 28 percent of his...
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LoansPlaid Offers Lenders Payroll Data To Expedite SMB Loans
Plaid, a startup being acquired by Visa, wants to help money get to those...
