This Week In Payments

This Week in Payments: Card Networks Strong, Crypto Regs in Focus, Shopify Helps SMBs
This Week in Payments: Card Networks Strong, Crypto Regs in Focus, Shopify Helps SMBs
July 28, 2023  |  Payment Methods

This week in payments, Mastercard and Visa both posted strong numbers in the quarter that just ended, cryptocurrency regulation is poised to take a major...

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This Week In Payments: Rules for AI, Block Picks a Fee Fight and FedNow Arrives
This Week In Payments: Rules for AI, Block Picks a Fee Fight and FedNow Arrives
July 21, 2023  |  Payment Methods

This week in payments saw the SEC weigh in on artificial intelligence (AI), the long-awaited debut of the FedNow instant payments rail to mixed reviews,...

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This Week in Payments: Walmart Bets on Banking, the CFPB Warns of Overdoing BNPL and Consumers Are Forced to Get Thriftier
This Week in Payments: Walmart Bets on Banking, the CFPB Warns of Overdoing BNPL and...
September 16, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

This was the week when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its awaited buy now, pay later (BNPL) report — it’s uneasy to say the...

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This Week in Payments: Amazon Care Exits, Peloton Peddles Content, BNPL Shifting and the Inflation Food Fight
This Week in Payments: Amazon Care Exits, Peloton Peddles Content, BNPL Shifting and the Inflation...
August 26, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

With news that Amazon is sunsetting its Amazon Care healthcare initiative, Peloton’s pivot to a more open ecosystem for its app and content and upbeat...

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This Week in Payments: Inflation Drives Shift in Customer Mix for Restaurants as Consumers Trade Down
This Week in Payments: Inflation Drives Shift in Customer Mix for Restaurants as Consumers Trade...
July 01, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

Efforts to save money were prominent in the news this week, with reports that consumers are trading down from restaurants to groceries and news that...

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This Week in Payments: Developers, Banks, Businesses Pursue Embedded Payments Innovations
This Week in Payments: Developers, Banks, Businesses Pursue Embedded Payments Innovations
May 20, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

It was a big week for embedded payments innovations, with a developer in the space achieving unicorn status, banks identifying them as urgent priority in...

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This Week In Payments: Netflix and BofA Face Vastly Different Customer Shifts
This Week In Payments: Netflix and BofA Face Vastly Different Customer Shifts
April 22, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

With earnings reports and new surveys from PYMNTS, this week saw lots of numbers in the news. They showed that there’s room for growth in...

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This Week in Payments: Commerce Takes Shape in the Metaverse, Everyone Becomes a FinTech, and Amazon Takes the Lead Over Walmart
This Week in Payments: Commerce Takes Shape in the Metaverse, Everyone Becomes a FinTech, and...
April 15, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

The connected economy saw big news on several fronts this week, with buzz around Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover bid, Meta disclosing its plans for commerce...

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This Week in Payments: Walmart Expands its Business Model, Businesses Still Use Checks, and BNPL Has Opportunities in B2B
This Week in Payments: Walmart Expands its Business Model, Businesses Still Use Checks, and BNPL...
February 18, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Walmart, B2B payments and buy now, pay later (BNPL) were topics of conversation in the payments industry this week, with Walmart expanding its business model,...

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