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2.3KNewsTop News In Payments: China Posts Worst Slowdown In Nearly Three Decades; Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T
In today’s top news, China’s economy grew by its slowest rate since 1990, Alphabet reached $1 trillion market value, and attempted check...
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1.8KNewsTop News In Payments: Apple Buys AI Firm For $200M; $500M Debt Rescue Plan Considered For Taxi Drivers
In today’s top payments news, Apple buys artificial intelligence (AI) firm Xnor for $200 million, a panel in New York City is...
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1.4KNewsTop News In Payments: Amazon Invests $1B In India SMBs; Wells Sees Card Spending Growth
In today’s top payments news, Amazon plans to invest $1 billion in small and medium-sized businesses in India. Plus, in fourth quarter...
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2.2KNewsTop 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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2.5KNewsTop News In Payments: Wells Fargo Growth Hampered By Tech Failures; Goldman Launches Mobile App For Marcus
In today’s top payments news, Wells Fargo is trying to revamp its approach to technology to appease regulators, and Goldman Sachs finally...
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2.0KNewsTop News In Payments: Grubhub Denies Sale Rumors; PayU Acquires India FinTech PaySense
In today’s top news, Grubhub denies claims that it is considering an acquisition, triggering a 6.7 percent drop in share prices, and...
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2.3KNewsTop News in Payments: Uber Halts Upfront Pricing in CA; Amex Cleared To Operate In China
In today’s top news, Uber drops upfront pricing in California in response to the state’s new gig economy law, and the central...
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2.0KNewsTop News in Payments: Citigroup Names New Retail Banking Leader; NY Lawmakers Push For Public eBanking System
In today’s top news, CitiGroup named David Chubak to head its retail banking division, lawmakers in New York proposed a public eBanking...
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1.9KNewsTop News In Payments: US Backers Rain Money On Savvy Startups; Toyota Designs Japanese Smart City
In today’s top news, 2019 is on track to be the second-best year after 2011 for startups worth over $500 million, Toyota...
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1.5KNewsTop News In Payments: Chinese Tech Sector Faces Capital Crunch; US Prepares For Potential Iranian Cyberattack
In today’s top news, China is facing a “capital winter” of venture funding slowdown, the U.S. prepares for a potential Iranian cyberattack,...
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3.2KNewsTop News In Payments: Antitrust Probe For Google Shopping Comparison Tool; Visa Warns Of Rise in Gas Station POS Cyberattacks
In today’s top news in payments, the U.S. Department of Justice is expanding its antitrust probe to include Google’s online shopping comparison...
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1.8KNewsTop News in Payments: FTC Considers Blocking Facebook App Integration; Bill.com Shares Spike 60 Pct On NYSE Debut
In today’s top news in payments, officials at the Federal Trade Commission are considering blocking Facebook’s app integration, and Delta announces plans...
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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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1.9KNewsTop News In Payments: ECB To Discuss Central Bank Crypto; Token Launches M10 Networks For ‘Bank-Grade’ Digital Money Rail
In today’s top news, policymakers at the European Central Bank (ECB) will meet to discuss the pros and cons of launching their...
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1.8KNewsTop News In Payments: Bleak Outlook For Department Stores; SoftBank Parts With Startup Wag
In today’s top payments news, Moody’s predicts department stores will be “among the worst performers of retail” in 2020. Also, SoftBank sells...
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2.2KNewsTop News In Payments: Visa To Begin New Certification Program; Circle Co-Founder To Depart Firm
In today’s top news in payments, Visa has announced it’s going to begin a new certification program in dispute resolution, as well...
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2.5KNewsTop News In Payments: ECB Has Mulled Public Digital Currency; Grab Debuts Numberless Card In Batches
In today’s top news, the European Central Bank (ECB) has mulled using a public cryptocurrency if international payments inside of Europe stayed...
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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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4.5KNewsTop News In Payments: Wells Fargo Appoints COO; Visa Names New Partners To Help FinTechs
In today’s top payments news, Wells Fargo has selected former Santander head executive Scott Powell to be its new chief operating officer. Also, Visa is working...
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1.6KNewsTop News In Payments: Millennials Spend Big On Black Friday; Goldman Investor Day To Focus On Growth Strategy
In today’s top payments news, millennials — as well as bridge millennials — were big Black Friday spenders this year. Also, Goldman...
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1.9KNewsTop News In Payments: Bank Closings Hit Rural Areas; Kaspersky Highlights Rise Of Fake Notifications
In today’s top payments news, more than half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to...
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2.5KNewsTop News In Payments: Paytm Secures $1B In New Funding; Olo Pilots BMW In-Car Ordering
In today’s top payments news, India’s mobile payments startup Paytm said on Monday (Nov. 25) that it secured $1 billion in new...
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2.5KNewsTop News In Payments: The Fed Takes A Closer Look At Big Tech; Goldman CEO Denies Apple Card Credit Bias Claims
In today’s top payments news, ongoing security concerns have caused the Federal Reserve to take a closer look at the Big Tech...
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1.8KNewsTop News In Payments: BB&T, SunTrust Receive Approval For Merger; Wells Fargo Rolls Out RTP Integration
In today’s top payments news, SunTrust and BB&T have announced that they have received the regulatory green light to finish their merger to...
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1.8KNewsTop News In Payments: Amex Offers Sign-On Bonuses; Didi Looks To Bring Robo-Taxis To Shanghai
In today’s top payments news, American Express is reportedly offering large cash incentives to companies to boost acceptance. Also, Chinese ride-hailing leader...
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3.3KNewsTop News In Payments: Elavon To Buy UK Gateway Sage Pay; Germany To Make Digital Payment Providers Open Systems To Rivals
In today’s top payments news, U.S. Bancorp subsidiary Elavon is acquiring U.K. payments gateway Sage Pay for $300 million. Also, Apple criticized the vote of German...
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3.3KNewsTop News In Payments: Adyen Adds Card Issuing By Merchant Demand; Amazon Echo Smart Speakers Outselling Google Home
In today’s top payments news, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said eCommerce isn’t quite where it needs to be revenue-wise, but that it...
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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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1.8KNewsTop News In Payments: Europe’s Version Of Libra Makes Headway; Amazon Faces Legal Backlash On Logistics
In today’s top payments news, a potential competitor to Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is making progress, and one of the year’s biggest eCommerce...
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3.6KNewsTop News In Payments: Wells Fargo Appoints Public Affairs Exec; CloudKitchen Gets $400M Investment
In today’s top payments news, Wells Fargo has appointed William M. Daley, a former White House official, to the position of vice chairman of...
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3.5KNewsTop News In Payments: FreshBooks Unveils Same-Day Deposits; Amazon Australia Teams With Zip Co
In today’s top payments news, FreshBooks has integrated with JPMorgan Chase’s WePay to provide small businesses with same-day as well as next-day deposits. Also, Amazon Australia is...
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3.0KNewsTop News In Payments: SoftBank Reports $6.5B Loss; FIS Sees Strong Merchant Sales In Q3
In today’s top payments news, Japan’s SoftBank reported a $6.5 billion loss on Wednesday (Nov. 6) with its first quarterly drop-off in...
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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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2.7KNewsTop News In Payments: Santander Acquires Ebury Stake, Goldman Sachs Extends $10B In Apple Card Credit
In today’s top payments news, Banco Santander is acquiring just over 50 percent of the U.K. payments platform Ebury for $453 million. Also, Goldman...
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1.7KNewsTop News In Payments: Lyft’s Revenue Rises In Q3; Apple Embraces Installment Payments
In today’s top payment news, Lyft announced third-quarter earnings results that illustrated a rise in ridership and revenue. Also, Apple will be embracing paying for Apple...
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2.1KNewsTop News In Payments: Uber, Lyft, DoorDash Back Initiative To Fight Gig Worker Law; Adobe Predicts Holiday Sales To Reach $143.7B
In today’s payments news, Uber, Lyft and DoorDash are backing a ballot initiative to exempt themselves from California’s landmark law that re-classifies gig workers as employees. Also, a study by Adobe Analytics found...
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2.1KNewsTop News In Payments: Western Union Debuts New Set Of APIs; Uber Rolls Out Uber Money
In today’s payments news, cross-border payments firm Western Union has rolled out full application programming interface (API) access to domestic as well...
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3.8KNewsTop News In Payments: Western Union Advances Real-Time Payments To India; InstaReM Rebrands To Nium
In today’s payments news, cross-border payments firm Western Union is advancing real-time money transfers to customers in India. Also, digital cross-border payments...
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3.0KNewsTop News In Payments: Citigroup Names Consumer Banking Exec, QuickQuid Expected To Close
In today’s payments news, Citigroup veteran Jane Fraser was named to head up the company’s consumer banking division. Also, the U.K.’s largest...
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1.8KNewsTop News In Payments: Zuckerberg Tells Congress Libra Fills A Void, PayPal Hits New Growth Milestone
Zuckerberg Tells Congress That Libra Fills A Global Payments Void Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg went before the U.S. House Committee on Financial...
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2.3KNewsTop News In Payments: Zelle Transaction Volumes Reach $49B; WeChat Pay Launches New Smartphone Feature
In today’s payments news, Zelle’s third-quarter results show that transaction volume increased by 73 percent. Also, Tencent’s WeChat Pay is launching a new payment function that...
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3.4KNewsTop News In Payments: Mastercard Unveils Bill Pay Exchange; Amex Card Spending Drives Q3 Revenue
In today’s payments news, Mastercard is rolling out Mastercard Bill Pay Exchange with the help of several new partners. Also, card member...
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1.5KNewsTop News In Payments: Apple Card Sees High Demand, SoftBank In Talks To Rescue WeWork
Today in the payment’s news roundup, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said there has been a lot of demand for Apple Card as of...
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3.0KNewsTop News In Payments: Alipay Says ‘No’ To Crypto, Shopify Rolls Out Experts Marketplace
Today in the payments news roundup, Alipay says it will ban bitcoin and digital currency-related transactions. Also, Shopify has rolled out a...
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2.1KNewsTop News In Payments: Credit Card Interest Rates Approach Record Levels; WhatsApp Pay India’s Rollout May Be Delayed
Today in the payments news roundup, average interest rates on credit cards are approaching record levels. Also, the rollout of WhatsApp Pay...
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3.5KNewsTop News In Payments: Libra Fears Grow; Uber-IPO Impact Spreads; And SMBs Get Faster Payments
Today’s payment news roundup includes a look at more fears and concerns around Libra, the spreading losses related to Uber and WeWork,...
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4.3KNewsTop News In Payments: Square Unveils CBD Early Access Program; New York Examines Payroll Tech Industry
Today in the payments news roundup, Square is rolling out CBD early access program that will allow U.S. vendors to sell CBD items....
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2.3KNewsTop News In Payments: UK Challenger Banks Struggle To Thrive, Amazon Wants To Expand Go Tech
Today in the payments news roundup, challenger banks in the U.K. are having a difficult time competing with the country’s big four financial institutions. Also,...
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2.2KNewsTop News In Payments: House Raises Antitrust Concerns Over Google’s Internet Plans, Nasdaq Moves To Limit Chinese IPOs
House Raises Antitrust Concerns Over Google’s New Internet Plans Congressional antitrust investigators are concerned over Google’s new plan to use a new...
