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Samsung Explores Contactless Payments With Galaxy Ring
Samsung Explores Contactless Payments With Galaxy Ring
February 26, 2024  |  Technology

Samsung’s latest wearable device reportedly comes with health-tracking features. The smartphone maker’s Galaxy Ring — the company’s first ring product — is set to go...

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EU Makes Instant Payments the Law of the Land
EU Makes Instant Payments the Law of the Land
February 26, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Making instant payments in the European Union (EU) just became much easier. The European Council on Monday (Feb. 26) adopted a regulation making instant payments available in euros to...

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Google: Microsoft Tried Multiple Times to Sell Bing to Apple
Google: Microsoft Tried Multiple Times to Sell Bing to Apple
February 26, 2024  |  Google

Google claims that Microsoft made several attempts to sell its search engine Bing to Apple. That’s according to a report Monday (Feb. 26) by Seeking...

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Thredd Reports Early-Year Rise in Transactions
Thredd Reports Early-Year Rise in Transactions
February 26, 2024  |  Payment Methods

Payments processor Thredd is predicting a thaw following last year’s “FinTech winter.”  The company said Monday (Feb. 26) that it had seen an “atypical” early-year increase...

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Report: UK Car Loan Probe Could Hurt Banks
Report: UK Car Loan Probe Could Hurt Banks
February 25, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

England’s financial watchdog is taking a long look at the way lenders financed car loans. And that investigation could have broader implications for the country’s...

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Layoffs Target Remote Workers More Than In-Office Staff
Layoffs Target Remote Workers More Than In-Office Staff
February 25, 2024  |  Payroll

For some workers, working from home no longer seems like an attractive option. As Bloomberg News noted in a recent report, the white-collar labor market has cooled,...

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Businesses Reconsider Travel Amid Cost-Cutting and Environmental Concerns
Businesses Reconsider Travel Amid Cost-Cutting and Environmental Concerns
February 25, 2024  |  Travel Payments

Business travel has changed for thousands of workers, thanks to COVID, cost-cutting and environmental worries. That’s according to a Sunday (Feb. 25) Financial Times (FT)...

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$100 Bills Jump in Volume Despite Merchant Distaste
$100 Bills Jump in Volume Despite Merchant Distaste
February 25, 2024  |  Cash

America’s most common form of currency might also be its least wanted. There are now more $100 bills in circulation than any other denomination, with...

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Report: Customers Feel Tricked by Banks’ Savings Offerings
Report: Customers Feel Tricked by Banks’ Savings Offerings
February 25, 2024  |  Banking

Consumers are reportedly taking legal action after allegedly being deceived by their banks’ savings offerings. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (Feb. 25),...

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