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Travel Payments
DOT: Airlines Must Automatically Refund Canceled Flights

Airlines must automatically refund travelers for canceled flights under a new Department of Transportation rule. This...

Credit Cards
CFPB Head Wary of Big Credit Card Mergers

America’s leading consumer finance watchdog is skeptical about giant mergers between credit card companies....

SMBs
HubSpot and Stripe Are Optimizing Digital Payments for Small Businesses

Small businesses don’t want embracing modern technology to be a big, technical lift. After...

Cryptocurrency
DOJ: Ex-Binance Head Deserves 3 Years in Prison

Federal prosecutors want former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to spend three years in prison. The one-time...

Personnel
PayU Vet Mario Shiliashki Picked to Lead myPOS

Small-business-focused payments/card solutions company myPOS has named Mario Shiliashki as its new CEO. Shiliashki,...

Payment Methods
Discover Looks to Customer Shifts to Define Innovation

Technological transformation is at the heart of both modern commerce and payments innovation. With...

Opinion
Financing Options Help Merchants and Consumers Manage Economic Uncertainty

Consumer financing solutions can help businesses build trust and loyalty with consumers, Versatile Credit...

VISA
Working Capital Index Finds Central Europe and EMEA Ripe for...

Working capital enables companies to avoid disturbances in operations in the short term and...

Consumer Finance
Why Unexpected Expenses Are Especially Harmful for the Credit-Marginalized 

Unexpected expenses can pack a financial punch for any consumer, but for those who...

Opinion
Data Models Emerge as Effective Customer Strategy

Data modeling can guide businesses refine strategies and optimize outcomes in uncertain times, Franklin...

Innovation
Digital Innovation Plus AI Tech Can Future-Proof the Enterprise

Long-term success frequently results from businesses being agile, and prepared, in the short-term. That’s...

Fraud Prevention
ComplyAdvantage Buys Golden to Bolster Financial Crime Fighting Tool

Financial crime intelligence provider ComplyAdvantage has acquired tech company Golden. As ComplyAdvantage noted in a Wednesday (April...

Mastercard
Mastercard Takes AI-Driven Fraud Defense to Next Level

Mastercard is bringing an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, partnership approach to detecting and preventing identity and...

Earnings
Enova Reports Record Lending Volume Driven by Jobs, Consumer Spending

Online lender Enova International reported growing lending volume and solid credit performance for the first quarter....

Payments Innovation
Square Expands Offline Payments to Entire Hardware Lineup

Square has expanded the availability of offline payments to every hardware device, in every country. The company...

Cross-border Payments
Brightwell Launches Cross-Border Payment Platform Focused on Reimbursements

Brightwell has launched a platform designed to let businesses deliver cross-border payments to their...

Personnel
Shopify Aims to Reward Employees’ Improvements of Craft

Shopify reportedly plans to base raises on numerical scores assigned to employees based on...

Earnings
Tesla Calls Itself an AI, Robotics Company as Profits Plunge...

There was nothing electric about electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla’s latest financial results. The...

B2B Payments
Standard Chartered and Visa Partner on Cross-Border B2B Payments

Standard Chartered has partnered with Visa to facilitate cross-border B2B payments for the bank’s corporate clients. ...

VISA
Visa CEO: ‘Long Runway’ Ahead as Digital Payments, Credentials Displace...

Visa is seeing continued momentum in Tap to Pay and digital credential issuance, as...

artificial intelligence
AI to Boost Weather Forecasts, Businesses Hope for Profits

Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) may drastically improve the accuracy of weather predictions, potentially...

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