PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Consumers who previously paid for purchases by swiping or inserting their cards at in-store point-of-sale (POS) terminals are now turning to contactless cards and online shopping to safely and easily obtain needed goods. These two forces appear to be driving an increase in consumers’ use of touch-free debit payment options.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 12, 2023

Next week, FedNow goes live, ushering in the next era of faster payments. FedNow joins The Clearing House, which has offered real-time payments (RTP ® ) for the last five years. Banks are about to win back payment flow from non-banks, and in this article, we break down how this will happen and what it means for your bank.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

That certainly presents problems for spend management, according to research from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Foundation, which found last year that non-corporate payment methods like cash and personal cards are limiting businesses’ access to transparency travel spend. B2B Payments a Major Pain Point.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Italian consumers are embracing a new government program aimed at boosting retail sales while tamping down on tax evasion that allows buyers to receive a 10% refund on card payments made in stores. By offering the incentive, they hope to cut down on black market deals and fraud, according to The Financial Times.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Venmo , the digital money transfer service owned by PayPal , suffered payments fraud earlier in 2018 that played a role in the company posting losses that were higher than forecasted for the first quarter of this year. The transaction loss rate includes losses due to fraudulent charges. We cannot let that happen.”

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 4, 2023

If you want to grab a material amount of new deposit balance, offer a 5.05% money market rate, post it all over Instagram, and sit back and watch the money roll in. In this article, we will show you 15 proven deposit marketing campaigns that will rack up deposit-gathering wins while building a high-performing bank in the process.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Though credit cards were not originally designed to address the needs of corporate payers, advances in commercial card technology have positioned the payment tool as one that’s gaining traction in the accounts payable department. This, he noted, is Mesh’s entryway to the market of cross-border B2B payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

For businesses, the world market was thrown into volatility, yet soon, new opportunities emerged. For the corporate card, 2020 has been a season for dramatic shifts in how the payment tool is used and the value it adds to the enterprise. Winter Blues. Spring’s SMB Support. Spring began in dramatic fashion.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

billion non-prepaid debit card transactions in 2018, solidifying debit as a staple payment type. They insert or swipe their debit cards at stores’ point-of-sale (POS) devices — or key in details online — and maybe enter PINs, but the behind-the-scenes processes through which transactions are routed are kept invisible.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

As the need for speed increases worldwide, banks and other financial players are adapting payments to work smarter — not harder. With fraud ramping up, regulators around the globe are starting to take a closer look at everything from typical threats to the use of new technologies, like blockchain. Around the Smarter Payments World.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The timeliness of B2B payments raises the stakes for all parties involved, as a missed or delayed payment can ripple across the network. A series of payment innovations are promising to put an end to some common B2B payment frictions, including online portals, same-day ACH and automated accounts receivables (AR).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

And even before then, as evidenced by an earlier conversation between Karen Webster and Drew Edwards , CEO of Ingo Money , mobile deposit fraud was increasingly becoming a favorite vector for criminals. Back then, Edwards noted that mobile check fraud was escalating so much that some banks were shutting off the feature entirely.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

In today’s top payment news, retail remains a bright spot in the markets, Ant Financial has rolled out a strategy for digital evolution in China, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a suit against a Cincinnati-based bank. Payments Stocks Plummet While Retail Remains A Bright Spot.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

That] keeps them from getting in trouble with the card brands, and obviously avoids the significant costs that come along with fighting, investigating and resolving chargebacks. s struggles toward universal adoption in the European Union is reminiscent of EMV chip cards’ rise — a similar journey that aimed to solve a different fraud problem.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Onyx CenterSource , which provides B2B payments and business intelligence for the hospitality industry, has launched a new virtual credit card intended for use by hospitality and travel clients, according to a report by Hotel Business.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Canada’s Everlink Payment Services , a payment solution and service provider for banks, credit unions and small businesses, is strengthening its fraud controls for clients through a collaboration with ACI Worldwide. In a press release Monday (Sept. In a press release Monday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Merchants, card issuers and banks are no strangers to facing off against evolving fraud threats. Debit-related fraud is a particular concern for businesses and banks as failing to thwart such schemes could have significant and costly consequences. Debit And The Fraud Catch .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Even the mightiest of tech firms are not immune to invoice fraud. Engadget reported that Jeff Tran, Microsoft ’s former director of sports marketing and alliances, was charged with five counts of wire fraud. Wire fraud has a sentence of up to 20 years’ imprisonment. Fraud On The Rise. Payments Fraud No Cakewalk.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The cloud storage subscription market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.8 Cloud storage subscription providers are required to offer payment experiences that would-be consumers in both developed and underdeveloped nations find convenient and compelling. Cryptocurrency And Credit Cards.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, PayPal and Mastercard are adding more European Union (EU) countries to a debit card offering, while European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has called for a digital euro. Plus, the State Administration for Market Regulation in China has fined Luckin Coffee and other firms.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Checkbook has joined Visa 's FinTech Fast Track program and launched Virtual Cards , a program that will expand the reach of real-time payments, according to a press release. Virtual Cards were created by Checkbook to reduce the fear of losing a wallet or being a target of credit fraud, according to the release.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

PSCU , which is billed as the nation's premier credit union service organization (CUSO), has announced its new Enhanced Fraud Services system, which the company said “has helped 10 early adopter credit unions combat fraud of all types, ranging from first-party chargeback fraud to identifying card information being sold on the dark web.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In the wake of the pandemic, B2B payments have had to evolve. But in an interview with PYMNTS, Mary Beth Joiner , senior vice president of relationship management at Comdata Corporate Payments, said that there have still been pockets of resistance in making the great digital pivot.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The expected outcome of greater inventory at a lower cost, as we have seen in prior years, is an increase in fraud activity and cyberattacks heading into the end of the calendar year. Carding shops offer bulk sales on compromised payment card data. Another popular category in the underground is account markets.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

It’s the battle against fraud that can be lost right at the beginning. Bad actors, are, increasingly, targeting online card applications, using stolen personally identifiable information to apply for credit, leveraging those ill-gotten credit lines to make fraudulent purchases. alone topped $10.2 billion last year. alone topped $10.2

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Business consultancy CGI has announced a collaboration with invoice payments FinTech Ordo to develop a service that combats fraud for both payers and payees. In a press release on Wednesday (June 5), the companies announced their tie-up, which aims to boost efficiency of invoice payments on both sides.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

As well, successful criminals know that their targets are often complex systems — and complex systems offer many opportunities for financial fraud and massive theft. Welcome to the world of advertising fraud. Even so, Xie said, better cooperation could help prevent more of the particular type of fraud. Delayed Response.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

Privacy.com , the virtual card payments startup, has raised $10.2 Privacy.com’s service allows users to create virtual, disposable payment card numbers for no cost. Privacy.com’s service allows users to create virtual, disposable payment card numbers for no cost.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

However, digital platforms face a major barrier in delivering these experiences: poor fraud detection. For digital platforms, fraud represents a two-headed beast. As largely online operations, they are tempting targets for fraudsters and hackers — therefore, robust anti-fraud systems are vital.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

But those illegal marketplaces — often called the “Dark Web” — also present a juicy opportunity for those fighting fraud to detect and even preempt criminal activities than cost businesses revenue and, often, parts of their brand reputation. First, let’s get some terms straight, at least for use among the payments and commerce communities.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

When Sabre and Visa announced a new partnership in April to pair Visa virtual commercial cards with the Sabre Virtual Payments gateway , the goals were fairly big: create a virtual B2B travel payments solution that was faster, more secure and more transparent for buyers and suppliers. Securely Streamlining Payments .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Such a scenario stands as a terrifying example of not only the sophistication of criminals, but also the threat of fraud in a real-time payments environment. And those criminals are experts at social engineering, enabling them to con people who might be on high alert for fraud attempts. Friction can also play a role.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Here’s a test: What’s fraud? Those questions also speak to the seemingly impossible tension in the world of payments and new card accounts: how to onboard and authenticate consumers as quickly and seamlessly as possible, while also protecting them and the institution from fraud. Fraud Getting Worse.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

The phenomenon of payments fraud is not a modern one — far from it. But as RL Prasad, SVP of payment system risk at Visa , told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, what is new today is the who and the how of fraud, particularly in a digital world.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

To that end, Luke Evans , director of account management and Peter Mollins , vice president of marketing at Spreedly , said "payments orchestration" can mean the difference between a merchant’s getting those digital goods to end users and allowing them to pay instantly, or losing the sale entirely.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., Coupa Connects With American Express For B2B Virtual Card Payments.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

In a recent report, CrunchBase looked back at how VC investors reacted to the market downturn over a decade ago. companies, including $75 million landing at one FinTech looking to bolster small business credit card payment adoption. Even so, an impressive $114 million was raised by U.S. Arkose Labs.

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