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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Not every product launches smoothly (RIP Fire Phone ), not every new endeavor delivers (Amazon’s flirtations with offering a travel platform ended abruptly) and not every new market immediately yields. Unfortunately, our country was one of those where technological understanding and tech culture is low.”. So, what’s the hold up?

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

Flexibility will be essential to survival, and the pressure is on for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and financial service providers to migrate online as their customers continue social distancing. If there’s one thing for certain for small business today, it’s that nothing is certain. Pinpointing the Opportunity.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

But interest in this technology is not limited to the food and beverage space, and is gaining traction in many different verticals. At the same time, new technologies are coming on the market to serve these merchants. The global POS terminal market’s expected value by 2023 is $109.5B.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Might mobile payments help revolutionize corporate cards? As a result, he said, many firms pivoted quickly toward card payments. “It Cards, of course, are also inherently vulnerable to fraudsters’ attacks. Cards, of course, are also inherently vulnerable to fraudsters’ attacks.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

For digital laggards, the coronavirus pandemic will serve as a harsh wake-up call regarding the importance of digitization and automation, with commercial cards uniquely positioned to address many of the pain points companies face today in these unprecedented times. A Surge In Commercial Card Interest. Supporting Unique Experiences.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Kroger customers can now expediently and simply order gift cards for curbside pickup in addition to their supermarket items at 1,900 of the chain’s locations throughout the nation, according to a Monday (Dec. 21) announcement from Blackhawk Network.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

The company brought its app and device to market just two weeks ago. In investments, retail dispute management firm Chargeback closed a funding round to speed up growth and to help retailers reduce credit card disputes. 42%: Share of consumers who are engaging in even the most routine activities online.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The November Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker® explores the impact of AI and how eateries are using the technology to ease their operations, personalize customer offers and fight fraud. Boston Market On The Fraud-Fighting, Customer Service-Enhancing Power Of AI. Around The Mobile Order-Ahead World. About The Tracker .

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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. ” As investors and startups remain on-edge about exactly how this will play out, only a few B2B technology startups announced their own investments this week. .” Arkose Labs.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

That arm of the financial technology (FinTech) giant offers a virtual credit card. Ant Group is best known for its wildly popular payment and loans app Alipay , which has both online and mobile platforms. The company said that the move was an effort to promote more “rational” spending habits among users, Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

The startup Flutterwave , which picked up $35 million last year in venture funding, has launched an online portal that will enable African businesses to set up online shops. At the time, Flutterwave said it would use the funding to further build out its technology and continue expanding throughout Africa.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

It’s been replete with stumbles and delays getting the new technology paradigm off the ground — most notably in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, a global event that put the brakes on projects large and small worldwide. When the card networks first started mandating EMV, McCutcheon said, there was heavy resistance. Why 3DS 2.0

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Mastercard and pan-European FinTech myPOS are teaming up to promote card payment solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across Europe, Mastercard announced on Thursday (Feb. The strategic partnership aims to inform more SMBs about the new tools for card acceptance that can fit their needs and budget.

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Cards Payments Tools Innovation 150

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Brick-and-mortar merchants and online retailers alike often rely on end-of-year sales to generate up to 40 percent of their annual revenues and start the new year on a positive note. consumers were expected to spend more than $190 billion online this season, up 36 percent from 2019, while in-store commerce was predicted to fall by 4.7

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

FinTech SumUp is launching its first card for business payments, in partnership with Mastercard , SumUp announced in a blog post on Tuesday (Feb. The new SumUp Card will enable merchants to quickly access money and monitor finances while making necessary business payments. The card will also help U.K. Aside from the U.K.,

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Cards Payments Fintech Innovation 141

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Mastercard is partnering with CleverCards and Appreciate Group to offer gift cards directly to mobile wallets, Mastercard announced in a press release on Monday (Dec. The Select Digital Gift Card can be sent immediately by email, text or messaging app, and is available now as a last-minute Christmas present. billion in 2019.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Illustration by The Laundry Room/Stocksy Customer data fuels efficient and effective marketing these days. From these actions, community banks receive data on their income, home address, email address, credit card debt, employer and financial products they want to learn more about.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Commercial card company Brex is rolling out a new card product designed to meet the specific needs of eCommerce businesses, the firm said in a press release Tuesday (Feb. When Brex first launched its initial commercial card solution last year, the company targeted technology startups.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

bank NatWest has started a three-month trial of a biometric credit card that will use a fingerprint in lieu of a PIN. If the purchase is more than £100, then the card needs to be put into a terminal with the fingerprint as additional verification. . NatWest launched a test of biometric debit cards earlier this year. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For companies like SmartEquip and Unified Payments Group , that means introducing new ways to lift the burden of suppliers accepting cards.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

That network, in combination with Equifax, will use advanced technologies to connect data “signals” that stem from 32 billion online interactions, five billion annual transactions and 17 billion unique devices across the globe, as the company said in its announcement tied to the acquisition. In a Monday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. Morgan Enhances Virtual Cards Via Marqeta. Bottomline Rolls Out Open Banking Service.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Fraud detection is always a cat-and-mouse game,” he said, and that appears unlikely to change in the future, especially as ever-more emerging markets embrace digital payments and eCommerce. trillion from the worldwide economy, a problem that has the potential to increase as the speed of money accelerates, and more transactions move online.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Scotland-based Tesco Bank has announced that it’s the first financial institution (FI) in the United Kingdom to introduce technology that allows its 2.6 million credit card customers to more easily manage and pay their balances. We expect this functionality to be widespread in the market in the coming years. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

From counterfeiting to identity theft to phishing attacks, digital fraud takes many forms — and online shopping continues to make consumers and merchants vulnerable to such attacks. In these markets, fraudsters can find loopholes — stemming from the fact that retailers that accept cards don’t want to create too much friction for consumers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The B2B commerce arena is moving online at record speed as more business buyers seek to procure products and services the way they do in their personal lives. The furniture industry, for example, can be especially difficult to migrate to online platforms. A Hybrid Approach. But even those efforts may not be enough for some buyers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

Innovators are seeing the potential to shape the way consumers place their orders at quick-service restaurants (QSRs) through digital technology. When a consumer places an order by voice, it comes through the same ordering channel that an online or mobile order would. The Voice AI Market.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

The United Kingdom-based mobile commerce company recently completed the installation of the new payment option on SoftBank phones, so that customers can make purchases without having to whip out a credit card or punch in a credit card number, Bango noted in its press release. a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

A new personal chip card reader will soon hit the market with the goal of protecting consumers while shopping and banking online and ultimately preventing online fraud — at an introductory price of just $20. The assistant can also provide extended authentication and serve as a password manager.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Kroger , one of America’s largest supermarket chains, is introducing a new mobile payment option and a loyalty rewards card, according to reports. At the terminal, shoppers can either use biometrics, enter a custom code or take advantage of the app’s QR code functionality to provide payment and loyalty card info. ” .

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

Many are instead flocking to online gambling sites after the closure of all 989 commercial and tribal casino properties in the U.S. However, it can take a long time for online players to collect funds, unlike at casinos, where consumers can instantly collect winnings in cash. payments market is behind that of Europe, but U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

We have deep dives on digital payments, online ordering and memberships. Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year marketing campaign rolled out by American Express in 1987 to convince consumers that it was worth paying a yearly fee for one of its charge card offerings.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Speaking with PYMNTS, Sohn offered insight into why prepaid debit cards are a valuable solution to not only address the payroll needs of underbanked professionals, but strengthen the employer-employee relationship while bringing more people into the digital economy. Embracing Existing Technology.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

We have deep dives on cloud technology, business-to-business (B2B) payments and Visa’s deal to acquire YellowPepper. I think in terms of market recognition, 2020 was the breakout year — [and] in terms of commercial adoption, 2021 will be more like it,” Harris said. Ant’s March To The Biggest IPO Shows Power Of (Online) Commerce.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Demand is rising for online services such as those providing cloud-based backups and storage. The cloud storage subscription market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.8 The cloud storage subscription market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.8

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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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