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Today In Payments: Wirecard Forces German Accounting Regs Reboot; Consumers Sour On Travel Rewards Cards

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In today’s top news, Germany’s deputy finance minister wants to restructure accounting firm regulations, and consumers are turning away from travel rewards cards. Consumers Sour On Travel Rewards Cards. A Merchant’s How-To For Managing The Contactless Payments Surge And SCA Requirements.

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Turkey’s PayCore Snags New Majority Investor Amid Digital Payments Boom

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Mediterra Capital is expanding its portfolio with a big new investment that will give the top Turkish private equity firm a stake in the country’s fast-growing digital payments sector. PayCore has been pushing to expand globally from its home base in Turkey, having acquired Mastercard Payment Transaction Services Turkey Bili?im

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Black Swans Are The Sandbox Of New Innovations

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At the time of the black swans in 2001 and 2008, it was hard to tell anything positive was coming out of them. We even created the ability to use chip cards in a USB-attached chip reader to form-fill and send EMV-like payment information to merchants across the internet. Black Swans Are the Sandbox of New Innovations.

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How Gift Certificates Evolved From Paper To Wearables

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A few decades later, Neiman Marcus started distributing gift cards, but the retailer took a page from the 1930s department store playbook: It kept the cards out of sight and only sold them as novelty items. Compared to traditional paper gift certificates, gift cards were a plastic card with a magnetic stripe.

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Ghosts Of Payments Fraud Past: Enron CEO Skilling Freed From Custody

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In an echo of payments scandals past, news came this week that Jeffrey Skilling, former CEO of Enron, has been released from federal custody after a 12-year term in prison. As widely reported, Skilling helmed the energy giant before it collapsed into bankruptcy at the end of 2001.

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Startup Spotlight: Invisible Payments, Invisible Hacks

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Invisible payments are convenient…until they’re not. From paying for groceries through Apple Pay to paying for a ride on Lyft, many popular services today require nothing but a phone – no need to pull out a credit card or sign a receipt. Yet just because these payments can’t be seen doesn’t mean they aren’t at risk.

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Banco BASE Taps Volante For Payments; Azimo Receives Dutch Central Bank License

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Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. for international and domestic payments. to provide systems for international and domestic payments, according to an announcement from Volante. Coverage includes Mexico ‘s Banco BASE selecting Volante Technologies Inc.

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