PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2016

The number of payment cards in circulation around the world increased by 8 percent to 13 billion in 2015, with the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific seeing the fastest growth. trillion spent in 2015, with 37 percent market share. trillion spent in 2015, with 37 percent market share.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Developing markets are quickly increasing their rate at which paycards are accepted, according to the latest research by RBR. The company revealed its “Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021” report Wednesday (Nov. 23) with positive news for developing markets. China spearheaded this growth, adding 4.7

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2018

billion payment chip cards were shipped worldwide in 2017. While shipment volumes in China and the United States “continue to normalize,” contactless payment cards are more than 70 percent of shipments in “a growing number of territories,” the association said in an announcement. marking a twofold increase over 2014.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

However, there may be an opportunity to get more contactless cards into the hands of consumers — an opportunity that involves community banks and is backed by financial incentives. million payment cards, Giorgio said. She noted that, ever since EMV chip cards were introduced in the U.S., Australia and Canada.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In today’s top news, the stock market takes its biggest hit since 2015 due to mounting fears over the coronavirus, and an ex-Microsoft engineer is found guilty of stealing $10 million in digital currency. Coronavirus Decimates US Stock Market $1.7T stock market is taking a hit due to mounting fears over the coronavirus.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

And according to Jennifer Schroeder, executive vice president of product management at PULSE, prepaid and payroll cards are proving increasingly popular among forward-thinking employers. A tight labor market means employers must be cognizant of what their workers want.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The CFPB’s fourth biennial report on the credit card market was issued at the end of August. The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD Act) requires the CFPB to perform periodic market reviews. Physical point-of-sale. Risk management.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The volume of the global point-of-sale terminal market was more than $43 billion in 2015 and is set to grow to $100 billion by the end of 2023. The retail POS market is expected to grow to more than $30 billion by that time, according to new research from Global Market Insights.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Fraudsters Prize Payment Via iTunes, Walmart Gift Cards. Losses due to this type of fraud reached $40 million in 2017, an increase from $20 million in 2015 and $27 million in 2016. billion in market value from CVS and its rivals. Volkswagen Eyes eCommerce Sales. ” CVS CEO Says Amazon Isn’t Keeping Him up at Night.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2017

More CFOs are guiding their organizations toward corporate cards in lieu of offering after-the-fact reimbursements via expense reports, The Wall Street Journal recently reported. Research suggests companies are turning to corporate cards for their security as well. Many businesses are turning to virtual cards for these benefits.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2017

While the retail point-of-sale (POS) terminals market is currently sitting at $15 billion, Global Market Insights is expecting it to reach $45 billion by the year 2024. To help combat these efforts and meet consumers preferred payment method demands, the retail POS terminal market will need to grow to bring down harmful actions.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2017

Credit, debit and prepaid cards issued in the U.S. That’s according to the Nilson Report, which said in a press release Monday (May 8) that credit, debit and prepaid cards’ purchase volume in the U.S. percent when compared to 2015. percent in 2015. saw purchase volume increase 7 percent year over year in 2016.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Top credit card companies are taking an early opportunity to ensure their corporate cards work with new smartwatches. The move is a sign of support for contactless and mobile payments for corporate use; with the Fitbit and Vioactive watches, users can integrate their commercial cards for use within apps on the smartwatches.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Nordstrom is broadening the scope of its B2B gift card operations by teaming up with prepaid card company CashStar. Using CashStar Business, Nordstrom is now offering Gift Cards for Business, a program that helps its business partners order Nordstrom gift cards and manage accounts. In an announcement Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2019

The company was founded in 2015 by former employees of Tradeshift, Jeppe Rindom and Niccolo Perra. Pleo allows for “smart” company cards that are paired with software that tracks receipts and spending in real time. We remain committed to providing the best product in the market for business spending.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

is Amazon’s next market for Business Prime after rolling out the service in the U.S., That same year, Amazon hit the one million Amazon Business membership mark after launching its B2B operations in 2015. Ahead of Prime Day this year, Amazon is introducing Business Prime in the U.K., according to reports on Monday (July 1).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Commercial cards have struggled to gain widespread adoption in B2B payments, and new research from Mercator Advisory Group aims to explain why — and how to overcome those adoption barriers. There is substantial untapped potential, given the size of the market,” he said. But corporate buyers often prefer cards to obtain rewards points.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2017

The global mobile wallet market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 35.5 percent from 2017 to 2021, according to research firm Research and Markets. In addition, users can also save their card and bank details on their smartphones and make payments and purchases easily.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2018

Apple and Goldman Sachs Group are in the midst of bringing a joint Apple Pay-designated credit card to market. After nearly 40 months on the market, adoption of Apple Pay has been essentially flat. percent in March 2015, to 3.0 Could that warm feeling could come courtesy of the new plastic card? percent in Dec.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Morgan Stanley’s move comes at a time when the Brazil FinTech market is exploding. The market has seen a 54 percent uptick in FinTechs since the beginning of 2015, and Goldman Sachs predicts the market will reach $75 billion in a decade. Fortress Investment Group also took part in that deal.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2017

The movement to have all-in-one cards in the hands of all has lost another disciple. Plastc, the company that had been seeking to develop and market an all-in-one card and mobile app, abruptly shut down, three years after launch, with no products debuted. Plastc’s demise is not without precedent.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Since the initial product launch in 2015, N26 has reached more than 3.5 million customers in 25 markets in Europe. N26 partners with Axos Bank to offer a Visa debit card and FDIC-insured checking account. N26 was founded in 2013 by Valentin Stalf and Maximilian Tayenthal. N26 started rolling out in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2016

FairFX is looking to grab a bigger piece of the corporate cross-border payments market and, on Monday (March 7), announced new support to help this cause. According to reports, FairFX reported 32 percent annual turnover growth in 2015. According to reports , FairFX Group secured nearly $7.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

A new report shows that, across the globe, there were more than 270 billion card payments in 2015, an increase of 15 percent over 2014. Such an increase, according to RBR’s Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021, is almost double the 8 percent rise in card numbers alone.

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JULY 25, 2019

Banks need to keep this requirement top of mind as they compete against other FIs in newer markets, however. It is thus imperative that those seeking to expand into new markets adjust their fraud protection strategies to better fit local customer needs. Bringing a global fraud approach to a new local market. operations.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 3, 2016

The CFPB has issued a report covering its fair lending activities during 2015. The report states that in 2015, CFPB fair lending supervisory and public enforcement actions required institutions to provide approximately $108 million in remediation. It also notes that in 2015, the CFPB referred 8 matters to the Department of Justice.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

13) that it disabled the ability for customers to add new credit cards as a payment method for those in the U.S. In recent weeks credit card companies have said they are banning the use of their cards to purchase digital tokens. customers should switch their payment method to debit card or a bank account.

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ZootBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2015

In 2015, the financial industry made a point to enhance the customer experience by leveraging massive amounts of data from phone calls, emails, mobile apps, ATMs, and websites. was the last major market to adopt this technology as their payment standard. Rather than swiping your card, you insert it into the POS terminal.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

Since the migration to EMV in the largest card market in the world (the U.S. in October of 2015), the incidences of counterfeit card fraud at chip-enabled merchants have fallen sharply — some 76 percent, as reported by card networks. Sometimes the cards are ancillary to a different criminal purpose.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 16, 2015

This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. The conference was well attended, with broad representation from all institution sizes and markets. Presentations focused on targeted marketing for “moneyhawks” , new P2P models (e.g. One spoke of the need to market correctly.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Contactless card payments are gaining traction in the U.K., with Brits more likely to make a payment via contactless card than check, according to research by Mintel , the global market research firm. That compares to 39 percent who used contactless debit cards and 34 percent that pay with a credit card.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The CFPB published a request for information in yesterday’s Federal Register seeking information to inform its next review of the credit card market. The CARD Act requires the Bureau to conduct such a review every two years. The Bureau’s first three reviews were published in October 2013 , December 2015 , and December 2017.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2016

consumers for the second year in a row, but while in 2015 (the first year of the Blackhawk study) 93 percent of respondents reported to have used it, the number dropped this year to 87 percent. Meanwhile, shares CSA, PayPal has emerged as the most popular digital payment option among U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Americans are carrying more debt than ever before and paying some of the highest credit card rates every recorded, according to new data. The national average annual percentage rate (APR) for credit card debt is 15.22 percent, according to CreditCards.com’s weekly Credit Card Rate Report. Credit card balances rose 3.4

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2016

is soaring the global demand for smart payment cards by as much as 34 percent, a new Smart Payment Association (SPA) report has found. billion chip cards were supplied — of which, 570 million were shipped to the U.S., The shift to EMV in the U.S. Last year alone, over 2.06 marking a twofold increase over 2014.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

TripActions states in marketing materials that a big advantage it offers business travelers is a robust online platform coupled with access to human travel agents 'round the clock. The company was founded in 2015. based TripActions has 900 employees at six U.S. offices and locations in London and Amsterdam, according to its website.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. The startups selected for inclusion in the market map below are all Canada-headquartered, VC-backed fintech companies that have at least US $1M in equity funding, and have obtained equity funding since the start of 2015. Navigating the Canadian fintech market map. Capital markets.

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