PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2018

Users of the Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) American Express (Amex) card aren’t happy with the changes coming to their cards, which give them one-third fewer reward points for almost every dollar they spend. The SPG Amex card had paid one Starpoint for each dollar spent on everyday items.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

-based hospitality group which owns and operates brands like Crown Royale and Holiday Inn, recently reported finding malware in 1,200 of its U.S. The malware looks to have been designed to steal guests’ payment card information. We continue to work with the payment card networks.”. “We franchise hotel locations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

2016 started off with a bang in the retail world when MPD and PYMNTS uncovered a few discrepancies in the retail data that many major retailers and reporting institutions were using to underestimate the impact of digital sales on brick-and-mortar sales. “In A Retail Data Reporting Error Was Uncovered. As EMV slowly rolled out in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

The Children’s Place , the Secaucus, New Jersey-based retailer that is the “largest children’s pure-play specialty apparel retailer in North America,” revealed plans on Thursday (July 14) to team up with Alliance Data on a new loyalty-driven, private-label credit card program, the two companies announced in a joint statement.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

13) they had been fully repaid on a loan issued in 2016, the sources said. Citi executives asked for the money back, saying it was paid inadvertently due to an operational error, sources said. billion for the quarter, with Citi reporting it had provided some form of relief or adjustment to 2 million credit card holders.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

Krebs on Security reported Monday night (April 2) that the fast-casual bakery/café chain had been leaking names, emails, addresses, birthdays and partial credit card numbers (the last four digits) from its website for at least eight months. The group said last week that it was planning to release more than 5 million stolen cards.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2018

Smart payments and integrated commerce firm i2c said Tuesday that it is opening an operations center in Omaha, Nebraska. That center will be operational during the second quarter of this year. This is the second operations center in North America, coming on the heels of the 2016 opening of a Montreal, Canada location.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Looking ahead at 2021, positive signs are on the horizon for the industry despite strains on CU operations due to the pandemic. Los Angeles-based immigrant-focused technology solution provider Welcome Technologies has announced that it has selected PSCU to provide processing and support services for its first credit card offering.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

The company is paying $70 million for the firm, which is based in Cupertino but primarily operates in India, according to reports. Wibmo’s offerings span security, quick-response (QR) codes, authentication, mobile payments and prepaid cards. Beyond Wibmo, PayU bought Citrus Pay in 2016 for $130 million. based Wibmo.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

and yes, this looks like card data breach. While BJ’s doesn’t have quite the scale, scope or name recognition of its rivals Costco and Sam’s Club, among the wholesale shoppers of the northeastern United States, the brand maintains a fairly devout following. Ready to jump in? BJ’s on the Block (and Amazon Is Scoping the Territory).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

The posting says Amazon is looking for a professional with “end-to-end responsibility for scaling operations and partner programs in a new strategic initiative in China.” So far, its SMB lending operations have facilitated more than $3 billion in small business short-term financing.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

Some question whether the card-payment network operator will be able to overcome the struggle to “remain relevant” in a market that is quickly changing — and where consumers may soon be leaving card-based payments behind entirely. Literally every business and brand in China is plugged into this ecosystem.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

The aim is to steal credentials or credit card data. All in all there was a 26 percent quarter-over-quarter boost in malicious emails that sought to bring victims to phishing sites, and in one tactic “spoofed” major brands. The roster of other spoofed and well-known brand includes Apple, PayPal and OneDrive, said the report.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

“Coming together, we are now also able to share key technologies — such as real-time expenses, sophisticated data capture and extraction, and deep integrations with corporate cards — across the different solutions. No one else in the industry has the ability to innovate as fast with such a customer-centric approach.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Early accounts seem to indicate that the just-launched Apple -branded credit card is finding its way into customers’ hands, and into heavy use. According to issuer Goldman Sachs , they have opened up about $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple Card. Of that $10 billion, Apple Card?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

is to pay federal and state regulators penalties of $11 million for allegedly opening fake store card accounts. Sterling Jewelers, a subsidiary that operates over 1,500 locations across the country with different brands, signed the settlement, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Never mind the people who start rummaging around in their purse or wallet to pull out their cards after stepping up to the checkout counter. Yes, I know that for many of you, especially in California, this is old news and standard operating procedure – but hear me out. The ability for merchants to surcharge in the U.S. is nothing new.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

billion units in 2016, with a year-over-year growth rate of 0.6 We are quickly seeing this change in key growth markets like India where new operator Reliance Jio is aggressively trying to shake up the market by handing out free 4G SIM cards and launching own-branded low-cost 4G-enabled smartphones.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2017

From credit card companies to retailers and consumers, there are many key stakeholders in the commerce process, both on and offline. Out of the $22.049 trillion in total retail sales around the world in 2016, eCommerce makes up $1.915 trillion, or 8.7 The payments industry has increasingly grown more complex over the last decade.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In recent years, cybercriminals implanted malicious skimming code directly on e-commerce shops and online content management and payment platforms as a way of stealing payment card data at scale. Their goal is to compromise the merchant’s payments processing account and steal all of the payment card data processed by the merchant.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

Thankfully, today’s parking kiosks have moved beyond coin-operated solutions to accept dollar bills, credit and debit cards, mobile wallet and mobile app payments. By 2016, the number of imported parking kiosks rose to 296,000, a growth of roughly 10 percent per year. percent of the total kiosk market in 2016.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

It partners with well-known brands like Starbucks, Airbnb and Whole Foods Markets to provide discounts to banking customers. million in 2016 and revenue of $112.8 In an interview with TechCrunch, Lynne Laube, Cardlytics’ co-founder and chief operating officer, said the firm plans to ink more advertising deals in the future.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

This week, global luxury brands have seen their stock prices take a sharp hit as reports emerge that a coronavirus with origins in China’s Wuhan region is spreading rapidly and has made its first appearance on U.S. That $100 billion is itself but a small portion of China’s total cross-border transaction volume, which as of 2016, stood at $6.7

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

Much of North America remains anchored to major-brand credit cards. Booth said 50 percent of online shoppers have abandoned a transaction because the eCommerce operator failed to offer a preferred payment option. In China, one must make sure to bring their top mobile game. It’s just much easier to do that search,” he said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Marcus , the consumer lending unit of Goldman Sachs, launched in October 2016, and has since issued more than $3 billion in new consumer loans. Back at Goldman Sachs, the investment bank also said Tuesday that in the third quarter, its operating expenses increased 4 percent year over year to $5.57 percent higher than the $5.02

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

2016 on net income of £2.3 We will continue developing and rolling out our app and credit card as planned, [now] with a little more spring in our step. When the deal is finalized, we’ll operate the whole business under the Tandem brand.” Tandem’s acquisition of Harrods Bank, which posted pre-tax losses of £8.4m

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at Finovate Fall 2016. 09:47 am Finovate Fall 2016 Day 1 Recap. End of Day 1, check back later today for our video recap of Finovate Fall 2016! With CRMnext, replacing a lost card or request a new pin is a one button process. I think cards from Dynamics ARE big in Canada.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

Maybe one day, quick-service restaurant ( QSR ) operators will look back upon 2019 as their cramming experience when it comes to digital security and fraud prevention. For instance, in 2016, 5 percent of Starbucks ‘ sales came from mobile orders, a figure that has since increased to 12 percent. Heck, yeah!”. Digital Progress.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

And it noted that the deliveries “mark another milestone in a recently announced collaboration between UPS and CVS to develop a variety of drone delivery use cases, including business-to-consumer operating models.”. A remote operator monitored them and could step in if needed.) The 500 pop-ups that will open are temporary for now.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Well, another year will soon be one for the history books, and given the type of year 2016 has been, we imagine it will be a chapter future generations will find themselves flipping through repeatedly. But while while many things changed in 2016, one thing did not. Even if they happen to issue those cards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Throughout 2016, Karen Webster and David Evans, economist, MPD founder and coauthor of the number one new release on Amazon, Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms , have hosted The Matchmaker Is In series to gain insight into the business model from the stakeholders who keep it going. Catch more of the episode here.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The fast-food restaurant, which operates 3,600 locations across 45 U.S. It’s a sure bet that these stolen card numbers are going to bad homes. Our credit card processor informed us last week of unusual activity regarding credit cards used at Sonic,” said a statement the company issued to Krebs On Security.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

According to the report, State Treasurer Zach Conine “likened the system to gift cards or digital wallet apps, such as Venmo , and said the program would not include broader banking services like loans.”. The bill authorizing the program, AB466 , gives an operational time frame for the program, running from Oct. population.

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

William Mills Agency and Beyond the Arc will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2016. Credit cards offer rewards but over 60% of payments are made on debit cards. Diana Chin (HR & Operations). Chip card reader for when customers are shopping online to improve security. Branded version is available. ^KT.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

That comparison may not be 100 percent on the mark, but the truth is this: Legal pot operations are joining the legitimate business world, and more evidence of that will come after the markets close on Thursday (June 20). The report also noted that “since launching in Colorado in 2016, privately held LeafLink has quickly gained traction.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

Earthport operates one of the biggest independent ACH networks in the world. The payments company said that before the deal, Visa-enabled payments could only be sent to and from other Visa cards. Is Real-Time Payments a Threat to Credit Cards? That is a 171 percent increase from 2016. NCR Acquires Restaurant POS Firm.

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

William Mills Agency and Beyond the Arc will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2016. 01:20 pm William Mills, CEO of William Mills Agency, and Stephen Ramirez, CEO of Beyond the Arc, discuss highlights from FinovateSpring 2016 Day 1. Showing using a brand new device on a brand new connection. Maria Gurina (Bus.

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