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Virtual Cards Run Into Payroll Card-Like Legal Troubles

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In recent years, payroll cards have run into controversy as lawsuits and lawmakers scrutinize fees that often come with the tool. The debate involves virtual cards and their use by insurers to pay healthcare providers. But, much like the payroll card debate, the legal questions around virtual cards also focus on fees.

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Walmart Pay Lands In Two More States

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The retailer announced yesterday (June 16) that the mobile payment service will expand to stores in Alabama and Georgia. This service allows a customer with any iOS or Android smartphone with a major credit card loaded on the app to pay at any checkout lane using the Walmart app.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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Last week , Walmart Pay rolled out in Alabama and Georgia. Online to offline coming to Walmart near you, and we mean that sincerely. Online lending . Costco Card. The Costco Card has generated a lot of buzz. Well, the card has dropped, but unfortunately, it may not be so dearly loved as it was dearly anticipated.

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SNAP Users Shut Out Of The Digital Grocery Aisles

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Looking at the past several weeks of PYMNTS consumer survey data, four times more consumers are buying groceries online instead of going into the grocery store these days. Smith suffers from a chronic medical condition affecting her connective tissue and laments the fact that she can’t use her SNAP to easily shop online.

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Walmart Pay Launches In 16 States, DC

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Shortly after the Walmart Pay news was announced, Walmart SVP of Services Daniel Eckert told Karen Webster that the payment method was built to leverage a habit that its customers already know how to do really well: shop online at Walmart.com. Walmart officially launched Walmart Pay today (June 23) across 15 U.S.

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Easing Recurring Collections For Tech-Averse SMBs

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“They have a hard time using online banking. But in rural Alabama, where many of Invoia’s users are based, SMBs are representative of the needs of millions of smaller firms outside of those urban areas. For Invoia, that means offering payment acceptance through any kind of credit card, and only credit card.

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NEW REPORT: Hibbett Sports (Finally) Steps Up To The eCommerce Plate

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Online shopping is nothing new, but with heavy promotion and low prices among sporting goods companies, just having an online presence likely i sn’t enough to pull out a victory, especially if and when the competition somehow goes into extra innings. Big-box stores are losing ground to online warehouses like Amazon.

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