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APRIL 13, 2020

Jim McCarthy, i2c president, says disasters often breed innovation. Telecommuting, online education and moving to a cashless and virtual financial system will likely become the norm,” he told PYMNTS. This most recent black swan is proving that online financial services are a lifeline service.”. But the lesson is to not despair.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. They influenced those choices by changing the consumer’s path to purchase and payment. The Invisible Innovators .

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JANUARY 28, 2021

A transformation toward contactless payments is underway at the nation’s credit unions as the public shuns cash and even physical cards to lower infection risks with COVID-19. The use of Apple Pay, Google Pay and other digital wallets has also been on the upswing since the start of the pandemic. The High Stakes Of Offering Contactless.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

We have deep dives on digital payments, online ordering and memberships. Millennials Drive More to Faster Payments . Millennials and Gen Z are among the groups that are most likely to have received instant payments. Weak iPhone Sales Cost Apple Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars in Market Cap . Trackers and Reports.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

As the world becomes increasingly digitized and more consumers embrace the speed and convenience of contactless purchases, Jim McCarthy , president of payment technology and innovation firm i2c , said banks have been left behind and should focus on what they do best — compliance. He said banks would be wise to accept that reality.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes France’s Natixis Payments bringing Apple Pay to users of Apetiz at restaurants and retailers. The company noted that the service keeps payment details secure by using a virtual account number.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

It was a busy week for payments and commerce news, and the new PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything. Coverage includes a story about how bamboo straws signal a new phase in global commerce, a new mobile payment network and Amazon’s latest push into biometrics, among many other topics and original PYMNTS research.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. They saw a greenfield waiting to be planted.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

The country’s four largest tech firms wasted no time pushing back on a congressional antitrust report that suggested Amazon , Apple , Facebook and Google have become too powerful and might need to be broken up. Acquisitions are part of every industry, and just one way we innovate new technologies to deliver more value to people.”.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

New technology continues to change the way consumers order and pay for quick-service restaurant (QSR) food: Kiosks and online ordering, among other experiences, let consumers ditch the counter for faster and higher-tech alternatives. Not all digital innovations are perceived by consumers the same way, however. out of 100. out of 100.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Waze, the popular GPS navigation app owned by Google, has introduced contactless payments for ExxonMobil and Shell card holders in the U.S. Waze is committed to continuing to help businesses leverage innovative technology to adapt, evolve, and engage with customers,” said Andrew Kandel, Waze U.S. country manager, in a statement.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes the launch of business cards by American Express and Amazon in addition to one by Wyndham Hotel & Resorts and Barclays.

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APRIL 5, 2017

The Apple Pay universe just keeps on expanding—this time, it’s to international money transfers. iOS users will now be able to use Apple Pay for their payments when sending money transfers with global payments provider Western Union, the companies announced today.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers, as well as online merchants, are offering consumers all sorts of products and services through the subscription business model, from movies to tea. Some entertainment innovators are also rolling out new subscription services. And retailers are offering innovative subscriptions for all sorts of products.

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MARCH 10, 2017

Innovation in payments can happen in the blink of an eye. In order to keep payments innovation moving quickly and safely, Mark Turnage, CEO of OWL Cybersecurity , said it’s important to ensure information security remains at the forefront of the new products and services being introduced into the market.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Apple Buys Mobeewave for $100M. Apple has purchased Canadian company Mobeewave, which will allow it to create mobile pay hubs out of iPhones. Barrons: Online Lender Kabbage Shopping for Buyers. Report: Skillz Takes Bowling Online — And Strikes Out Bad Actors (Digital Identity Tracker) . Trackers and Reports.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— Apple will continue to widen the reach of its mobile payment service Apple Pay by adding new ecommerce capabilities and bringing the feature to new countries, CEO Tim Cook said during yesterday’s earnings call.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Remember how Apple joined the growing number of merchants refusing to offer Black Friday deals last year? The company announced yesterday, on a special section on its website, that it will offer a one-day, online-only sales event this Friday. Well, the deals are back, but not in a way you’d expect. Read More.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

It may not be that easy for Apple , a tech giant that seems to have missed one of the most important anchors of connected commerce – the home – along with trendlines that suggest the smartphone is slowly becoming less central to the consumer and the commerce experience. Apple is investing heavily to make sure they stay on that list.

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JULY 11, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a type of point-of-sale installment loan that partners with retailers to allow consumers to pay for their purchases in multiple equal payments. which is a huge draw to using BNPL as a non-cash payment method. What Are Some Buy Now, Pay Later Companies? Which one is best for me?

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AUGUST 29, 2017

Apple issued an official statement today stating that its mainland Chinese users will now be able to use WeChat Pay for purchases made on the App Store and for Apple Music products. The WeChat Pay function will not require the use of a password. Instead, consumers will be able to confirm their identity with fingerprints, […].

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JULY 29, 2020

Visa Sees Gains In Online and Contactless Transactions In Q2. Visa reported Tuesday (July 28) that its second-quarter results suffered from plummeting consumer spending amid COVID-19, although the pandemic did boost online spending and contactless cards. Plus, Mastercard offers concessions over Nets deal to win antitrust approval.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

More and more, B2B payment solutions are focusing less on single end-points of friction, and more on the overall picture of how money (and data) moves from one business to another. Below, PYMNTS explores the latest initiatives and finds that innovators are looking at the accounts receivable side to tackle accounts payable friction.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – Green Dot has leveraged its bank-as-a-service in deals with both Apple and Intuit. The company announced on its earnings call yesterday that it was powering the newly announced Apple Pay Cash P2P payment service, as well as offering a prepaid card to customers of Intuit’s TurboTax software.

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JUNE 12, 2019

In the era of streaming entertainment and online news, the number of companies providing digital platforms for content is on the rise. And consumers now have a plethora of choices at their disposal, which creates competition in a space where platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify are looking to attract the same users.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Amid great technological change, health and beauty retailers are developing strategies to drive innovation. And many retailers are heeding the call: According to the PYMNTS Retail Innovation Readiness Index , 60 percent of health and beauty merchants are focusing on innovation. About the same share — or 60.9

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. It’s an inspiring story — and one that gets many an innovator out of bed to fight the good startup fight, even in the face of insurmountable odds. When Amazon was just about selling books online, its competition was the physical bookstore.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In today’s top news, B2B cross-border payments network Thunes raised $60 million, and Klarna debuted a redesigned app for its U.K. Plus, Epic Games has again asked a California judge to reinstate Fortnite to Apple’s devices. B2B Cross-Border Payments Network Thunes Raises $60M. Klarna Debuts Social Shopping in UK.

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JULY 27, 2017

users send money transfers via Apple Pay. International money transmitting startup TransferWise updated its iOS app for iPhone and iPad users yesterday, adding the capability for users to send international transfers using Apple’s namesake mobile wallet service Apple Pay. British fintech TransferWise will now let U.S.

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APRIL 7, 2020

But the numbers tell a tale, and recent stats in the March 2020 Credit Union Innovation Index show the need for CUs to step up their efforts to innovate. Incumbent and legacy FIs, as well as tech startups such as Apple, have made the financial lives of consumers more convenient, said Fagan. percent to a recent 21.9

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AUGUST 14, 2020

In payment methods, Circle K announced a cashierless checkout pilot as convenience stores advance retail innovations. And in education, Google and Apple are facilitating students’ return to class with the help of technology. All this, Today in Data. 7.3K: Minimum number of Circle K stores in operation in the U.S.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Earlier this week, it was announced that both Apple Pay and Masterpass are now integrated into MTA’s eTix, meaning that the millions who use the MTA trains to get into and out of New York City every day can purchase tickets digitally. The announcement was made yesterday and changes went into effect today. Masterpass Read More.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Connected devices are becoming ingrained in consumer shopping habits: More than 50 percent of shoppers made online purchases in seven of 13 product or service categories in the past seven days, according to the PYMNTS How We Will Pay Report , while 20 percent went online with mobile apps to buy food to eat at home.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

As it makes its way to South Africa and continues to amass impressive partnerships with the likes of Alipay and PayPal, Samsung Pay might have completed three years in the mobile payments market, but its numbers still lag its main rival, Apple Pay. Samsung revealed yesterday that it had completed 1.3

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MARCH 24, 2016

Is the expansion of Apple Pay’s functionality to include website functionality enough to enable the tech company’s payments venture to top PayPal, the reigning king of mobile payments?

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JULY 12, 2018

Apple Pay has had this feature with Uber for over a year. PayPal-owned Venmo today announced it inked a partnership with Uber that lets its users pay the ride share company through their Venmo accounts. The Venmo feature is not available yet. It will be rolled out to Uber and Uber Eats customers over the […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Retail innovation comes from various places – and for the new decade, that includes quick-service restaurants (QSRs), the site of massive technological change. These lanes allow customers to order and pre-pay online and pick up at a designated time. Contactless Payments. Loyalty, too, is a source of innovation.

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