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Tuition, Digital Disbursements And The Paper Chase

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Colleges have had the ability to issue grants and refunds via ACH for 20 years, but government regulations insist on the tangible, tactile paper check as payment mode of choice despite its well-known weaknesses — lack of speed and security, plus an error-prone nature.

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Walmart Thinking Small When It Comes To Tech

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After several years spent trying to infuse its multi-billion dollar business with more forward-thinking concepts with mixed results , last week, the retail giant announced that it will be conducting what amounts to an open call for tech innovation. Biometrics are another avenue along which Walmart may have its innovation sights set.

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Mobilizing Student Loan Disbursements

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New and innovative disbursement methods are bringing change to the industry, though. Paper checks and legacy disbursement methods aren’t just plagued by lack of transparency and speed, Crawford noted, but are often less secure than mobile disbursements or other payment methods. The Future Of Student Loans .

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June’s Top 12 Mobile Pay Moments

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On June 9, JPMorgan Chase recently announced that it secured a multi-year deal with Shell to accept Chase Pay at all of its gas stations. Now, as part of its new deal with Shell, it appears Chase is on its way to securing more support for its mobile wallet service that’s likely to be launched into market soon. ” RIP CurrentC.

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Congress Presses Fed On Real-Time Payments Plan

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The Federal Reserve’s buildup to faster payments innovation came to a head in August when it announced FedNow , its proposed real-time payments infrastructure under the draft Payments Modernization Act of 2019. That seems like a lifetime in this business,” said Congressman French Hill of Arkansas. payments ecosystem.

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: Walmart vs. Amazon

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There is a possibly apocryphal story of Amazon’s early days (around 2001) where Founder Jeff Bezos was invited to Bentonville, Arkansas to discuss the possibility of Walmart purchasing his still young – and, at this point, struggling – online bookstore. Security Shore-Up: Keeping Counterfeiters in Check With AI.

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