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Mobile Checkout Finds Fresh Fuel From 7-Eleven

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In some cases, brands like Loblaw and Nike are letting shoppers use their mobile phones to pay for their purchases at physical stores. The retailer said, according to reports, “associates will help customers pay and go by simply swiping their credit card and providing them with a paper or electronic receipt for their purchase.”

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The Changing Omnichannel Expectations Of Consumers

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About a year ago, Gap expanded its loyalty offering away from its branded card and into a general admission product that offers consumers points regardless of how they pay.The multi-tender loyalty program allows customers to earn points for every dollar spent across the Gap, Banana Republic , Old Navy and Athleta brands.

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Netspend CEO On Making The B2B Pivot

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But for prepaid debit card firm Netspend — which spent much of the past year making just such a transition — the challenge wasn’t as much a matter of changing technology as it was of changing the company’s mindset. Creating financial access for the unbanked and underbanked through prepaid cards remains a corporate priority.

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Apple Pay’s Tough Twenty Months

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People who haven’t tried Apple Pay say they’re satisfied with what they’re using today – which in the day and age of EMV chip cards and dipping and waiting, is, frankly, surprising. Nearly 50 percent of those consumers say that they like other things better – cash and/or cards and/or products that offer rewards. But that’s the reality.

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Credit UX: Starter Loans from Self Lender

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youth to obtain a credit card. So most rely on debit cards for spending. However, debit cards don’t help in establishing credit for the estimated 45 million American adults without a credit score ( see note 1 ). Even before ubiquitous Visa/Mastercards, students in the ’70s and ’80s students easily obtained gasoline charge cards.

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Building A Better On-Ramp For Credit Repair

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He had attempted to set his credit card payments on autopay while he was away, which would have eliminated stress if he’d done it right. Secured credit cards tended to lead the pack for people looking for an onramp into the credit system, he found, but secured cards have two big problems. But he didn’t.

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Does ‘Google Checking’ Foreshadow Big Tech, FinTech Payments Changes?

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Instead of trying to be the bank, Google is leveraging the brand name, banking infrastructure and trusted reputation of two banks, one of which is among the world’s largest global FIs, to acquire new users for that product and for Google Pay. Consider, he said, how the Apple Card came into the market. Google’s Aim.

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