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Marqeta to focus on growing product suite in 2020

Bank Innovation

If 2019 was the year of the challenger bank, 2020 will be the year payments companies move closer to bank territory. Marqeta, the card issuing and processing startup supporting the capabilities of large companies like Kabbage and Square, sees 2020 as a big year for payments companies branching out into banking.

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Cash or card: How do you pay for Christmas?

Banking 2020

But it is not so and this Christmas – when retail spending reaches its peak for the year – consumers appear as wedded to cash as ever. on gifts, decorations, food and other Christmas purchases, according to a survey for the National Retail Federation, this is not a small amount of notes. Lower earners prefer the debit card.

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MasterCard to smash contactless payment limits

Banking 2020

MasterCard is setting free contactless payments, with a move to end the cap on tap-and-go transaction values. The card giant says shoppers will be able to use their contactless device for high value payments at all contactless terminals across Europe by 2017. The momentum behind contactless is very strong. Tap twice and go.

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How 2015 is Different for Retail Banks

Banking 2020

The retail banking industry has seen major changes occurring in the industry over the last few years with the adoption of mobile banking, the rise to prominence of the millennial demographic, narrowing margins, stagnant top line revenues, the future of the branch and continued regulatory changes.

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What do consumers want from payments?

Banking 2020

Payment cards created a safer and quicker way to pay compared to cheques. Online banking lets people manage accounts without having to visit a branch. But what’s driving payments innovation nowadays? MasterCard’s first Retail Social Listening Study , which analysed 1.6 Convenience. Acceptance.

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What Does 2015 Bring for EMV and Payments?

Banking 2020

2014 marked the year we became all too familiar with terms such as data breaches, data protection and payment solutions, thanks to high-profile security breaches to Target, Staples, Kmart, and The Home Depot, to name a few. However, this doesn’t mean that we, as in consumers, retailers, issuers, haven’t learned anything from these incidents.

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Next in Mobile Payments: The Android Alternative

Banking 2020

There was a time when the launch of a new mobile payment system from one of the world’s largest and most dynamic technology companies would have been a massive event. And that lack of excitement says more about the state of mobile payments than a hot new product might. It even offers prompts to use available loyalty or gift cards.

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