PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

From loyalty to inventory management and data to omnicommerce strategy, there’s no shortage of available features and options for retailers looking to upgrade to full-service payments solutions. Around the full-service payments world. To download the October edition of the Payments as a Service Tracker™ , click the button below.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Today in the payments news roundup, FinTech startup Brex is launching a business cash management account to take the place of traditional business bank accounts. Brex Co-Founder and Co-CEO Henrique Dubugras said in a press release , “Even before customers think about credit cards, they need a place to store their business capital.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Here, a fraudster obtains a legitimate user’s details to take over their online accounts, enabling the theft of money or a credit card, according to Marianne Crowe, vice president in the Secure Payments Innovation and Research group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Online U.S. Education as an anti-fraud tool.

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MAY 1, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five , your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s stories include a new mark in the evolving relationship between payments and biometrics, along with a look at possible new regulation for digital currency. Mastercard Introduces Remote Biometric Card Enrollment.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

In the latest Mobile Point-of-Sale Tracker , PYMNTS reports on how mPOS solutions are entering new markets around the globe, and how players in the space are working to make sure they also become more secure as they become increasingly popular. Around the mPOS World. Meanwhile, other players in the space are unveiling their first mPOS forays.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

NanoPay is finding that for mobile payments to take off, even among early adopters, using a phone to pay must be much more rewarding and convenient than tapping a card. Korean consumers see no evil in mobile payments. can now use their PayPal accounts for contactless payments. is mired in cybersecurity anxieties.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Which means now might be a good time to explore alternative payment options. Security and convenience of payment options. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston reports that bills represent about 30 percent of overall consumer payments, with most bills being paid by using a card or electronic methods.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

The current best-in-class method of payment for a ride on a subway in any American city works just fine – until it doesn’t. As of last week, the card network announced it will be bringing contactless payments to transit turnstiles in more than 20 U.S. cities in the next few years. Building New Consumer Habits.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

While some markets may be seeing relatively slower adoption of mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) than others, there’s no denying that the overall popularity of mobile and contactless payments are growing fast among consumers. Companies across the globe are innovating their mPOS solutions for faster, more secure services.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

While there, Orgel was most recently involved in the launch of the new Apple Card. As Boston-based Flywire’s President and COO, Orgel will oversee its global payment network, business operations, finance, legal, compliance, and corporate strategy and development. Flywire announced his appointment Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

It also explains why some innovations in payments have been met with open arms by consumers and others given the cold shoulder. And why advances in the field of voice and visual, particularly when applied to authentication, are poised to become such a disruptive force across the payments and commerce landscape.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

The latest news on mobile payments shows that the big banks are wanting in on the mobile wallet race, but are they already too far back in the pack? Here’s the latest news on the mobile + payments + commerce front. Miami Transportation To Offer Mobile Payments. Miami Transportation To Offer Mobile Payments.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

They are increasingly able to serve more customers than ever before, thanks in large part to mobile payment acceptance technology. Pedicab drivers in cities like Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C., can now accept credit and debit card payments thanks to mPOS systems that allow them to take cards while on-the-go.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

This is a message that US banks appear to be hearing loud and clear, at least according to the findings of a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. However, while consumers in the US have been keen to embrace mobile solutions to manage their finances, many have not yet made the transition to mobile payments.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This is a market that Boston-based ButcherBox is catering to by delivering grass-fed, grass-finished meat and other humanely raised, sustainably sourced meat and seafood directly to customers’ doors on a monthly basis. Keeping The Meat Secure. will reach 56.8 We’re not talking about small packages. No system is perfect, however.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. The winds blew cold, but discussion ran heated with ideas, writ large and granular, about the future of payments, for the first of two days.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Earlier this year, SoFi acquired payments firm Galileo for $1.2 billion, and also expanded internationally by purchasing Hong Kong-based investment app 8 Securities.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. The winds blew cold, but discussion ran heated with ideas, writ large and granular, about the future of payments, for the first of two days.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Although the wagons have begun to circle more publicly and more recently on Apple and its payments stance — given the very public lawsuit over in-app purchases — large-scale efforts to challenge Apple’s position on allowing anyone other than Apple access to the NFC chip haven’t gotten much media bandwidth. And it probably has. 25-31, 2020.

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MARCH 17, 2017

The business cards have all been exhausted, and the hearty salutations give way to weary nods of (yet again) recognition. But some things are different when it comes to intellectual gatherings — at least if the gathering is peopled with some of the best and brightest and insightful in payments. Pot Shots in Payments.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

After all, Boston managed to have a St. But whether one is watching the weather, the game, or payments and commerce, that old adage “expect the unexpected” remains in effect, since the unexpected had a way of continually cropping up last week. Sometimes, the unexpected is good. Sorry, former President Obama , better luck next year.).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

If he could have left the bag in a safe and secure place, he would have been “a happy customer,” he recalled in a PYMNTS interview. Consumers pay for their storage by credit card, and the hosts get paid out every Friday through Stripe , which Korbel said “is our third-party payment processor.”. Smart Cities.

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MARCH 30, 2018

Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. Kenna Security. B2B Payments. PYMNTS breaks down the latest deals below. Cybersecurity. Back-Office. ServiceTitan.

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OCTOBER 20, 2018

On this day in history in the year 2009, the world of payments and commerce was changed forever. The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). and was followed by the great cybercriminal migration to the web and card-not-present transactions. True in 2009.

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DECEMBER 2, 2018

Take Social Security as soon as you can — at 62 advises Steve Maersch, contradicting just about everyone in the retirement advice business. Maersch’s accountant yelled at him to start taking Social Security when he turned 62, and he did. From 62 through 69, Maersch collected $111,543 in Social Security.

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DECEMBER 13, 2015

In a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston survey of mobile banking and payment services released in August, roughly three-fourths of about 600 community banks and credit unions in five Federal Reserve districts that were polled were offering some kind of mobile service. Bill payment. View credit card balances, transaction history.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston survey of mobile banking and payment services released in August, roughly three-fourths of about 600 community banks and credit unions in five Federal Reserve districts that were polled were offering some kind of mobile service. Bill payment. View credit card balances, transaction history.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

Thousands descended upon T-Mobile Park stadium in Seattle on March 28 — the earliest opening day in Major League Baseball (MLB) history — to see their home team, the Mariners, take on last year’s World Series champions, the Boston Red Sox. At the concessions POS, there’s quicker transaction times.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

And the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything — and that you start off December right, with the latest in payments and commerce news. The data did not reportedly include password information, Social Security numbers or financial information. Does ‘Google Checking’ Foreshadow Big Tech, FinTech Payments Changes?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The basic philosophy of open payments is this basic notion that customers should not be forced to change the money they already have in their regular accounts to a special form of money for transportation,” said Judge. Once that new system is place, riders will be able to pay at the gate using contactless payments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). The firms are eyeing a confluence of mobile commerce, digital marketing and ease of payments. Picture this. It’s snowing. A driver has to pull over and get gas. It’s the kind of commerce that engenders no joy. The Available Data.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

Restaurants — the epicenter of payments innovation, it seems — were on the receiving end of a couple of new opportunities this week that could drive even more feet into them and help them grow. Barcode-Based Mobile Payments. The app will allow users to scan their prescription barcodes, which will trigger a cloud-based payment.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And this, as Karen Webster noted in a recent commentary, is where payments players have an opportunity to help push a vaccine by creating richer incentives to get it. “If Imagine if, instead of getting a ‘flu fighter’ Band-Aid at the pharmacy when getting the vaccine, that person got an eGift card that is spendable at the pharmacy.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

Or just to boo the Yankees (Boston-based baseball fans, mostly). Their early conversations were about how they could deliver on that, and how FIS could take redundant payment tasks off their plates. All of these things, John noted, have security issues – and are terribly inefficient. The Baseball Back-Office Blues.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

As PYMNTS is Boston-based, the company is, of course, excited to see Tom Brady take a shot at that sixth Super Bowl ring. Looking ahead, we see a cashless future for NFL fans, where events, including future Super Bowls, are digital — creating a more secure and seamless payment environment for fans and concessionaires alike.”.

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JUNE 10, 2016

Previously, you would have had to find a new spot that could accommodate different payment methods, usually at a premium price, but that’s all changing with parking and transit apps. According to Brad Powers, Passport’s CTO, none of it would be possible without mobile payment technology.

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

The latest twists came in September, when one of the biggest technology and payments events of the year featured the announcement of Apple Inc.’s s entry into the payments business with Apple Pay. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant. Fees follow.

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