PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Razer Fintech and Visa have unveiled the Razer Card prepaid card, while SafetyPay has joined forces with LATAM’s Rappi. Razer Fintech, Visa Pitch New Prepaid Card to Young Adults in Singapore. Digital Payment Firm SafetyPay Teams With LATAM's Rappi.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Even as the economy in the United States softens, Citigroup has been making a push for credit cards. Customers can transfer their debt from a competitor’s card onto Citi’s plastic for a small charge and not pay any interest for 21 months. Competitors are said to offer 15 interest-free months without a charge.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Blackhawk Network , a global branded payments provider, has rolled out its Giving Good Prepaid Mastercard with a release that encompasses five choices that benefit charitable organizations, according to a Tuesday (Dec. The cards will be accepted in brick-and-mortar locations and through eCommerce at over 90 U.S. 8) announcement.

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MAY 5, 2020

has taken in $920 million in cash via arrangements with co-branded credit card firms. The hotel company is said to be one of the biggest co-brand partners of American Express. Approximately 75 percent of hotel rooms are vacant in just the United States, and seven in 10 lodging workers have been put on leave or laid off.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Chase Bank and Mastercard have joined forces with Air Canada to debut the airline’s Aeroplan credit card in the U.S., Chase, Air Canada and Mastercard Announce Partnership to Launch a Credit Card in the US. First Abu Dhabi Bank Collaborates With Visa on B2B Virtual Cards.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Understanding the preferred, locally sourced alternative payment methods (APMs) can make or break a merchant’s eCommerce initiative, and credit cards do not always pass muster. acquirers to help eCommerce sites brand well beyond their companies’ domestic stomping grounds. The company is partnering with U.S. presence.

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MARCH 28, 2019

After styling rooms based on the tastes of their customers, online interior design platforms are branching out by offering their own direct-to-consumer (DTC) furniture brands. The price point for the brand’s sofas, for instance, starts at $1,099. And “each sofa is custom built for each customer,” Wood said.

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JULY 14, 2020

As the United States experiences a coin shortage due to the pandemic, some brick-and-mortar retailers are forcing consumers to tell cashiers to “keep the change.”. Customers can either round up their bills to the nearest dollar and give the excess to charity or get their change stored on loyalty cards. Similarly, southeast U.S.

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JUNE 13, 2018

Barclays announced that it has appointed Shane Holdaway as the company’s CEO of its cards and payments division in the U.S. For the past five years, Holdaway was the president of Capital One’s Canadian division, and played a leading role in the company becoming the exclusive credit card issuer for Costco Wholesale Canada.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Pleo is offering new services bundled under the brand Pleo Pocket that will make it easier for businesses to centralize financial information, according to a blog post. Pleo's main business is providing smart credit cards that make it easier for employees to document expenses and for employers to pay only for purchases they deem appropriate.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Shoppers in the United States will have the capacity to easily and safely pay for their purchases in the stores of participating retailers in four installment payments without having to pay upfront charges or interest or get a traditional loan. There are real opportunities for those brands that deeply understand their consumer.”.

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APRIL 9, 2020

Canaan, for its part, put forward its inaugural earnings report after going public last November in the United States. Fold will now have the ability to provide a co-branded Visa card that lets consumers receive bitcoin rewards via Fast Track. The company said it had $114.7 for each share as of now.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

We have deep dives into virtual card adoption and self-service technology, as well as a report on Kobe Bryant’s legacy. Bank Is Doing to Drive Virtual Card Adoption. Accounts payable (AP) professionals and vendors still have reservations about adopting virtual cards despite their many benefits.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Robinhood , the investment app that upended its market by elimination of commissions on stock trades is bringing its brand of disruption to the United Kingdom. In the United States, by 2016, it grew to 1 million subscribers and 6 million by October 2018. As of December of 2019, Robinhood is now at 10 million subscribers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

EMV headlines have quieted down a bit, and in the United States, merchant acceptance of the liability shifts and its inevitability has blossomed into growing uptake. The end result, Heasley remarks, is that the pressure to adopt EMV has “not created a love fest” between the retailers and the card networks. First, EMV.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

For community banks serving small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), training an eye on credit cards can translate into additional revenue streams and tap into an unmet need for those SMBs. Only 3 percent of them, however, have their credit cards with those community banks. Think small, goes the saying, to effect big change.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

Shopify announced it has launched a new retail hardware collection to improve in-person shopping for some of the world’s fastest-growing brands and their customers. Digitally native brands want to build loyal audiences through retail locations, and we’ve designed the best products to help them achieve this success.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Going a bit further, the United States saw 10 percent growth to $466 billion, outpaced by the rest of the world at 16 percent to just over $1 trillion. billion cards issued, with 7 percent growth, the bulk of which — at more than 2 billion — were Mastercard cards. The remaining 496 million were Maestro cards.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Helena Mao , vice president of global product strategy for payments at Blackhawk , spoke to PYMNTS, explaining why many consumers were slower to adopt the rollout of mobile wallets and payment methods in places like the United States — and why those feelings may be shifting. By contrast, U.S. She said about 61 percent of U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

These retailers are accustomed to engaging with their customers in brick-and-mortar stores and building long-lasting relationships that lead to brand loyalty. Customers from these generations often seek to avoid the debts and fees that accompany credit cards, too, making them less likely than older consumers to use credit cards.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

Marqeta, which is California-based and also works with payment cards for brands, is expected to close the round in a few weeks, although the numbers could potentially change. Marqeta has a bevy of products to offer, including virtual cards, real-time fund transfers and voice services for customers. billion, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Debatably the most impactful payments innovation of recent years — and that’s saying something — BNPL is having a massive impact on retail, as evidenced by the proliferation of brands and the steady flow of venture capital to players that are defining the space. Like their love of BNPL. percent of millennials have them, as do 88.8

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AUGUST 16, 2017

Mastercard is an iconic global brand that our client schools and their student families trust for convenient and secure payments anywhere around the world,” said Mike Massaro, CEO of Flywire, in a prepared statement. The program will help students and families take a small bite out of the high cost of education, Flywire said in the release.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

Shoppers can use Afterpay to buy items in select retail stores using their Afterpay card, a virtual, contactless card stored in their digital wallet,” the firm said in a Tuesday (Oct. There are real opportunities for those brands that deeply understand their consumer.”. 13) press release. And there’s a huge opportunity.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

As had been seen with Visa on Wednesday (July 25), the company also took reserves tied to litigation ongoing in the United States and the U.K. The United States showed 9 percent overall growth, and that rate was handily outpaced by the 16 percent seen in the rest of the world. The tally of $3.7 trillion.

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MyBankTracker

OCTOBER 27, 2020

When picking a credit card, it’s tough to resist the allure of big rewards. In a year-long MyBankTracker survey, nearly 3 out of 4 respondents (72.6%) preferred to receive cash back rewards on their credit card purchases. of respondents had specific spending categories in mind for their next credit card while 47.3%

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

FinTech service provider WEX signed on with Phillips 66 to handle exclusive private label and universal fleet card services, Verdict reported on Wednesday (Aug. Under the multi-year deal extension, WEX will continue to be the exclusive provider of fleet cards and offer payment-related services to Phillips 66 customers.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

There are lot of 7-Eleven locations — nearly 70,000 worldwide and over 10,000 in the United States alone. They’re nearly universally recognizable as the brand behind the twin cultural forces of the Slurpee and the Big Gulp. “The ability to pay with their smart devices gives consumers one more reason to shop at 7-Eleven.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Rather than entering new payment information – including address and card details – users can easily enter Amazon account login info. “We’re delighted to offer Amazon Pay to our customers, as it is one of the most secure ways to pay for flights, as the user doesn’t have to re-enter their card details,” he said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Mastercard’s results continued a string of double-digit gains in transaction count, growth in card count and, of particular note, continued traction in cross-border activity. billion, while the number of cards outstanding by the company was up 7 percent to 2.5 billion, better than the $3.8 billion that had been expected.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

PSCU’s recent 2020 Eye on Payments , which polled more than 1,500 CU members and other FI customers in the United States, found 70 percent of respondents decide how to pay for a product or service based on which safe options are available at the point of sale.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

As NewsBTC reported, eGifter , the online gift card platform, is supporting Dunkin’ Donuts cards, and as part of that support, customers can pay with bitcoin. The bitcoin payments option is offered across the spectrum of eGifter’s prepaid card pantheon, encompassing more than 200 brands.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

don’t rely on swiping or chip card readers. cards use chip-and-signature and chip-and-PIN methods. The new PYMNTS mPOS Tracker takes a look at the state of mPOS solutions in North America. Card issuers have been slow to release contactless cards due to limited acceptance at the point of sale. However, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

To help hockey players stay up to date on the latest sports equipment, eCommerce innovator the PenaltyBox offers subscription boxes comprised of a myriad of hockey essentials, from well-known brands to up-and-coming companies the PenaltyBox team tests themselves. The company’s largest target market is the 12-and-under age group.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Once upon a time in the 1960s, banks were building a series of one-off card-based solutions, much the way today in the ending days of the 2010s we see global digital banking, mobile wallets and alternative underwriting schemes building one-off tech-based solutions for financial services products. So today (Sept.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In December, Tesco indicated a further retreat from its worldwide ambitions by beginning a review of its Malaysia and Thailand operations following costly exits from the United States and Japan. A shopper’s potential savings add up to more than £400 ($520) a year per news in November.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

Shift4 Payments, which has offices in Europe and the United States, first launched as United Bank Card Inc., In 2012, it changed its name to Harbortouch, taking the brand of its POS system. offering free point-of-sale terminals to merchants using its services.

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