PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Global branded payments provider Blackhawk has debuted a new service allowing companies to outsource gift card and eGift program management, according to a news release Tuesday (Sept. The solution works for both companies with existing gift card programs and those looking to start one, the press release said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

To bolster its financial status and let it better compete in a difficult retail climate, Tailored Brands plans to make changes that will lead to a reduction of roughly 20 percent of its corporate positions by the conclusion of fiscal Q2. The company, whose brands include Jos. The company has roughly 1,400 U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Global payment processor Payroc announced Wednesday (Nov. 18) in a company press release emailed to PYMNTS that it has acquired Bluestone Payments. Bluestone Payments, founded by Linda Rossetti and launched in 2006, connects merchants in niche markets to payments programs through a referral system.

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Payments Dive

APRIL 11, 2024

Stores can automate more tasks than ever, including pricing, inventory management and checkout. But for theft prevention, customer service and brand engagement, they need humans.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Manheim Logistics has formed an exclusive collaboration with DHL Supply Chain in order to develop what a press release calls a "more holistic" transportation management system. based logistics support teams in order to give more visibility for inventory flows and optimize vehicle moves, the release stated.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

End-to-end integrated payment and security software provider Sphere has announced its acquisition of Health iPASS , according to a press release. Health iPASS provides software for cloud-based patient engagement revenue cycle management, helping providers collect revenue and giving a streamlined healthcare payment experience.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2019

Citigroup is teaming up with Grab , the ride-hailing startup out of Singapore, to roll out co-branded credit cards. In May Citigroup launched a co-branded credit card with Paytm, the Indian digital payments company, and with Qantas a couple of years back.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

North Lane Technologies and daVinci Payments said they have finished their merger, making a "high-growth, premier payment company with innovative technology and solutions," according to a Thursday (Dec. 10) announcement. North Lane Technologies was known as Wirecard North America in the past.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

23) that they have entered a strategic partnership to launch Visa Commercial Pay, billed as a suite of B2B payment solutions for enterprises making the shift to digital transactions, and, specifically, virtual cards — and away from paper-based manual processes. The shift to digital payments has been gaining momentum.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Talk of “friction” in the payments industry is mostly about removing obstacles to consumer transactions, and how easily (or not) those payments get processed on the backend by merchants and banks. PYMNTS research found that 42 percent of B2B payments were made via paper check in 2019, for example. Disrupting Paper-Based Systems.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 3, 2023

The time has come for some truth on the world of payment card flips. Traditionally, bank and credit union card issuers have benefitted financially from the fierce competition between the Visa and Mastercard brands. And they don’t get incentives from brand deals when transactions route via dual message PIN.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

In an effort to provide complete management of foreign exchange risk, financial solutions provider Profile Software rolled out its Acumen net eFX offering. It can fully accommodate rapid business expansion and future needs for competitive Treasury management operations.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

McCrary noted that consumers are looking for ways to manage price volatility. Mobile payments — the ability to pay for gas using an app? The problem with loyalty to price is that it isn’t the same thing as loyalty to brand,” McCrary noted — and because gasoline is such a commodity good for consumers, it is hard to build brand loyalty.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

In an effort to simplify B2B payments for Australia, FinTech service provider WEX is teaming with digital business management technology company MYOB. The tie-up provides WEX clients with access to MYOB's business payment technology for vendor payments through WEX virtual credit cards, according to an announcement.

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PYMNTS

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. Installment payment providers have moved swiftly to capture the younger digital-first consumers who typically represent the greatest shares of their users.

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Chris Skinner

JUNE 8, 2017

As Nick pointed out, historically clearing payments through BACS, CHAPS and the other national networks were controlled by a range of banks but, through consolidation, mergers and acquisitions, we have ended up in a position where only the Big 4 banks offer clearing services.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It’s an excellent question, and one that virtual payments outfit Conferma took to answering. At least those flames are casting light on flawed, outdated (even paper-based) expense management practices, as reported in the latest PYMNTS Workforce Spend Playbook. It’s not as if corporate travel managers don’t get it.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Dental practices typically go through many steps to receive payments, and the time and costs involved can quickly mount when many of these processes are handled manually. The firm provides administrative and general business operation support services to the Aspen Dental-branded network of dental practices. Payouts And AR.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Standard Chartered and Amazon.ae , the company's United Arab Emirates website, are launching a new installment payments method for customers, according to The Fintech Times. Payfort managing director Omar Soudodi said the offering would help to bolster financial choice. "We store," he said in the report. "We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Businesses of all sizes are slowly phasing manual expense tools out of spend management strategies. The latest Workforce Spend Playbook analyzes how expense management tools are shifting to provide quicker and more convenient services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in all markets. The L atest Workforce Spend News.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

The friction inherent in the basic operations of many healthcare services — from complex payment processing methods to inconsistent appointment management practices — became more salient against the backdrop of the pandemic. Now, healthcare providers have to work to maintain loyalty just like any other brand.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

A new report released today by Roubini ThoughtLab holds quite a few insights about the future of wealth management, the future of fintech, and the future of technology, most notably the conclusion that financial institutions with strong brand awareness will be the last ones standing by 2021–not fintechs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

13) between Walgreens , Mastercard and Synchrony is more than a standard co-brand deal. The three companies will now team up to provide a mix of data, payment vehicles and loyalty program enhancements. At its core, the announcement is based on payments. But that’s where the standard co-brand partnership ends.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

Less than 30 percent of credit union decision-makers say their CUs prioritized loyalty innovations in the past three years, however, ranking the priority behind fraud management, real-time payments, digital wallets and other initiatives. The Member-CU Loyalty Disconnect .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Today in B2B payments, Barclays debuts a corporate trade finance platform, and Adobe introduces B2B data capabilities on its real-time Customer Data Platform. Plus, Zact introduces its expense management solution, Monit adds new small business Banking-as-a-Service features and Plaid teams up with Jack Henry. 24) announcement.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

In a recent conversation with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Miller discussed the impact of shifting buyer habits on merchants’ digital sales strategies, with optimized back-end payment processes essential to delivering a powerful customer experience on the front end. Brand Loyalty’s Surging Importance.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

As much as a click from the Kardashians helped spread the brand awareness and jump-start his company, Molnar said, as a spending trend among young consumers set the stage for BNPL's success. The payments ecosystem, of course, is not and will not be immune to the seismic impact and aftershocks of the coronavirus. According to J.P.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

As retailers scramble to capture the digital shift, it’s easy for some overlooked details, such as unanswered customer complaints, to harm their brands. To prevent this, a new category is emerging around the area of online reputation management , with a luxury automaker among the latest brands to embrace the technology.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Amid the seismic changes that have refashioned the payments landscape over the last few years — as large players get ever larger (such as the $22 billion Fiserv-First Data deal) — there is an opportunity for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies and digital marketplaces to monetize payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The pandemic has exposed glaring points of friction in any number of verticals – including banking, where it’s apparent that legacy systems and processes were not designed to handle real-time anything, and certainly not payments. economy is proving to be a tailwind for faster payments and processes. That said, the U.S. The Three Is .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

The financial landscape is changing, moving toward instant payments, toward commerce that is always on – and for financial institutions (FIs) serving corporations and consumers across the world, the margin for error is fast disappearing. Traditionally, he said, deploying new payment or banking applications has been a monolithic effort.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The banking industry has faced many challenges in 2020, from transitioning to CECL, managing Paycheck Protection Program loans, and navigating an unprecedented economic recession. More than 500 banking professionals across the country gathered for a two-day 2020 ThinkBIG: Manage Risk. PPP Lenders Starting to See Payments from SBA.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 15, 2019

CEO scandals, pulled IPOs and sinking stock prices, have taken the luster off previously high-flying brands. But over the last 12 months, warnings that first signaled in 2016 have been flashing brighter. Big banks have finally woken up […].

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

Regardless of the product, service or vertical, churn is the enemy of subscription services, and the pandemic has forced companies to rapidly rethink front-end loyalty and back-end payments. Proactive subscription management — increasingly via purpose-built platforms — are helping solve for this.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

We are proud fintech nerds, and for five years we have marked the Coolest Brands in Banking on Bank Innovation based not on the type of sunglasses worn by a CEO, but on the Read More. When we think of cool, James Dean doesn’t immediately come to mind. The app Songsterr does.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2018

In payments security, the key is the key. Encryption and the digital keys that allow firms to scramble and descramble data are permanent parts of the payments landscape. Data needs management, and protecting that data requires vigilance. And yet, many firms do not have the staff in place to manage cryptographic keys.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Predictable means that those spikes could be planned, and the technology that powered those payment products were built to accommodate the big spikes that happened once a year, before falling off to average levels. Other than that, out-of-pocket payments for workers are mostly a dying breed.

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