PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

To simplify its path to EMV card acceptance, and to reduce PCI compliance scope, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has migrated its payments system in the U.S. to Ingenico Group ’s Telium Semi-Integrated solution. Ingenico Group has helped KFC U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2016

Samsung Pay will enable any China UnionPay cards to be uploaded and managed on the app. Samsung Pay currently supports select credit and debit cards from nine banks, including China CITIC Bank, China Construction Bank, China Everbright Bank, China Guangfa Bank, China Minsheng Banking Corp.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Costco Card. The fizzle wears on.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The CFPB dropped its latest set of regulations for prepaid payments cards , to some cheers (for offering clarity on fees) and some jeers (for thinking that prepaid cards are credit products and require underwriting for $25, 24-hour overdrafts). What could possibly go wrong? More bad news for Samsung.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 30, 2015

The Kentucky-based company has developed a vendor management platform for banks and credit unions. HQ: Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Mobile bank/card. Tags: Consumer, prepaid debit card, neo-bank, challenger bank, mobile, AXA (investor). Source: Crunchbase. Vendor management for financial services companies. Total raised: $6.3

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 4, 2016

HQ: Louisville, Kentucky. Tags: Consumer, payments, bitcoin, crypto-currency, Overstock (investor), mobile wallet, debit card, funds transfers, remittances. Latest round: $10.03 Total raised: $22.46 HQ: Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Source: Crunchbase. Consumer investing service. Latest round: $10 million Seed. Total raised: $5.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

If last week’s reports are accurate, Walmart is reportedly in early-stage talks to acquire Humana, the 13-million-member health insurance company based in Louisville, Kentucky. Walmart also recently announced a healthcare partnership with TSYS to make it easier for health plans to reward patients for compliance with health regimens.

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