PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

Convincing consumers to designate precious space on their mobile phones to download yet another app can be a tough sell these days. Interest in mobile card apps is especially high among two key groups: those who primarily use debit cards for purchases and those who primarily use credit cards while carrying balances every month.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

It’s really difficult, the banking ecosystem is not fast and that’s just reality,” Jim McCarthy, industry expert and former innovation head for Visa, told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. The Headwinds Creating The Innovations Gap . According to the latest edition of the Innovation Readiness report, only 22.3

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Mobile Cards: Make or Break? One way that banks or ambitious social media platforms will win this combat for customers is through the use of mobile credit and debit cards, with a highly configurable nature and full range of card and spend management controls to please the most vacillating of customers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

Consumers are also changing how they pay for their purchases, with a recent study finding that debit card spend was up 11.7 Consumers today are especially likely to use their debit cards for their eCommerce purchases or to make in-store purchases with mobile wallets, and card-not-present (CNP) transactions represented 43.1

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

To that end, Visa announced Tuesday (April 2) that it has introduced Card Payouts, an app designed help mid- to large-sized businesses manage cash flow — and speed payments to gig economy workers, to boot. The app is built to support card capture, tokenization and card-on-file transactions, Visa said on Tuesday.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Consumers who previously paid for purchases by swiping or inserting their cards at in-store point-of-sale (POS) terminals are now turning to contactless cards and online shopping to safely and easily obtain needed goods. Deep Dive: Keeping Security Present Even When Cards Are N ot. Download the Tracker to read more.

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MAY 22, 2020

Moreover, all demographic groups are far more likely to use phone than email or chat to reach card service departments — and this method is associated with higher satisfaction and resolution rates. Our data suggests that card customer service departments must be equipped to address these fundamental concerns.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

For its part, Venmo now has an option to transfer money to the bank without a debit card for the same fee. And there is a credit card angle, too, which will apply to dealing with Gen Z users of P2P going forward. And there is a credit card angle, too, which will apply to dealing with Gen Z users of P2P going forward.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The app, which Bank Innovation first reported about in August, is available today for download. The new app will give customers a virtual card that they can use to make online purchases. EXCLUSIVE- Point-of-sale financier Affirm today launched its mobile app as it looks to strengthen its online business.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Shoppers had new opportunities to buy groceries without having to walk through the aisles of their local supermarkets or wait in line at checkout counters this year, as grocers rolled out digital innovations in shopping and payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Businesses are more satisfied with ACH payments, electronic bank transfers and even credit cards than they are with checks for sending and receiving B2B payments. About 81 percent use credit cards, for instance, while 41 percent prefer settling accounts with ePayables technology, just to name a couple. All that may be changing, though.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

While quick-service restaurant (QSR) managers and customers might view the same menu, they might not always be on the same page when it comes to technology and innovation. However, a look at recent data found that many QSRs are not exactly quick to implement customers’ preferred innovations. About The Restaurant Readiness Index.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The pace of payments innovation continues to accelerate, and corporate payments are no longer an exception to this trend. But to understand where B2B payments innovation is going, Jay Dearborn, president of corporate payments at WEX , said the industry must first take a look in the rearview mirror. “To Banks’ Unwavering Role.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2020

One thing is certain: The seismic shifts have shone a spotlight on the fact that cash (and even plastic cards) has seen – and will continue to see – dwindling use. Alternative and digital payments will remain ascendant – and virtual cards and mobile wallets will likely see a wholesale embrace rather than incremental adoption.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Capturing and then enabling card-on-file payments when consumers buy the products or services they consume in the physical world. Part of that includes reminding consumers to use their contactless cards when they check out in their stores (if they have one) or their mobile wallets (if they choose). Uber and Starbucks pioneered it.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

In fact, they make the timing of their product rollouts a crucial part of their innovation strategies. Only after observing their competitors’ missteps do they fully commit to the rollout of their innovations. percent of the top innovators in the financial sector said they observe market trends first. As much as 53.3

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

For more on these and other CU news items, download this month’s Tracker. Credit unions, like any FI, are sitting on a trove of valuable personal information, such as credit card data and Social Security numbers, that hackers would do anything to get their hands on. Inside One Nevada Credit Union’s Self-Service Transformation.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Yet, what if these companies extended their presence into banking by offering accounts that improved the way consumers use and manage their credit cards and debit accounts? For the Building A Better App: Banks And The Innovation Imperative Report , a collaboration with Ondot , PYMNTS surveyed more than 3,000 U.S. In fact, 24.3

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

19) the availability of a fully electronic PIN code distribution for its cards. debit cards from Hello Bank!, According to the release, the customer gets the PIN for the card in the restricted area of the Hello Bank! app, which is downloadable for free on smartphones from all major app stores. platform, TAS noted.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

This payment rail’s use is going strong in the United States, with debit card penetration reaching 78 percent in 2018. Consumers also show continued interest in debit even as they adopt newer payment instruments, and a 2019 report found that 61 percent of mobile wallet users linked debit cards. Card fraud is an ever-present threat.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2020

They can easily pay using digital wallets, cards-on-file or a wide variety of digital payment options online or in store, and transactions are expected to be fast, seamless and simple. For more on these stories and other recent headlines on everyday spending, download this month’s Playbook. Around The Everyday Workforce Spending World.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Payments 2016: The Year Of EMV-Enabled Cards. At the transaction level, consumers began to feel like they were more protected from fraud with the introduction of the EMV chip card. Throughout 2016, financial institutions continued to roll out new EMV-enabled cards to their consumers. Worst of Times.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – Payments processor Vantiv is gearing up to reveal a new digital issuing product early next year that will allow users to download a digital credit card within minutes of opening a bank account.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) are now working to extend services into customers’ homes, for example, and consumers are making fewer credit card payments amid uncertainty over what their employment statuses and budgets might be when the bills come due. The Paytm cards can be used both in-store and online. Around the Next-Gen Debit World.

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JULY 1, 2020

consumers who have at least one credit or debit card and mobile device revealed that 24 percent would be “very” or “extremely” likely to switch to the new generation of banking. This “better app” would also offer transaction confirmations and alerts, card location controls and the ability to track and redeem rewards. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The United States federal government issues Social Security benefits to recipients’ reloadable debit cards, for example, thus giving unbanked residents a faster, more secure alternative to receiving payments via paper checks. Not all SMBs have the funds to develop software that would let them accept debit card payments, however.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2017

And while the poutine donut was certainly Tim Hortons’ most eye-catching (and potentially stomach-churning) innovation this summer – its biggest and longest awaited is finally debuting. Customers, after downloading the new app, log in via Facebook, Google or email and register a card or to use Apple Pay.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2020

Members are seeking seamless digital services for speed and convenience, but they also expect their CUs to offer innovative loyalty and rewards programs that add value to their experiences. The Credit Union Innovation Playbook: Loyalty Innovation Edition revealed that 49.1

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AUGUST 6, 2020

are made with cash , for example, and 63 percent of consumers have at least two credit cards. New technologies and API infrastructures are also leading to rapid innovations in the PaaS space, including quicker payments than ever before. For more on these and other payments modernization news items, download this month’s Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based immigrant-focused technology solution provider Welcome Technologies has announced that it has selected PSCU to provide processing and support services for its first credit card offering. To get the full story, download the Tracker. Deep Dive: Why Contactless Payment Offerings Are Crucial For CUs Amid The Pandemic.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 3, 2017

People are increasingly using banking apps to access a broader range of services such as savings, credit cards and mortgage/investments accounts, rising by 30%. Nearly two-thirds of cards are now contactless. These innovations are helping us to manage our finances more easily. There were 4.4

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Retailers, too, had to respond and revise their checkout experiences when fears over the new coronavirus lingering on surfaces led to consumers becoming reluctant to exchange cash with store clerks or insert payment cards into point-of-sale (POS) terminals. To learn more about these developing trends and strategies, download the playbook. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

In the latest Disbursements Tracker , PYMNTS explores how banks and card providers are approaching payment innovations to keep pace with consumer demand, and to better protect against fraudsters. Social media platform Facebook is set on further innovating WhatsApp features with a new U.K.-based Around the Disbursements World.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) are therefore expected to offer more contactless cards this year and some are also unveiling services intended to help consumers easily add cards to their digital wallets. consumers to shift as much as $100 billion in annual spending from credit to debit cards. Around the Next-Gen Debit World.

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Perficient

JANUARY 27, 2022

Technological innovation has recently ushered in a wave of digital assets with money-like characteristics, including cryptocurrencies based on the combination of cryptographic and distributed ledger technologies, which together provide a foundation for decentralized, peer-to-peer payments.

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JUNE 1, 2017

For example, Cambia Health Solutions integrated Visa Direct technology into its payment platform to deliver health care reimbursements sent directly to subscriber’s debit cards. Tapping Payment Rails to Innovate the Insurance Industry. Visa’s research indicates 89 percent of U.S. About The Tracker .

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

According to Brad Fauss, president and CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, the recently released regulations on prepaid cards from the Consumer Finance Protection Board could be another instance of good intentions gone wrong. To download the October edition of the Digital Banking Tracker™, click the button below.

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