Payments Source

JANUARY 3, 2017

Engage Financial Technology, a provider of prepaid card programs for banks, healthcare providers, retailers and other organizations, has partnered with software provider Ensenta for a cloud-based approach to loading funds to prepaid cards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The holiday shopping season is here — and to capture profits, retailers need to ensure that customers’ payment experiences are as smooth as possible. In one recent move, for example, financial technology provider Payscape partnered with CardFlight to bring the latter’s SwipeSimple mPOS solution to more merchants.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 20, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—Greenlight Financial Technology Inc., a PFM that provides “smart debit cards” to more than 100,000 users to begin financial literacy conversations with their children, is launching a credit product.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

The Salt Lake City payment processing platform has joined with Plaid, a Visa subsidiary based in San Francisco, that builds financial technology platforms to connect bank accounts and initiate automated clearing house (ACH) transfers. Last month, Galileo launched what it called a faster and less expensive way to create debit cards.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2019

Bundesbank, Germany’s central bank, said increased use of financial technology in the country could present regulators with their biggest hurdle since the financial crisis, according to a report by Bloomberg. “We A survey by EHI Retail Institute showed that last year, card payments made up 48.6

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Payments Source

MARCH 8, 2016

Financial technology and marketing provider Kasasa has launched a Credit Card As A Qualifier option for its community financial institution customers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

Braun faces charges of accounting fraud and market manipulation designed to artificially inflate the financial technology company’s balance sheet to make it look more appealing to investors and customers. Verizon Debuts Visa Credit Card With Rewards. Airbnb CEO Sees Potential For 2020 IPO Amid Bookings Rebound.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

But in industries like retail banking, where technology is at the heart of change, staying still is more likely to be one of the biggest risks a financial institution (FI) could take, such is the anticipated pace of change in the next few years. Some businesses might view investing in modernization and innovation as a risk.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

The company calls its strategy “smart bank transfers,” referring to the way the tech can handle the entire cannabis supply chain from grow ops and suppliers to retailers and drivers. Clients will be able to provide customers with a contactless digital option as well.

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The Paypers

JUNE 5, 2018

(The Paypers) Wirecard , a digital financial technology provider, and Visa have signed a partnership agreement to collaborate on new solutions in the field of digital financial technology.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

The collaboration will let consumers of UnionPay’s popular QuickPass app make financial payments utilizing the same technology (QR codes) that Tencent’s WeChat Pay platform also uses. The collaboration also increases options for consumers.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 11, 2017

Their third-party payments processor had an outage at the weekend so the cards couldn’t be used. Seven years ago, the first new retail bank in almost a century got its licence to open: Metro Bank. It sheds light on where challenger banks and financial technology (fintech) firms can make ground on the established banks.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company GO-JEK , for instance, is expanding its financial technology services through partnerships with peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firms Dana Cita, Aktivaku and Findaya. billion – of funds were lost to card fraud in 2018, up from $1.4 Just under $3 billion – or $2.7 billion in 2017.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Fresh off its January announcement to acquire payments processor First Data Corporation, financial technology vendor Fiserv seems to be banking on a breakout year for the bank-backed P2P payment service Zelle.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The Yardi payment processing solution will now enable its corporate customers to pay vendors using a virtual card, with the services provided by Fifth Third. However, he noted that the stock would not see a steep crash, as it has already fallen sharply this year. Yardi Digitizes Real Estate Vendor Payments. Instagram Working o n Shopping App.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, is pleased to announce its inaugural episode of INV Unfiltered — a new monthly podcast series, which will cover current trends and intriguing topics in financial technology and beyond.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Neeti Aggarwal manages the financial technology and innovation research at The Asian Banker. With over 19 years’ experience, she specializes in banking, technology and fintech developments across Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Douglas Blakey, editor, Retail Banker International.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

The news comes as reports surfaced last year that the Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company was growing its financial technology services via partnerships with three peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firms. The company was also experimenting with cloud kitchens or delivery-only restaurants in Indonesia.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

Developers platforms have quickly gone from being cutting edge to being something like table stakes for serious financial technology players, as Karen Webster observed in a recent conversation with Vantiv’s Head of Developer Integration’s Matt Ozvat — “it feels a bit like everyone out there has their own version of a platform for the developer.”.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Then, bad grades came in right as summer party season kicked off, mom and dad took away the car and credit card, and the Venmo transfers came to a screeching halt. First, there was the drama leading up to the breakup with the rich hottie. Thankfully, there was still a smartphone and social media to commiserate.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 10, 2015

Digital Retail Apps is C$1 million (US$770,000) closer to its goal of going global. Digital Retail Apps is the company behind SelfPay , the mobile payments technology that alleviates the most overlooked pain point of the in-person payment process: the queue.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

After all, it’s not like most theaters are located in the middle of empty fields — they’re in malls or alongside other retail buildings and entertainment providers. This is a financial technology business.”. The average person in the U.S. per month for one ticket each month to $14.99 Ticketing App.

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Insights on Business

JULY 20, 2017

A traditional retail bank has its own distribution channels (such as branches, contact centers, and digital channels). The emergence of financial technology (fintech) and the push of regulators for more competition are disaggregating and open this closed value chain.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant. Fees follow. Ever stand behind anyone trying to use mobile pay?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2016

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced its own plan to boost the FinTech market by making it easier for companies to collaborate with the financial technology industry. The Future Of FinTech? The aim is that a framework will be established that enables IT companies to act as liaisons between banks and consumers.

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Banking 2020

JANUARY 28, 2016

The internet retail giant is scrapping Local Register, the $10 app and dongle service that enables small businesses to accept card payments through a smartphone. Clearly cutting across the physical and online retail sectors is not as easy as it looks. The latest is Amazon, which is leaving the mPOS market after barely a year.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 4, 2017

The company’s Japanese arm landed a major partnership today with China-based Tencent Financial Technology, the parent company of WeChat Pay services. InComm’s POSA technology leverages WeChat Pay-issued barcodes to enable users to make payments at the point of sale at more than 50,000 retail locations in Japan.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2017

In the latest PYMNTS Commanders in Chief series, Bruce Lowthers, executive vice president of FIS Global, a financial technology solutions provider , and president of the company’s Payments Division , didn’t set out to be an innovator. It’s something that consumers love, retailers love and financial institutions love.

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NCR

APRIL 26, 2016

The financial technology media is continually full of facts and figures on how many consumer transactions these days are completed in a cashless manner – with a swipe of a card, by using contactless or online. This marked a nine percent rise from 2013. This marked a nine percent rise from 2013. don’t like them.

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Credit cards offer rewards but over 60% of payments are made on debit cards. Portfolio outlooks, recommendation.Provide retail and advisory users the insight they need with Polly Portfolio. If you have a large retail investor base, and no resources to interact with them, then perhaps there some value? ^SR.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

the British financial technology company headquartered in London, has added American Express to its open banking platform. Revolut’s goal has always been to help people manage their financial life in a quick, easy and convenient manner,” the company said in a statement. Now, Revolut’s retail customers in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

With the convenience of digital and card-based payments comes a higher risk of overspending. This digital financial technology, which allows users to link their bank accounts with various smart devices, is at the forefront of financial interconnectivity.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

Simply put, that means consumers’ retail experiences tend to inform their expectations for financial services, said Jim Johnson, executive vice president of FI payments and wealth for FIS , in a new PYMNTS interview with Karen Webster. It sometimes requires working with other financial technology companies.”.

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Going to speak about technology can be better used in the card world. Speaking the the problem of food waste at restaurant and retailers so I’m assuming there is a new tech that would enable merchants to better know their unsold food (which could be used for food banks). The tool is called Advisor Now. Stay tuned! ^KT.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2017

In addition, Allianz-backed Simplesurance , which offers point-of-sale insurance policies via online retailers’ websites, partnered with Munich Re Digital Partners in October 2016 to jointly develop new insurance products. American Family Ventures. Number of investments: 20. In 2015, Assurant participated in a $7.7M Aviva Ventures.

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CB Insights

JULY 16, 2017

Allianz-backed Simplesurance , which offers point-of-sale insurance policies via online retailers’ websites, partnered with Munich Re Digital Partners in October 2016 to jointly develop new insurance products. Alternative distribution has also been a thematic focus for Allianz. XL Innovate. Number of investments: 7.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

From using virtual reality to overhauling the retail industry to shifting trends in cross-border payments, here are some of the highlights from our 2016 Trackers. Prpic and his team are hoping to use VR technology to transform luxury and high-end retail as we know it. DEVELOPER TRACKER.

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