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Deep Dive: Why Contactless Payment Innovation Is Key For CUs Amid The Pandemic And Beyond

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A transformation toward contactless payments is underway at the nation’s credit unions as the public shuns cash and even physical cards to lower infection risks with COVID-19. PYMNTS’ research indicates that millennials (ages 23 to 39) and bridge millennials (ages 30 to 40) have the greatest interest in P2P payment use, for example.

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DATA: How FI’s Innovation Gap Is Big Tech’s Big Opportunity

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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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Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost

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However, there may be an opportunity to get more contactless cards into the hands of consumers — an opportunity that involves community banks and is backed by financial incentives. million payment cards, Giorgio said. These entrepreneurs are not only comfortable with the newest payment technology, but are eager to innovate.

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Why Digital Payments Innovation Sticks To Gen Z

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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. Most of these P2P players still allow consumers to use credit cards to fund these transfers,” he said.

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Mobile Cards Key To Winning Bank Accounts

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Banks and legacy financial institutions (FIs) might be wise to study what disruptive technologies recently did to the print publishing industry, taxi cabs, network TV, and a host of other businesses that were disintermediated with little to no warning in recent years. Mobile Cards: Make or Break? Follow the Smart(phone) Crowd.

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The Great Credit Card Program Outsourcing Debate

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Payments is in a state of constant change, with decision points shifting as fast as each innovation, disruption and tweak in consumer behavior. Financial institutions (FIs) face the issue of whether to outsource their credit card programs or do it themselves – a decision that will maintain its importance in the coming new decade.

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Why (Win Or Lose) Apple Card May Already Be Changing Payments

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In technology, especially when it comes to consumer-focused technology, Apple is viewed as a disruptive force. One might argue that the shifts have been better or for worse (when was the last time one could separate a millennial from their iPhone for a decent conversation?), The digital card will be linked to Apple Pay.

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