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Wild Cards? Gambling, Payroll, Other Models Provide Fresh Fuel For Prepaid

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Cards (as in prepaid, stored-value cards that consumers can use for gambling, payroll and a variety of other uses, many of them novel) are only half the battle. To get a sense of how the world of payments and cards has changed, Cregan told Webster a story about a conference he attended in Las Vegas in 2009. Take payroll cards.

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NEW REPORT: H&R Block On Offering Smarter, Faster Tax Refunds

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In the rideshare market, for example, Uber and Lyft are allowing drivers to get paid more quickly, and with greater flexibility, than waiting for payday to roll around. In the inaugural Tracker, PYMNTS examines the rise of faster payment systems emerging in several global markets like the U.S., Australia and the European Union.

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On-Demand Wages Spruce Up The $400B Home Services Market

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From tax refunds and government assistance to payments made for home service and housekeeping professionals, faster payout solutions appear to be gaining popularity — all around the world. Visa recently partnered with Shieldpay to introduce secure card payments on peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms to the nation’s £120 billion ($151.1

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MTrac Launches Marijuana Payments Platform For Louisiana

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The platform will go live the same day the state’s legal medical marijuana market goes live, Tuesday (Aug. According to MTrac, its payments platform was developed in cooperation with “the main bank in Louisiana” that plans to provide bank account services to the state’s marijuana-related businesses.

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Agora Services Debuts New Tools For SMB Banking

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Agora SMB will offer its users new options for unlimited plastic and virtual cards for employees. There will also be receipt managing sub-accounts for tax purposes, and other such perks. We are the only one to be able to do it in a time to market as Agora is coming from this world,” Lapiro said, according to the release.

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SoftBank Soars While France’s X-Mas Sours (For Retailers)

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billion in corporate pockets, becomes the biggest listing in Japan on record and the second largest stock market listing in history — and per reports, helps cements the tech investment fund as one of the biggest players in the mobile (and other) spaces. RBR research shows that card acceptance will grow by eight percent annually through 2022.

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Creating Installment Payment Plans For Accountants, Lawyers And Other Professionals

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But Coombs added that many entrepreneurs don’t have a choice, because costly professional services from accountants, lawyers, marketing firms or the like is often more than small businesses want to pay for (or can even afford to). First, clients still get the cash-back and points rewards normally associated with using their cards.

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