PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

24) a partnership to issue prepaid cards tailored to the Southeast Asian market. In a press release, the companies said that the Southeast Asian region, which is home to more than 640 million people, has stayed largely cash-based. This partnership goes beyond Grab issuing prepaid cards, and is a game-changer for Southeast Asia.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Cards get turned off, expire or are lost, consumers move and billing ZIP codes change. Merchants that accept credit card payments must be aware that their customers’ cards could become lost, stolen or expired, at which point the payments would be declined. Credit and debit cards can also have different challenges.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

Imagine if a North American company had the market share of Amazon, the payment flexibility of PayPal and the credit portfolio of Visa. In Latin America, such a company exists in the form of MercadoLibre , a triple-threat regional financial powerhouse based in Argentina. One difference is the use of debit cards online.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Get a toehold in a consumer’s account with a card and whammo, here comes EMV. Fraudulent activity is 81 percent more likely to occur online than at the physical point of sale. By now, it’s widely known that chip-enabled cards have been pushing fraud to digital conduits. Pity the poor fraudster. We pity no fraudsters.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

billion non-prepaid debit card transactions in 2018, solidifying debit as a staple payment type. They insert or swipe their debit cards at stores’ point-of-sale (POS) devices — or key in details online — and maybe enter PINs, but the behind-the-scenes processes through which transactions are routed are kept invisible.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Visa and its India FinTech partner, Open , are rolling out their joint credit card product for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). 11) that Open, which operates a small business banking and financial services platform, announced the Founder’s Card, the result of its existing partnership with Visa. billion worth of transactions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2017

7), Bluefin Payment Systems announced its new partnership with international online payments and fraud and data management solutions provider First Atlantic Commerce (FAC). RM: FAC is the first payment processor to provide a PCI-validated P2PE solution to the LAC market through Bluefin’s decryption-as-a-service model, Decryptx.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

As digital identities fast become a part of everyday life, the identity verification market is expected to reach $12.8 Technology providers are exploring a range of solutions to seamlessly verify customers’ identities, with the biometrics market projected to reach more than $59 billion by 2025. billion by 2024. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Though commercial card innovation has recently hit an acceleration point, there is still plenty of room for progress. Power took one key friction point of the small business (SMB) credit card market to task. “Basics like credit card terms, and benefits and services, are the lowest-scoring factors in our study.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Coverage includes the launch of Wirecard and Ctrip ’s multi-currency Visa cards for customers in China. Digital financial technology company Wirecard and online travel agency Ctrip are rolling out multi-currency Visa cards to Ctrip customers in China, Wirecard said in an announcement. In addition, U.K. ”

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

Since the migration to EMV in the largest card market in the world (the U.S. in October of 2015), the incidences of counterfeit card fraud at chip-enabled merchants have fallen sharply — some 76 percent, as reported by card networks. Sometimes the cards are ancillary to a different criminal purpose.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2016

Australia-based commercial card firm Emerchants Payment Solutions is reportedly looking to make a strategic acquisition in the U.S. million to purchase Store Financial , a payments company operating in the B2B payments and payment card space. Reports on Thursday (April 28) said Emerchants is seeking to raise $36.7

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.” — John Collison.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Visa President Ryan McInerney said that beyond the core card business there remains the opportunity to “capture new flows of money using our expanding network of networks.” McInerney also pointed to government to consumer (G2C), which is a “more nascent” market, with presence in government benefits and tax refunds. B2B Potential.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

The company has said that it is the first bank in Puerto Rico to offer digital services, ranging from business credit cards to working capital loans to SBA loans. For Oriental, he said, the move to embrace digital lending is a strategic one, where in a marketplace with four large traditional lenders (via banks), market share is important.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

According to a Reuters news report, the government of India’s push for cashless transactions is leading more people to use e-wallets and card payments. One reason for the cash preference is that consumers in the region do not yet clearly understand how different payment systems work.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

What’s more, Reuters reported that White said the SEC is looking at how and when distributed ledger systems, like blockchain, will be introduced in equity markets. The report noted SEC Commissioner Michael Piwowar said the regional offices of the SEC could serve as centers for FinTechs to receive guidance on regulations.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

On a day that saw a stock market rout – particularly on the tech-heavy NASDAQ, which was down a percent – in at least some areas of finance, investors remain sanguine. Perhaps “overly optimistic” might be the mindset that marks private markets. Regional players like BankUnited have even smaller market caps (at about $2 billion).

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Its client roster includes MGM Resorts, Caesars Resorts, and Hard Rock Hotel and Casino; the Oregon and Pennsylvania state lotteries; Churchill Downs; Golden Nugget online; and DraftKings, FanDuel, William Hill, and Rush Street sports, among others. A value card gives VIP guests immediate access to winnings. There are more than 2.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Payment service provider PayFort , which is based in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has changed its name to Amazon Payment Services, a letter from Managing Director Omar Soudodi stated, and it will now offer installment payments. In June, PayFort debuted its #StartUpStayUp initiative for Middle Eastern small businesses.

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Payments Source

MARCH 21, 2017

Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce division of France's Ingenico, has signed an agreement with Air China to accept Discover Card payments in North America, a key market for the Beijing-based airline, with plans to expand to other regions later this year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

But that doesn’t mean other types of apps aren’t finding increasing use among consumers — one of the changes going on that relate to the future earning and marketing power of apps and app stores. Recently, Feelunique , an online retailer of cosmetics and related products, joined the WeChat mini program world. Russia Rising. and Brazil.

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FICO

AUGUST 18, 2021

This post explores the credit card trends in the US, UK and Canada, reviewing regional differences and focussing on the impact of the pandemic. The low values in the US could be due to better initial targeting of customers, more appropriate initial limits and activation campaigns or a higher level of offers on the cards.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Regional financial institutes Hong Leong Bank and Maybank are also looking into the possibility of applying for a license, according to the sources. Many financial and non-financial institutions are sizing up market opportunities and working with external parties,” said one of the sources. million customers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

That means card portfolios can experience changing returns for financial institutions (FIs). For example, having tools that monitor cardholder behavior and automatically trigger actions that drive faster card activation helps get revenue through the door sooner. Cardholders’ behavior may shift on a dime. ” she asked.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

This can become increasingly difficult in emerging markets, where Kunal Patel, global head of product strategy and mobile payments at GoSwiff , explained that merchants are focused on operating in cash-driven economies. KW: How do you get the consumers — who, in many of these markets, are very cash-centric — on board?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2017

The company has added Alexa to its Dash Wand product, making it smarter and more capable than ever – and strategically positioning itself to own the emerging online grocery market. “If As consumers continue to get more comfortable ordering food online, Amazon is positioning itself at the bleeding edge of that market shift.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Providers serving a wide array of businesses have access to more card or customer data than individual merchants, meaning they may be more able to flag individuals showing signs of fraudulent or unusual behavior. . Payment processors expanding their operations into new industries and markets have their work cut out for them, however.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

With the investment, MatchMove, which is also based in Singapore, will be able to extend its “banking-as-a-service” wallet capability to Shopmatic’s ecosystem spanning over 435,000 eCommerce small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and individual entrepreneurs across the region.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Amazon is preparing to enter the mobile payments market, reportedly working to get retailers to accept Amazon Pay as a payment method. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported Amazon wants the service to be expanded beyond making payments online. Amazon wants to first gain market share in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

For decades, business partners have gathered at in-person meetings, conferences and networking events to do business, with the physical business card hand-off as a vote of confidence in a potential new client, service provider or vendor. “Asian small and medium-sized enterprises [SMEs] are a bit behind their U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. the region. Growing interest in open banking typically coincides with the expanding use of online financial platforms and tools.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Cross-border online commerce — awash with opportunities to claim new customers and, of course, grow top lines — should quicken the collective pulse of U.S. To capitalize on that aforementioned eCommerce growth in emerging markets and log sales in those regions, U.S. Villegas noted that in markets beyond the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Logistics and shipping conglomerate FedEx is planning to introduce its QR (Quick Response) Pay solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in several Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets. QR Pay aims to augment additional online payment methods available to small business customers, including FedEx Billing Online.

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Regional Mobile Innovation Survey 151

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

Crafting streamlined eCommerce checkouts for international customers requires merchants to tailor their payments experiences to the needs and preferences of each market. Gary Sevounts, chief marketing officer at eCommerce-focused fraud management and identity verification solutions provider Kount, recently discussed this issue with PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

There are billions of individuals online, trillions of dollars in commerce exchanged digitally, and a myriad of approaches to online verification. In an interview with Karen Webster, Trulioo General Manager Zac Cohen took a multi-market look at government and thematic approaches to setting (and settling on) ID infrastructures.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

There has been a lot of interest from China toward the Latin American region, with companies like Didi Chuxing , Huawei and Baidu all looking for investments in the area. It’s about learning from their experience in China and in other Asian markets to inform our Latin America strategy,” Barbieri told Reuters.

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