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Citi Explores The Real-Time Payments User Experience

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The payments industry has been riding the wave of shifting consumer habits and demands, placing the end-user experience at the forefront of new products, services and infrastructure. Those users, both consumers and businesses, aren’t just demanding choice, however.

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With $2b valuation, Marqeta focuses marketing strategy on startups

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While large consumer-facing fintech companies like Square, Klarna, Affirm and others tout speed and efficiency of their user experiences, card issuing and processing startup Marqeta‘s technology supports their payment capabilities, with its APIs allowing […].

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Mastercard, Network International To Introduce Commercial Cards In Middle East, Africa

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In the fourth quarter, the two companies aim to work with "business and corporate cards, travel cards, fleet cards and procurement cards, among other corporate payment solutions" to aid businesses of varying sizes and sectors to move cashless payments.

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Wells Fargo Accelerator Adds Biz Card Startup Extend

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The Startup Accelerator is a portfolio of startup companies working across a varied set of fields, including customer experience, payments, marketing, risk and regulation, climate change and security, the release stated.

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Spend Visa Expansion Allows Canadians To Use Crypto Like Debit Card

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FinTech Spend has announced it has expanded its Spend Visa Card to Canada where cryptocurrency users can use crypto like a debit card anywhere that Visa is accepted, according to a press release. Users who sign up for the Spend Wallet can load all their crypto into it, and have it directly linked to the Spend Visa Card.

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Enticing Suppliers, Buyers To Embrace The Commercial Card

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Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For companies like SmartEquip and Unified Payments Group , that means introducing new ways to lift the burden of suppliers accepting cards.

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Corporate Cards’ Collaborative Approach To SMB Adoption

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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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