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Washington’s Metro System Plans For Mobile Payment Future

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“Mobile fare payment is the future of transit, giving customers the ability simply to tap their phone and go, all without stopping at a fare vending machine or using a separate card,” Metro General Manager Paul J. Through the app, customers will be able to add funds to their fare cards through an auto-reload feature.

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Western Union Unveils UK High-Value Transfers; Gap Taps Adyen For European Payments

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has tapped Adyen for online and in-store payments in Europe , and the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation in India is at work on a quick response (QR) code ticketing system. has chosen Adyen to manage its online and in-store payments in the continent, Adyen said in an announcement. In addition, Gap Inc. Ireland and Italy.

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How A Retail Incubator Could Produce The Next Big Innovation

PYMNTS

To learn more about how these incubation efforts work and the benefits they can bring, PYMNTS recently caught up with Chris Ostoich, co-founder of LISNR, a company taking part in the METRO Target Retail Accelerator , certified by Techstars.

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Tencent Invests In Argentinian Mobile Banking Startup

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Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent has invested in Argentinian mobile banking startup Uala, according to a report from Reuters. Uala offers users prepaid Mastercards, metro card refills, digital payments and bill payment services. listed MercadoLibre and online travel company Despegar.com.

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Beyond Registers — What’s Next For Retail Store Payments?

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In case you didn’t hear, Target faced a register outage that lasted for about 90 minutes on Sunday (June 16), which meant the retail chain couldn’t process cards or other forms of payment. Commerce is done across brick-and-mortar and online conduits, with plastic cards and in-app payments.

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Challenges for the neo-challengers: Four hurdles to overcome

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In my frequent conversations with clients across the UK and Irish banking industry, one of today’s hottest topics is the rise of the challenger banks such as CYBG, Metro and AIB UK, and particularly the neo-challenger banks providing digital-only services, like Monzo, Atom and Starling. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers?

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Managing Spend In A Sector Where Unplanned Expenses Are The Norm Issues

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Metro Bank is hoping a new feature that allows employees to take and instantly upload photos of such receipts will help fix that. The solution uses automated technology to categorize and codify relevant data from these documents in real time, thereby trimming the time employees and expense managers need to sort through them.