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Afterpay Teams With Simon Before Holiday Shopping Season

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To help merchants and promote Afterpay in-store payment services to individuals before the busy holiday shopping season, buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay and Simon have announced a national collaboration. Millennial and Gen Z shoppers are focusing on sustainable and ethical fashion and retail more than before.

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National Business Systems VP: For Some SMBs, It’s Still Wait-And-See On EMV

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After nearly three years, the transition to EMV in the United States still has its challenges. In an interview with PYMNTS, National Business Systems VP David Riley noted a lack of awareness in the field for smaller firms across several verticals. Millennials are traveling and leaving their credit cards at home.

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Deep Dive: Why Staffing Agencies Must Consider Payroll Cards

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The United States’ tight labor market exacerbates competitive tensions for such agencies, though. The national unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since 1969 in April 2019 — 3.6 This month’s Deep Dive digs into the data that guides staffing agencies’ payroll disbursement decisions, including payroll cards ’ pros and cons.

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Mastercard Card Clearing In China, Unattended Retail, Rapid Settlements Top This Week’s News

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11 to set up a bank card clearing business, providing it with access to a $27 trillion payments market. The People’s Bank of China said it has approved an application by Mastercard’s Chinese joint venture to run a bank card clearing business in the nation. Wells Fargo CEO Reorganizes Business Units.

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BJ’s On The Block, Amex’s Millennial Problem And Another Big Breach

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And most of the nation got a good chuckle — except perhaps the investors who threw $125 million at the disruptive future of juice. The long-suffering team at American Express has a new headache to handle — losing the love of those millennial customers. and yes, this looks like card data breach. Can we say we told you so?

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Lost Wallets: Mobile Wallets Stuck In Low Gear, Lagging Cards And Cash

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By that time the nation had accepted the COVID-19 pandemic’s inevitability, triggering a wave of stock-up buying of household supplies as face masks were suddenly everywhere, and major coronavirus-induced lockdowns commenced. Et tu , Millennials? percent in 2020,” the report states. This is down from 4.5 percent to 80.2

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Chicos: Flexible Payment Options Help Consumers Click Buy, Not Goodbye

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Shoppers in the United States have long turned to credit cards to let them get the products now while delaying payments until they have a chance to save up. Consumers who do not qualify for credit cards or become reluctant to use those tools may see BNPL plans as a convenient alternative method for deferring payments.

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