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Mumbai Bus Operator To Test India’s National Transit Card

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India’s One Nation One Card will be test-piloted with Mumbai bus operator BEST in November, NFCWorld reported on Tuesday (Aug. The national transit card system uses a bank-issued card that will run on India’s RuPay payments network, the news outlet said. The pilot is to see how the system would work.

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Deep Dive: How Businesses Are Preparing Their Workers, Payments Operations For A Digital B2B Future

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This month’s Deep Dive examines how mobile and contactless payment options are poised to reshape the corporate payments ecosystem as well as how virtual cards can help businesses adapt their operations to the digital-first payments ecosystem that has emerged. . Reshaping Business Payments . Much of the U.S.

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Gift Cards A Taxing Problem? Not Necessarily Says Tango Card CCO

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Other than small things like a pen or providing staff with free coffee, anything given to employees that has a clear cash value attached to it is considered taxable by the IRS, said Nat Salvione , chief commercial officer of Tango Card. However, he added, the tax implications should not exceed the cost and purpose of the present. “We

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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion

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You're not dealing with two-day settlement,” he stated, adding that interoperability also has the ability to foster sticky relationships between merchants and consumers, especially consumers who want perks and high reward cards or coupons. But a national charter would allow for a uniformity of presence and market scope.

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Payment Rail Innovators Focus On Cards, Contactless Payments

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New payment rails are again in the spotlight, with commercial card and contactless payments emerging as the top focuses for innovators. To provide commercial card issuers, cardholders and vendors with further automation and flexibility, Boost Payment Solutions is teaming with Visa. merchants accept touch-free payments.

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Cards Offer SMB Relief Beyond Access To Credit

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The commercial credit card is increasingly viewed as a critical tool for these small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in need of fast access to credit, but many financial institutions are going further to nix fees on their card programs, including card products for small firms. Comdata Fuel Cards Facilitate Factoring.

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Bump On The Road To National FinTech Charters?

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The news came Thursday (May 2) that, per a ruling in federal court in New York, the State Department of Financial Services can move forward with a suit that looks to derail national bank charters for FinTech companies. The national licenses would let FinTechs lend money and paychecks to consumers. lakh (roughly $1.6

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