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Gaming Platform DraftKings Partners With InComm Payments For Retail Gift Cards

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Digital sports entertainment and gaming industry platform DraftKings — known for its top-rated daily fantasy sports and mobile sports betting apps — today announced an agreement with InComm Payments , a global leading payments technology company, to launch an industry-first retail gift card. . DraftKings reported on Friday (Nov.

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Major Retailers Brace For Gift Card Fraud

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To counter fraud as the holiday season approaches, Best Buy , Target and Walmart made changes to their gift card programs. The moves were announced by the attorneys general of Pennsylvania and New York, Reuters reported. The retailers have stepped up their training, too, in an effort to aid workers in identifying scams.

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New York Rules On Payroll Debit Cards Getting Tougher

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New York State workers who get paid via prepaid card will have more consumer protections starting next year. According to a report by The New York Times , the new rules, which some consumer advocates said are the strongest in the country, are designed to ensure employees don’t have to pay any fees to access their paychecks.

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Retailers Ready To Drop Credit Card Signatures

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With fraud on the rise, credit card networks have realized that customer signatures are simply not a reliable way to authenticate someone’s identity — and some of the country’s largest retailers agree. Each card network is setting its own set of rules regarding signatures. The plan is to soon get rid of them completely.

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Why Amazon And Other Retailers Are Turning To Biometrics

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Retail keeps embracing numerous new technologies, and biometrics is not only one of them, but an area of recent growth and development, including via some of the biggest names in commerce. Take Amazon, which continues to expand its brick-and-mortar retail footprint, and the technology underlying those stores. Amazon Plans.

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Visa Renews New York Fashion Week Sponsorship

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Expanding its footprint in fashion, Visa has announced its renewed sponsorship of New York Fashion Week: The Shows (NYFW) as its official payment technology partner. Shoppers will be able to tap to pay with their Visa contactless cards or digital wallets at Poynt payment terminals, featuring Visa’s sensory branding suite. .

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Umpqua brings retail banking to Utah, CUSO teams with gift-card firm

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Umpqua Bank introduces retail banking in Utah, Kansas City CUSO partners with New York gift-card firm, Huntington Bank looks within for new chief DEI officer and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

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