PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Consumers around the world have become intimately familiar with the “card-not-present” method of payment. Now businesses in Asia have an option to embrace “card not needed” as the pandemic continues to accelerate business models. That option, which extends to commercial cards , is being presented by Singapore-based CardUp.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In other news, the Bank of Canada said an anonymous token-based central bank digital currency (CBDC) would present some specific risks, according to a staff analytical note. And, in regard to digital currency, consumers might only be able to recoup money in the event of unauthorized transactions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Commercial and consumer cards issued in the U.S. Commercial card spending is up 11.7 percent, compared to consumer card spending, which grew by 10.1 Commercial card spending was $1.39 Consumer card spending was $4.74 Consumer card spending was $4.74 Visa ’s commercial card was 43.2 generated $6.13

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

For B2B payments , the pandemic may be the final nail in the coffin of the paper check — and the plastic commercial card, too. Traditionally, the benefits of card and check payments have resided on the buyer side of the equation at the expense of suppliers. The buyer uses a unique virtual card that is generated upon purchase approval.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

In early May, Mastercard , in partnership with SEDESSON, the Mexico state agency for social benefits, and Edenred Bank, announced a first-of-its-kind test in Mexico’s Sonora state – the first regional test of biometric card technology in national history. The Challenge of Building the Right Card for the Job. In the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

Edenred is acquiring Mint ’s payroll card portfolio to bolster its leadership in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Edenred announced Thursday (Jan. The 600,000 people using Mint payroll cards will now be able to tap a full suite of new services with the C3 card and app. Edenred’s operations focused mainly on Dubai.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Commercial card technology can ease multiple pain points in B2B payments. But as today’s industry players reveal, the commercial card opportunity is often biggest in areas outside of the payment. Pleo Makes a Commercial Card Shift. We know the importance of cardholders’ preference for rapid self-service. Leavitt explained.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The shift to digital commerce is more urgent than ever — and so are some of the potential pitfalls as fraudsters recalibrate their attacks and eye card-not-present transactions as a new way to make off with ill-gotten gains. Existential Points Of Pivot. The restaurant and grocery sectors have also been transformed.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Card-skimming devices hidden on gas station card readers or carefully integrated into ATMs used to be especially troubling for merchants and consumers, but retailers and financial institutions (FIs) have stepped up their measures to protect physical card readers in recent years. Safeguarding Card Details.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Despite its demonetization policy, a thriving eCommerce climate, and continued growth in electronic and mobile payments, card penetration remains especially low in India, hovering at about 2 percent to 3 percent. It’s an interesting phenomenon, especially considering the path to corporate card adoption elsewhere.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

In Australia, the commercial card market is one example of how bureaucracy and legacy process have stifled access to important SMB financial services, despite a continued surge in banking innovation and digitization. “People don’t just want a physical credit card to swipe at the shops,” he said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Once reserved for only the largest and most sophisticated firms, automated enterprise resource planning (ERP) and accounting platforms are now accessible for even the smallest of businesses, and data from those systems is the new currency of operational efficiency. Leavitt said in a recent interview with Karen Webster.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

State mandates have also forced some businesses to close or limit on-premises operations, prompting such merchants to connect with consumers online instead. Shoppers may be reluctant to hand over their card details to every online retailer, as each transaction represents another risk that consumers’ information could be exposed in a breach.

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BankInovation

MARCH 13, 2024

Mastercard Foundry, the innovation hub for product development at the card giant, is creating a new technology-focused position, as it continues its tech investment. The company’s operating expenses in 2023 increased 11% year over year to $11.1 31 earnings presentation. billion, according to Mastercard’s Jan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

LINE Pay Corporation, operator of the popular payment app LINE Pay , announced that it is launching a LINE Pay co-brand credit card with Visa in Japan. The LINE Pay-Visa credit card is set to be released later this year, allowing consumers to make payments at merchants accepting Visa throughout Japan and around the world.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

And according to Jennifer Schroeder, executive vice president of product management at PULSE, prepaid and payroll cards are proving increasingly popular among forward-thinking employers. As has been reported, the platform can help issuers manage, or restrict, transactions across groups of compromised cards.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

and divisions in the Netherlands, Singapore and South Korea — have embraced offerings like virtual and purchasing cards that expedite the payment workflow. . Virtual cards move payments quickly,” Phoenix said. “We Making Virtual Cards A Reality . In addition, virtual card numbers can be used only once before they expire. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Fraudsters have grown adept at finding debit cards’ weak points, and merchants are struggling to keep up. Losses due to false credit and debit card declines — in which merchants reject legitimate orders on the mistaken belief that they are fraudulent — grew to $118 billion last year and are projected to reach $443 billion by 2021.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

One way to cut the paper chase is for companies to embrace commercial card products, which can speed payments and aggregate information alongside those payments, while reducing errors and eliminating security risks typically associated with ACH transactions. avoids cross-border and FX fees , as payments are settled in GBP, euros, U.S.

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Accenture

JULY 13, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented the global economy with challenges and changes not seen in generations. Payments providers in Europe need to navigate the operational and financial hurdles the virus presents while also rapidly addressing the needs of the workforce, customers and partners.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Capturing and then enabling card-on-file payments when consumers buy the products or services they consume in the physical world. Part of that includes reminding consumers to use their contactless cards when they check out in their stores (if they have one) or their mobile wallets (if they choose). Uber and Starbucks pioneered it.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Last week, the CFPB released its eleventh annual report to Congress on college credit card agreements. The annual report is mandated by the CARD Act. The CARD Act requires mandatory reporting to the CFPB by card issuers on agreements with institutions of higher learning or certain affiliated organizations (such as alumni associations).

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The FTC has filed a lawsuit in an Atlanta federal district court against a company that markets fuel cards to operators of vehicle fleets in which the FTC alleges that the company violated the FTC Act’s prohibitions on unfair and deceptive acts and practices. Not providing advertised per-gallon savings to card users.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Nordstrom is broadening the scope of its B2B gift card operations by teaming up with prepaid card company CashStar. Using CashStar Business, Nordstrom is now offering Gift Cards for Business, a program that helps its business partners order Nordstrom gift cards and manage accounts. In an announcement Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

Credit card fraud is a fact that will likely continue to plague retailers for the foreseeable future. It’s on the rise in the eCommerce arena, according to data released from omnichannel commerce technology and operations company Radial’s eCommerce Fraud Technology Lab. What happened was exactly what was expected.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Together, the companies will enable streamlined payment reconciliation, facilitated by automated virtual card (v-card) payments in a solution built for financial institutions and their corporate clients. And that’s good news for card issuers, too, which could see greater net-new card payment volume.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Sason ran a company called Magna Group, and according to the SEC, raked in more than $25 million via what the federal agency in its complaint described as an operation that involved the quick dumping of penny-stock shares that had been illegally gained. SEC Allegations.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2016

The company, founded within Paris-based startup studio eFounders, allows corporate managers to create physical or virtual commercial cards for employee spend; the tool then provides a platform for professionals to manage the activity on those cards and assess expenses.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

In addition, PSCU found that increased adoption of contactless “tap and go” transactions through dual interface cards continued to occur during last year’s holiday season. percent of card present activity on contactless debit cards between the beginning of November and the end of December, as contactless credit transactions expanded to 12.1

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

Christopher Shaffer , CEO of Utilimarc , recently told PYMNTS that enterprise fleets are facing greater pressure to control spend and optimize their operations. But with fleet managers struggling to coordinate across a range of platforms and a sea of data, tightening the grip over operations can be a challenge. Optimizing Operations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Will the ban on the credit card surcharge automatically lead to significantly higher prices when consumers opt for the plastic (via card or digital wallets) at the pump, at the counter … or pretty much anywhere? In New York this month, credit card surcharges got the okay. Maybe, maybe not. As Webster recounted Monday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

However, transporting shipments from coast to coast presents a host of challenges. Drivers can take out cash advances on their paychecks to make work-related transactions, and they are allowed to have $200 of their weekly wages delivered in advance to business spending cards. Independent Owner-Operators Face Their Own Hurdles.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

For payment service providers, this presents an opportunity to guide small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that serve both business and consumer customers toward solutions that can not only support customer satisfaction, but also promote efficiencies for the seller as well. Time is of the essence for B2B small businesses,” said Gray. “To

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Verse will operate independently, although the team is being folded into Square’s Cash App operations. Card-present transactions fell in March by double-digit percentages (as much as 60 percent), but card-not-present transactions held steady. Or to use another Wall Street maxim, “Price is what you pay.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Our Top 10 Insights From Money 20/20 From these sessions and announcements, we pulled out ten of our most important takeaways, each having an impact on bank operations in the coming year. Clear introduced its reusable identity from its Sora ID acquisition and presented it at the conference for the first time to financial services companies.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

The new tool, called Payment Solutions for SYSPRO, aims to offer real-time credit card processing for sales order entry and invoicing within SYSPRO. SYSPRO customers will now have access to seamless deposit collections for open invoices made with credit cards, which will help improve cash flow and reduce debt, the release stated.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

pay to accept Visa cards. As reported, the swipe fees, which are charged each time a customer uses a card to pay, would go up or down depending on the setting or merchant category. The revamped structure is an attempt to spur more payments via card, the news outlet reported. Based on the most recent review in the U.S.,

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