PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

billion in April and brought in $920 million in additional liquidity via amendments to its co-brand credit card agreements in May. Marriott CEO and President Arne Sorenson said on a Monday (May 11) earnings call that, overall, “negative trends appear to have bottomed in most regions around the world.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

Fraud varies country to country, region to region. Just as payment methods are varied, so too are the ways that people pay, and whether, given a certain locale, they prefer paper (cash) over plastic (via mag stripe or chip card), or mobile over interactions with the cashier — these differences color fraud as well.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

Each sMALL Surprises pack includes a selection of sensory toys/games, trendy accessories, sanitizing samples, activity cards, stickers and school supplies. Consumers can visit SmallSurprises.Shop , access a questionnaire and then select a customized pack to be delivered anywhere in the United States.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

This can be difficult, with a recent study finding that 78 percent of banks in the Asia-Pacific region reported rises in fraud after debuting real-time payments services. Security is top-of-mind for many firms in the United States and appears to be affecting executives’ choices when determining which payment tools to use.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

Rules like the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have been operating for several years in the European Union, for example, but there are different considerations when it comes to online transactions and privacy during a time when most consumers and businesses are operating indoors.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In today’s top payments news, more than half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to 2017. Over half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to 2017, with rural areas feeling the brunt of the closures per Federal Reserve research. for $4 billion.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

Companies based in the United States that contend the directive would be costly, were they to comply — costly to the tune of millions of dollars. The newswire stated the mandate in India may have a ripple effect and may push the needle toward a similar walling in of data. The other card peers declined comment.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

In the latest webinar series, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster jumped into the findings of the Global Cash Index, gaining a sense of the story behind the numbers in the United States and the Americas in general. Cards are perhaps proving a sticking point in the move toward electronic payments. Keep a lid on the casket talk.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

million in fresh funding, capital that will go toward “a B2B offering (that allows) individual travel agents at large online travel management companies and tour operators to offer a ‘seamless travel experience’ to their end customers, making the booking experience simpler, faster and cheaper.”. Multiple Payment Struggles. Payments Cost.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

The final phase is in regards to the Asia Pacific region. The companies are casting a broader net of collaborators, with the announcement that their Business Payments Network (BPN) is growing to include support for ACH and wire transactions in addition to card payments. buyer for its American operations. teens know and love.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Three months away from the end of 2019 and the dawn of the 2020s, the state of the credit union is stable, due to a healthy foundation that is already in place, according to Charles E. Pairing those strengths with robust credit card offerings, he said, helps CUs market a full suite of financial offerings that are comparable to marquee FIs. “As

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 17, 2020

In the soon to be released What’s Going On In Banking study, Cornerstone ’s Ron Shevlin shows that both bank and credit union execs are most fearful of big tech (Amazon Prime, Venmo, Apple Card) primarily because of their great data reach and ability to drive customer experience.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

That’s the amount that Klook — a startup based in Hong Kong, which focuses on the travel industry — raised in funding earlier this month, eyeing a continued push into the United States and Europe. With the merchant solutions, efficiency of their daily operations and booking fulfillment[s] are optimized,” Liu told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

habitat by honestbee , which is an extension of a regional on-demand delivery service called honestbee, is a 60,000-square-foot space that is billed as both a grocery store and a dining destination. After starting in Singapore in 2015, the company has since broadened its operations to countries such as Japan and the Philippines.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

focused operations on the other side of the pond. Massaro said Flywire has established international payments solutions with four of the top five schools in the United States, and with six of the eight Ivy League schools. . The new announcement from Europe comes after success in building its U.S.-focused

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Panelists included Sarah Billings , PNC’s senior vice president and head of payments product, operations and strategy; Bridgit Chayt , Fifth Third Bank’s senior vice president and director of commercial payments and treasury management; and infrastructure expert Domenico Scaffidi of Volante Technologies. Awareness of those differences is key.

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2016

Today the United States celebrates Independence Day, with cookouts and fireworks and no dearth of parades. However, the unity that has marked cross-border money movement in that region may be enjoying numbered days. . That’s why an exit from Brexit might be in the cards – especially if capital flows slowly between the U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Projections from the United Nations show that the total number of online shoppers, as measured globally, should grow by 50 percent between 2013 to 2018 to as many as 1.62 But with more options, of course, come greater operating costs, and companies must always be wary about the impact to their bottom lines. to the United States.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

Transit agencies would save money because of lower operating costs, and transit systems would have a new way of attracting young urban dwellers predisposed to contactless and mobile. Contactless as a way to pay in the United States hasn’t gained much traction so far,” reads one recent, and common, observation.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Prepaid debit cards are playing an important role. Eventually, the organization had to rely on prepaid debit cards, specifically for moving money from “New York to Colombia and Ecuador to buy more cocaine.” After the cards arrived in South America, the cartel hired workers to withdraw the money from ATMs.”. Too Much Cash.

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NCR

MARCH 17, 2016

We have seen card skimming attacks nearly triple in the United States. In our conversations with ATM operators we are beginning to see a much more progressive and proactive view about the deployment of security solutions. Implementation of EMV chip cards at the ATM. Taking action. Protecting to the core.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Further evidence comes from research that shows at least half of global app spend for iOS came from the Asia-Pacific region (with most of that spending directed to mobile gaming apps). You select the products you like, add them to the chart and pay with WeChat Pay … or debit card. Then the transaction is completed.”. Russia Rising.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2017

When most people picture the kinds of fraud and theft eCommerce had a tendency to attract, the popular mental image is of a fairly high-tech enterprise — hackers, crackers and data jackers vacuuming up card information en masse and either selling it to the highest bidder or using it to snag themselves some unearned lucre.

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FICO

JUNE 14, 2021

For many options, borrowers first create an account with each BNPL firm they want to use, providing their debit card or bank information as the payment mechanism. The company says that over half of Afterpay’s customers in the United States are millennials, aged 25 to 40 years old. customers more than double to 6.5 In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Prime members with the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature credit card will be rewarded with 5 percent cash back at Whole Foods, and the Prime program will also soon be the rewards program for all of Whole Foods. Meanwhile, Apple’s market share in the region is flat. to receive their food in an hour.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

The lockdown of the United States economy quickly and radically changed the way consumers browsed, shopped and paid for services as well as goods — and not all small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) were prepared. SBA reports show that $510.5 billion in the net amount of approvals on Thursday (May 28) — approximately $2.7

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has evolved over the years from operations oversight to overseeing operations and innovation. But now his current role is to focus entirely on developing forward-looking financial retail offerings, including mobile and online banking, card technologies and other emerging channels and devices. “We Eyeing all rivals.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Swipe fees alone are a $90B-a-year business for banks, card networks like Visa, and payment processors like Stripe. The company announced it would pass on the special card savings Amazon gets from card networks (because of the volume of purchases they can guarantee) to retailers that adopt Amazon Pay.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Centralized locations can also be strategically placed for the benefit of recruiting and retaining better talent than might be available in certain branch locations/geographic regions (e.g., Teller cash and check transactions are on the downturn and are inversely following the growth of debit and credit cards across the United States.

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Jack Henry

APRIL 30, 2014

Cyber-Attacks on Financial Institutions ATM and Card Authorization Systems. One such attack by the group Unlimited Operations was able to net over $40 million. These sources are both government entities and government-sponsored entities and include the following: United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US – CERT).

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Centralized locations can also be strategically placed for the benefit of recruiting and retaining better talent than might be available in certain branch locations/geographic regions (e.g., Teller cash and check transactions are on the downturn and are inversely following the growth of debit and credit cards across the United States.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

Total cards were up 3 percent to 3.3 billion, credit cards gained 3 percent 1.1 billion, debit cards were up 4 percent. In terms of individual regions, the company saw the highest credit and debit activity in constant dollar volume at 8.9 Total transactions were up 10 percent to 51.6

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

There is good news, and there is bad news with regards to the path to addressing the unbanked and underbanked in the United States. Digitization and modernization are key, yet for the regional banks and credit unions that are left in the wake of larger institutions shuttering their branches, the process is a challenge.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Operational performance data also show that the Latin America and Asia Pacific regions saw the steepest drop-offs in total volumes as measured across credit and debit at 16.4 CEO Al Kelly noted on the call that movement away from cash transactions is accelerating, as card not present activity is “seeing very good volume.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

trillion, where the United States saw those transactions up by 12 percent to a total of $494 billion and the rest of the world saw 16 percent growth to the remaining $1.1 billion, and Mastercard increased its card count 6 percent to 2.6 Commercial Card Pacts and Click to Pay. billion in the latest period.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

The tool also connects third-party platforms, including eCommerce, ride-hailing and social media portals, with the ability to offer their own customers access to Standard Chartered loans, credit cards and savings accounts under their own brand names. In the United States, U.S. The bank announced the acquisition of a 50.1

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

The trio of upgrades include re-platforming to connect directly to card networks in a bid to streamline and improve authorizations, introducing intelligence into the authorization stream to reduce false positives and improve conversions, and expanding instant issuance to give merchants more opportunities to introduce and monetize new payments flows.

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