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Square Card Delivers Instant Funds To Square SMBs

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17), for instance, Square announced the Square Card , a business debit Mastercard aimed at helping businesses manage cash flow. The motivations behind that new card help illustrate why other companies see Square as a threat. The new debit card can be used anywhere Mastercard debit cards are accepted. On Thursday (Jan.

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The Retail Revolution Frontline Gets Real

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Just about a decade ago, the checkout process at a retail shop was pretty simple — customers would wait in line to give their purchases to the cashier, who stood at a fixed point in the store, and then pay using cash or a credit card. Oh, how the times have changed.

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Apple Card Growth, Flywire Hire and B2B Changes Top Week’s News

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Goldman Extends $10B In Apple Card Credit In First Month. According to regulatory filings made public this week, Apple Card? customers had $736 million in loan balances at the end of September, though it’s not clear how that compares with other credit cards, as Bloomberg said banks do not break out performance by individual cards.

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Galileo, Plaid Integrate To Streamline ACH Transfers

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“ACH payments have become increasingly popular for many consumers; a trend accelerated this year during the COVID-related shift toward ecommerce and away from brick-and-mortar retail experiences,” said Lowell Putnam, Plaid’s head of partnerships, in a statement.

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Google, Mobile Wallets Pave Roadmap To Super Apps

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consumers now make purchases within retailer apps — a significant jump from the 21 percent who did so pre-pandemic. No surprise: The trend has been toward contactless. And 88 percent said they’d had a “consistently positive user experience” with NFC contactless technologies.

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True Streamlining Of The Payment Process

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From credit card companies to retailers and consumers, there are many key stakeholders in the commerce process, both on and offline. Without proper payment processes in place, it’s likely that the entire retail ecosystem would either grind to a halt or favor one side over another. Is true streamlining possible?

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The Resurgence of NFC

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This is the time of the year when we begin to cast our eye back to 2014 as well as forward to 2015, and reflect on the top trends we are seeing in the market. And, in a typical Apple fashion, it didn’t just add a bit of hardware, it created a fully-fledged solution with unparalleled user experience.

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