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Data Dive, Columbus Edition: Square, PayPal And One Brave Bank Teller

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Today is Columbus Day, a celebration of Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of Americas 526 years ago. First, Christopher Columbus never actually set foot in North America, so he discovered an America, not the America. In fact, much of what one learned in elementary school about Columbus is a little bit off.

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Siemens, Bytemark to connect multi-modal transit payments in Columbus, Ohio

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Siemens Mobility has announced it’s working with Bytemark, a company Siemens partially owns, to develop a payment solution enabling riders to pay once for a trip across the city using multiple public and private modes of transit, from buses to scooters.

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Huntington Now Offers Real-Time Payments For Consumers, SMBs

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Regional bank holding company Huntington is now using the RTP network, meaning it now has a new real-time payments option to help people get money nearly instantly, according to a press release. RTP is offered through The Clearing House and is touted as the first new payments rail in the U.S.

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Kroger Begins Rollout Of Mobile Pay, Loyalty Rewards Card

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Kroger , one of America’s largest supermarket chains, is introducing a new mobile payment option and a loyalty rewards card, according to reports. The mobile payment option, called Kroger Pay, is available in any Kroger apps for both Android and iOS. When the card is used with Kroger Pay, rewards double. ”

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Bread Financial 'feverishly' preps for CFPB late-fee rule scenarios

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Consumer spending slowed and charge-offs rose during the first quarter, but Bread Financial said a pending late-fee rule may not be as devastating to its revenue as the Columbus, Ohio-based firm initially feared.

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TSYS Attacked With Ransomware, Has Data Posted Online

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TSYS , a payment processing company, has suffered a ransomware attack and had some data posted online, according to a report from Krebs on Security. Columbus, Ga.-based based TSYS, the third-largest third-party payment processor for financial institutions in the U.S., The company was acquired by Global Payments Inc.

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Related Co Chair: Many SMB Retail, Restaurants ‘Don’t Have The Wherewithal To Reopen’

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Its own properties include New York’s Hudson Yard Mall and Shops at Columbus Circle, both of which remain closed as the city continues to fight the coronavirus in one of the worst-hit areas in the country.

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