Payments Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Twitter’s new billionaire owner plans to make the company into a payments player, but industry pros say social media platforms aren’t cut out for that game.

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Payments Dive

JULY 12, 2023

That’s the fourth state in which the social media company has received a license, inching it closer to creating the payments tool and super-app envisioned by owner Elon Musk.

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William Mills

JUNE 8, 2017

In just a short decade, social media has grown from a couple of platforms connecting music fans and college students to the de facto channel of communication for millions of people every day. How pervasive has social media become? Social Media is for Building Relationships, Not Spamming Ideas. Social Media is the New Library.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Security/Biometric Payments With the widespread popularity of digital payments continuing to grow, security remains at the forefront of concern for payment companies and their vendor partners. For example, many companies have reaped the benefits of using Instagram’s shopping capabilities.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Corporate Spending Innovations (CSI) has announced that it will be spending more to boost its cloud-based services for B2B payments for advertising and media needs, a company press release says. President David Disque called it a “key focus” for the company to help invest in media payments, which could boost speed and efficiency.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

To enable businesses to more easily list their merchandise on its social media platforms, Facebook has unveiled Facebook Shops. The free feature will allow companies to place product listings on their Facebook Page, Instagram profiles and stories, or in ads, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The company's acquisition of Vlocity will help with providing specific industry solutions for workflows related to revenue, including managing ad inventory or content syndication for media companies. That included helping companies complete purchases without leaving social media channels.

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Chris Skinner

OCTOBER 1, 2018

We talk about platform companies, and many use the famous TechCrunch quote to illustrate this: Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. … The post What is digital transformation?

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

The Social Bankers, a collective of community bank marketers, offers inspiration, information and professional development advice to community bankers focused on marketing and social media. While so many things about banking have changed in recent years, social media continues to grow in its impact on prospects, customers and employees.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Social media companies may have insight into what is attracting our attention, but banks can see what people are willing to pay for. Banks occupy a privileged and trusted position. Accessing this source of Big Data is simply the latest way for banks to deliver on their core promise: to listen to customers, create a….

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.

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Perficient

JULY 10, 2023

But, as one of the most regulated and notoriously untrusted industries, the financial services industry is among the most vulnerable to being impacted by negative digital media, driving up its vulnerability to reputational risk. And responding to crises is more multifaceted than ever.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 16, 2020

Citi Ventures, Citibank’s corporate venture arm, is building startups within the company to incubate new product ideas. In this bonus episode of “Fintech Unfiltered,” Executive Editor at Bank Innovation and CEO of Royal Media JJ Hornblass […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of the agency’s antitrust investigation into the popular social media giant, CNBC reported. Facebook spokesman Joe Osborne said the company is “committed to cooperating with the U.S.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 12, 2019

Standard Chartered customers can now do their mobile banking through social media platforms. Starting this month, the London-based company is letting customers in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe transfer money to friends, view account balances and pay bills through social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Axios Media , mobile games publisher Scopely and the Gwyneth Paltrow-started lifestyle startup Goop are all among Greycroft's existing profile. Media assets like The Huffington Post will likely be less of a focus going forward, Settle said. SPACs began to trend upward later in the summer as companies looked to save time and money.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Los Angeles based FastPay, a fintech that specializes in providing financing to media companies, has acquired AnchorOps, an electronic payment solutions provider for media buyers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Snaps is teaming up with Instagram as the social media giant gears up for the holiday shopping season by sprucing up its commercial appeal to the major brands. In particular, the social media giant says that more than 80 percent of its users now research, consider and discover products through its platform.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The notion that newspapers and old-school media outlets are a dying breed might be premature. Many news organizations have retreated and cut staff as the world has shifted how it gets its news from traditional media companies to Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. percent, or 4.3 million users.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Some of this growth is being driven by sign-ups to digital media subscription services like The New York Times and Chicago Tribune , with the former experiencing 14 percent growth in its most recent quarter. Despite this robust growth, digital media and publishing subscription providers still have to confront subscriber churn.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

advertisers probably won’t “like” its subpar rating from a media industry watchdog. The Media Rating Council (MRC) review found that the California-based social media giant has failed to address advertisers’ concerns arising from an Ernst & Young audit over how it measures and reports data about video advertisements. .

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Payments might not be a substantial portion of social media platform Facebook’s revenues, but it is an important one — particularly as non-payment companies increasingly begin to launch payment capabilities for social media platforms such as Messenger.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

launched new features the company says will make the Alexa smartphone app more useful for drivers of automobiles. The features are detailed in an unsigned blog post on the company’s website. The Communicate screen, the company says, “allows you to easily place a call, Drop In, or make an announcement to your Alexa devices.”.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 12, 2019

Standard Chartered customers can now do their mobile banking through social media platforms. Starting this month, the London-based company is letting customers in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe transfer money to friends, view account balances and pay bills through social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – This month, my company, Royal Media, was robbed. This was a civilized heist, mind you. No guns were involved, no one got hurt?—?in in fact, not a sound was even heard. It was a faceless theft, as well. Its discovery started with an innocuous question by a colleague: “Do you have a Walmart credit.Read More.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 15, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Welcome BMO Bolt, Bank of Montreal’s virtual assistant on social media platform Facebook Messenger. The bot, announced today, was created in partnership with conversational banking technology company Finn.AI. BMO customers shouldn't get too excited about handing over control of their financial lives to the bot yet, though.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – The latest in PayPal’s busy week: the payments company is now letting users create an invoice through the Facebook Messenger service, expanding on its recent partnership with the social media platform to enable P2P payments through Facebook’s chat service.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

Squarespace was reported to be seeking a $400 million credit line in 2019, PYMNTS reported, which generally means that the company is preparing to go public. The company is cash-flow positive, a difference from others that are also worth a billion dollars. That, PYMNTS wrote, should bode well for its chances.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

21) to stay off the bank’s social media sites after a report was leaked to BuzzFeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). . That company reportedly emerged at the center of what has been called the Russian Laundromat.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In today’s top payments news around the world, Grab said it has closed on a loan facility, while Getir announced on social media that it has come to London. Plus, European Union legislators have told four tech companies that they are willing to delay a potential hearing past its initially scheduled date. London, we’ve arrived!

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

What began as an eCommerce site has grown to include social elements, such as allowing users to upload photos and videos, tag products, and follow brands and other users, announced in a company press release. Instagram, and its large influencer community, have especially contributed to progress in monetizing their social media presence.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 6, 2023

According to media reports , CFPB Director Rohit Chopra expressed his concerns over the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology in his remarks at an Axios event in Washington, D.C. Director Chopra indicated that AI could concentrate “enormous” power within the grasp of a few companies and their top executives.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2020

Snap has rolled out a large array of new features for popular social media app Snapchat, including Snap Minis, which allow brands to offer new ways to connect on the app, and new augmented reality features, the company said on Thursday (June 11). The popular social media app said Minis are

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

In the latest development, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview published by newspapers that are part of the Funke media organization that auditing should be enhanced, according to a translation to English from German by Reuters. billion euros, or $U.S. billion, in fictitious overseas assets.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2020

Virgin Media announced Thursday (March 5) that the personal details of 900,000 customers had been accessed by a third party as the company left a marketing database unsecured for months, according to the Financial Times. Non-Virgin Media users could have also been affected as the database included some “refer a friend” promotions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The company said Monday (Oct. 12) that it will be working to prioritize its streaming by centralizing its media and entertainment operations into one organization responsible for all content distribution, ad sales and Disney+, CNBC reported. Loeb said the company is pleased to “thrive in the next era of entertainment.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Facebook could soon be staring down a lawsuit as the Federal Trade Commission and numerous states attorneys general finish up one or more antitrust cases against the social media giant, Reuters reports. Also, the lawsuits are likely to allege that Facebook withheld data from rival companies as a method to crush competition.

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