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Fiserv Enables SNAP Online EBT Payment Acceptance For Grocers

PYMNTS

a global payments provider, now accepts Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) payments at grocers, allowing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase groceries online for the first time, the Wisconsin-based company announced on Tuesday (May 5). brand, is accepting online EBT payment at select locations.

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Dwolla to Exit Consumer Space, Focus on API Offerings

Bank Innovation

As the Des Moines, Iowa-based company put it in a blogpost: Dwolla is no longer Read More. Dwolla, one of the elder statesmen of the fintech startup world, announced today it will leave the consumer space and focus on its offerings for businesses. The change will take place soon — Dec.

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Taking A Data-Driven Approach To Meeting CU Members’ Banking Needs

PYMNTS

This shift to primarily digital comes with some perks, such as easier transactions and more connectivity for CU members, but it also means an increase in online payment volume that represents an irresistible opportunity for fraudsters.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Online lending .

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Celebrity Event Planner Colin Cowie On How ‘Hospertainment’ Can Save The Events Business

PYMNTS

Burning Man has been canceled, Coachella was delayed and then canceled, there will be no Iowa State Fair and the $300 billion global wedding industry is almost entirely stalled. Cowie said one bright side of a global pandemic is that it’s forced him to innovate and diversify his business. “No

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Market your community bank with first-party data

Independent Banker

When we have first-party data, we can target much more precisely and can obviously reach those individuals one-to-one,” says Andrew Catalano, chief innovation officer of digital marketing agency Austin Williams in Long Island, N.Y. We can take that data and we can reach that person online,” Catalano says. “If

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Enabling Digital Commerce At Sporting Venues With Mobile Ticketing

PYMNTS

From ticketing platforms such as Gametime to payments companies such as Visa , innovators are harnessing the power of mobile. Mobile betting, however, is only allowed in five: New Jersey, West Virginia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Iowa. Approximately 80 percent of gamblers are now betting online.

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