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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The pandemic is proving to be a tough loyalty test for retailers, as they are competing for customers’ attention in an environment where competition is still present in both online and in stores. Retailers must, therefore, assess what type of shopping experiences consumers are searching for, as well as how to provide swift payments.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

In this week's news, we saw Quevos secure funding, new data on loyalty and rewards programs, and research on how nonprofits are using digital payments. Open Banking Meets Instant Payments at the Online Checkout. Flexible Healthcare Payments Provide Critical Care to Patient Satisfaction. Trackers and Reports.

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MAY 27, 2020

Among the numerous ways small businesses have been affected by the global pandemic, the sudden race to launch online operations has been among the most profound — and may ultimately be among the most long-lasting changes to the SMB community. The Payments Path. ” A Digitization Strategy.

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MAY 5, 2020

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). Fiserv Inc., ShopRite, a Wakefern Food Corp.

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APRIL 10, 2020

It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have deep dives into healthcare payments artificial intelligence (AI), subscription churn, and a TurboTax tool for stimulus payments. More than 85,000 people sought $22.2

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news at the end of another busy work week. We have deep dives on cloud technology, business-to-business (B2B) payments and Visa’s deal to acquire YellowPepper. Bain Capital Ventures: 2020 Is B2B Payments’ Breakout Year. Trackers And Reports .

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Online grocers are increasingly allowing underprivileged consumers to use EBT payments (the modern equivalent of food stamps) at a time when the pandemic has made going to the store too risky for many shoppers. The move by the two companies is just the latest initiative in a growing trend of EBT acceptance for online grocery shoppers.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

In today’s top payments news around the world, the United States is halting tariffs on French products, while the Cyberspace Administration of China is considering a revamp of internet oversight regulations. China’s Cyberspace Watchdog Mulls Stricter Online Oversight . WHO Warns Europe Is Entering ‘Acute’ Phase Of Pandemic.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Morgan Merchant Services’ combined in-store and eCommerce payments were up 15 percent over last year’s Black Friday weekend, “a sign that the pandemic did little to curtail spending as the holiday shopping season began,” Doug Smith, executive director of J.P. 1 eCommerce payment processor in the U.S. As the No. trillion, J.P.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Online marketplaces are the digital storefronts helping small to mid-sized businesses survive — but adding real-time settlement into the mix can help them thrive. And 60 percent of surveyed firms selling across online marketplaces would take their business to one that offers real-time settlement.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Grocery stores and other retailers looking to process SNAP EBT payments online just got another tech option as the pandemic reshapes shopping habits. 20) announced that its payment gateway integration for eCommerce platforms now supports SNAP EBT payments made online. The new offering by the Howell, N.J.-based

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AUGUST 28, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest payments and commerce news. Truist CIO: Overcoming The Roadblocks To Faster Payments. In this month’s FI’s Guide To Modernizing Digital Payments, Elliott discusses how legacy infrastructure can get in the way and how turning to cloud-based tools can help FIs.

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MAY 6, 2020

The pandemic has shut down brick-and-mortar casinos in markets like the United States to help minimize risk, for example, leading consumers to turn to online casinos and sportsbooks. This is resulting in increased revenue for these online gambling platforms in states like New Jersey — trends in growth that may well continue after the crisis.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Banks, businesses and consumers fundamentally altered how they interacted with each other in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic — and regulators tasked with making sure their data and payments are kept safe took notice. For more on these and other stories, visit the Tracker’s News & Trends.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

But George Connors , senior vice president of gaming and sports solutions at Fiserv , told PYMNTS in a recent conversation that other things have remained the same — like online gaming. market as regulatory restrictions were lifted from online gambling in recent years. The user experience has to be good,” he said. “If

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Flexible payment options can also help smaller merchants extend their reach and attract shoppers who are closely monitoring their budgets. And in retail, online grocery platform Weee! has registered astronomical growth and funding. All this, Today in Data. 219%: Jump in BNPL provider Afterpay ’s number of U.S.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Welcome to the PYMTS Weekender, where we recap the week’s biggest development in payments and commerce. This edition includes news about Facebook’s new payments push, Amazon’s new robotics plan and why Google is working more closely with financial institutions. Deutsche Bank told U.K.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

But before you really sink into your fun and relaxation, allow the latest edition of the PYMNTS Weekender to catch you up on the all the big news from the past seven days. There is that and much more in this new PYMNTS Weekender. Can Amazon Make Waving The Future Of Payments? Ex-Wells CEO Fined, Banned From Banking For Life.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Payments giant Stripe is taking Stripe Capital , its push into online business finance and lending, to the next level. Stripe Capital first got off the ground in September 2019, offering customers and businesses financing options through its online platform. On Tuesday (Dec. On Tuesday (Dec.

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JUNE 19, 2020

It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have deep dives on pandemic supply chain pivots, cross-border conversion and peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. Visa, Facebook Link Up For P2P Payments, eCommerce On WhatsApp.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

That’s where reloadable cards and instant access to funds come in — especially as the worlds of payments and commerce move further toward the goal of frictionless transactions and sports betting in the U.S. goes online. Payment Options. Supreme Court. Instant Funds Appeal. In the U.K. In the U.K. It’s quite sophisticated.”.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

In this week's news, we saw two blockbuster IPOs, arguments and stalemates over a new stimulus bill, and new data on consumers' digital shopping trends. Retroactive Jobless Payments A Sticking Point In Coronavirus Stimulus Talks. PayPal has introduced QR code payments in iZettle’s point-of-sale app in the U.K.

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

In today’s top news in payments, Amazon applied for a patent for hand recognition software, and retail sales reached new heights thanks to record online spending. Retail sales hit record highs this holiday season, thanks to massive growth in online spending, which was up 18.8 percent from last year.

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

In today’s top news, Facebook is developing its own operating system to increase its independence, and PayPal is acquiring a 70 percent stake in China’s GoPay, making it the first foreign online-only payments platform to be licensed in China. Also, Ant Financial buys a stake in Vietnamese eWallet eMonkey. Stake In China’s GoPay.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Square is offering merchants in the beauty and wellness industry a point of sale (POS) tool that integrates appointments, payments and checkout for a streamlined, secure process. . Square Appointments is a front desk solution that works with the business payments processing tool Square Register.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Consumers today are looking for new avenues of at-home entertainment as many continue to lay low during the ongoing pandemic. While video streaming services remain popular, research indicates more consumers are also turning to online gaming and gambling platforms. Skillz Takes Offline Bowling Online. About The Tracker.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Called The Open Account Platform, the new service will offer Lloyds Bank customers new tools, including supplier finance and receivables purchase, available through a lone online portal for the first time. The platform will reportedly launch before the year's end. Xendoo Teams With Biller Genie for Automated AR.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have deep dives into small and medium-sized business (SMB) financing, eLearning platform payments and the rise of the auto-refill economy. The Rise Of The Auto-Refill Economy.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

It was a busy week for payments and commerce news, and the new PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything. Why Invisible Will Make 2020’s Payments Innovation Roar. Why Invisible Will Make 2020’s Payments Innovation Roar. What 10 Top CEOs Said About Payments This Summer.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Plus, Just Cashflow collaborates with Railsbank, and HashCash streamlines its B2B payments offering. Payer Financial Debuts New ID Verification Service. Payer Financial Services has developed a new registration product to improve online customer relations through better identity verification services, according to a press release.

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MAY 1, 2020

It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have deep dives into the small and medium-sized business (SMB) post-pandemic restart and localized payments in addition to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) news.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Google is challenging a proposed rule by Australian regulators that could force the global technology company to pay the country’s news outlets to distribute their content. In an open letter published online Monday (Aug. In an open letter published online Monday (Aug. We could no longer guarantee that under this law.”.

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JANUARY 19, 2020

Mumbai, India-based online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace Beldara is planning a global expansion to link more international suppliers with overseas buyers, reports said on Thursday (Jan. In other Indian business news , Tracxn data has indicated that B2B FinTech firms saw $14.5

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MAY 16, 2019

Death, taxes and data breaches – those are perhaps the only sure things in life, and new evidence is emerging that hackers are finding increasing profit in targeting online retailers. The news comes amid yet another online retail cyberattack, this one targeting Japan’s Fast Retailing, the company that owns the Uniqlo retail chain.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

It is well known that shoppers tend to behave differently online than they do in brick-and-mortar stores — and this extends to how they choose to pay at checkout. One of the more notable differences is their tendency to favor credit cards online and other options such as digital wallets over debit cards.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In a new PYMNTS discussion with Karen Webster, Ben Volk, head of global payment acceptance at Amazon , talks about why that means giving people more freedom to pay with cash, including in the U.S. That’s the focus of Amazon’s new launch of its PayCode tool in the U.S., The news of the U.S. Yes, you read that right — cash.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In today’s top payments news, Stripe and Lightspeed team up to advance in-store and online payments for retailers and restaurants, the Federal Reserve weighs the costs and benefits of a digital currency and the Reserve Bank of Australia considers stopping banks from automatically routing “tap and go” payments through Visa and Mastercard.

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