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AUGUST 17, 2020

In a push to bring in more small business accounts, TD Bank is launching a new online payment and accounting feature on its online platform for small businesses. The new TD Online Accounting features technology developed by Detroit-based Autobooks. 17) press release.

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APRIL 10, 2020

“I think one of the largest reasons [insurers are still using checks] is because claim payments, the paying out of a claim, is [a] loss of money, and it is really hard for companies to focus or invest resources in a place in which you are losing money already,” Michele Schmitt, senior product manager for B2B insurance technology firm Tr?v

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

To let shoppers discover and try out new products, payment companies are helping merchants launch augmented reality (AR) experiences within social media platforms. Pan-African payments firm Cellulant , for instance, created an AR experience in Facebook Messenger.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Consumers have shopped online, via mobile devices and at brick-and-mortar stores in various capacities for years, but the pandemic is dramatically expanding the connections between these channels. Consumers’ expectations regarding merchant interaction and support have also shifted to mirror their pandemic-driven payment preferences.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Continuing its development of financial technologies on its platform, social media firm Facebook has joined a Visa program that enables the network to access its Token Service for payments, Visa announced today.

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PYMNTS

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. Why Pandemic-Driven Online Payment Spikes Are Pushing Middle Eastern Regulators To Confront Privacy Questions.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

A sitting member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Haldane said that introducing a digital currency could lead to something closer to “narrow banking,” where safe payments are separated from “banks’ riskier credit-provision activities.”. The future of digital currencies, Haldane said, is uncertain and most likely varied. “If

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Meanwhile, luxury brand Burberry has teamed up with Tencent in China to offer a “social retail” store to take advantage of China’s online shopping trend and capture more of the luxury market in the country, according to a report by Reuters. The plan is to create a space that mixes physical with digital.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

The State Bank of Vietnam granted FinTech startup GPay a 10-year license to provide intermediary payment services in the country — electronic payment portals, payment services, digital money transfer services and eWallet services. The G-Group ecosystem includes Vietnam’s social media network Gapo and P2P lending platform Tima.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

That’s what led him to Goodworld, an online platform that removes the friction from digital donations, making them possible (and secure) by using hashtags. Payments Facilitator. When asked to explain the Goodworld model, Gossart told Webster that “we are a social payments platform, but really a payments facilitator.”

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Abrigo

JANUARY 4, 2023

Although yet to be considered mainstream by most, cryptocurrency as an investment and payment method has become more commonplace. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) states that crypto is becoming the preferred payment method for many types of scams—and not just on the dark web, where crypto is used to fund illegal activity. .

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Keeping your money in a bank is common sense at this point, but online banking is – unfortunately – not something many people have grown accustomed to, yet. There are many benefits to explore in this area, and it’s not a bad idea to check out what some online banking services can do for you […].

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2019

Across the European Union (EU), technology providers and social media platforms are increasingly playing a bigger role in the Open Banking ecosystem. At the same time, however, many players, like Facebook and Google , are squaring off against regulators that are looking at their data and payment policies with more scrutiny.

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MAY 26, 2020

London-based global payment provider Checkout.com has purchased Pin Payments, an Australian startup, the companies announced Tuesday (May 26). Founded in 2013 by Grant Bissett and Dominic Pym, Pin Payments serves more than 12,000 businesses across Australia and New Zealand. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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APRIL 20, 2016

The promise of genuine engagement with customers through social media is drawing the attention of traditional businesses, like banks. However, their use of social media platforms has grown in recent years to include memes, unique content, and customer service elements. How Banks Should Operate on Social Media.

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APRIL 18, 2017

With today’s economy becoming increasingly more connected over the past decade, there have been various forms of technology solutions developed along the way to assist in streamlining smart devices. This is especially true when it comes to simplifying the world of payments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Payment and commerce fraudsters are becoming terrifyingly sophisticated. They are able to use cutting-edge technology, black-market websites and top-level, nimble and well-secured global networks to work their craft. We have to accept some part of that [friction] for the online world. OK, enough of the generalities.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Carrboro, North Carolina-based chain has used its technology-first strategy to get, keep and grow its customer base – even while its stores were shut down early in the pandemic. While stores were closed, Fleet Feet saw tremendous growth in its online business. Fleet Feet has come up with proprietary technology to address that.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Contactless and remote payments are now essential for any business; iZettle Food & Drink provides us with an easy and reliable solution along with the business insights needed to navigate our new normal,” said Shaun McCarron , co-owner of The Little Chartroom restaurant in Edinburgh, in a statement.

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JULY 13, 2023

Vendors need to be able to explain their AI technology to bankers in layman’s terms “An algorithm is what software engineers call something when they don’t want to explain what they did.” — Modern Adage Every vendor these days is talking about how their software has magical “AI” algorithms in it.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

Even in the quiet seasons, the online travel market is susceptible to the trade winds, and they don’t always blow in agents’ favor. It can be buffeted dramatically by shifts in the global economy, emerging technologies and even factors as arbitrary as the weather. The End of Excessive Card Surcharges.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day. Coverage includes a new acquisition by online payment firm PayU, European finance ministers pushing for more progress on taxing digital firms and SoftBank planning to launch a new mobile payment service in Japan.

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MARCH 20, 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 in-house restaurant ordering apps and cloud technology, as well as a report on banks running short on large bills amid the coronavirus crisis.

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AUGUST 24, 2019

As diehard baseball geeks pout about having to share TV time with another major sport, and most of the country goes into New England Patriot-hating mode, the digital payments and commerce industry gets pretty optimistic – and even excited. That’s because every NFL season promises to bring advances in payments. Biometric Plays.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 19, 2017

The 100,000 chatbot-strong platform Facebook Messenger gained a few new friends yesterday, during the social media giant’s F8 Developer conference. The Messenger platform has become the prime landing space for all kinds of bots, from restaurants to fintech. The platform currently has about 1.2

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In an interview with PYMNTS, Ragan said technology developments have enhanced the industry’s fraud-fighting strategies, but customer awareness is still a critical component of preventing bad actors from succeeding. We’re seeing a significant uptick in social engineering activity,” Ragan added. Leveraging Advanced Technologies.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Advanced technology is increasingly raising the stakes of how CUs should operate, with members coming to expect the instant payments and slick mobile interfaces that large banks and FinTechs have made standard. Deep Dive: How CUs Leverage Social Media. Developments From Around The Credit Union Space.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

By the cultural standards of today, the technology is ancient, born amid hot jazz and bootleg booze, when memories of the slaughters of the “The Great War” — now called World War I — were still fresh enough to hurt. Such companies as Expedia, Citi and JetBlue reportedly have used Samba technology to craft personalized ads.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Takeaway 2 Client fraud education at financial institutions should include takeaways that explain how to protect themselves from phishing and tips for staying secure online. Fraud schemes, evolving with technology, are more sophisticated and more complex to detect. Fraudsters have adjusted their tactics as technology has changed.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2020

Canada, the Middle East, Europe and South America, customers trying to buy fresh fruit and vegetables online through the marketplace can now use blockchain-based shipment and B2B technology. E-FRESCO , a fresh fruit virtual market, is introducing blockchain capabilities to help sustain cross-border needs, according to a report.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Here’s the latest news from the technology industry, which is coming under increasing scrutiny from governments and consumers around the world. As technology companies become bigger and more important to the economy, I would say more regulations to reflect the new reality are needed," Lau said, according to the report. Regulation.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The latest Payments and the Platform Economy study examines how marketplaces are responding to the counterfeit threat as well as how they are continuing to innovate the customer experience. Online Resale. Sales of counterfeit goods through online marketplaces are expected to hit $1.8 billion per year to fake online sales.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. social media users are “very confident” that those platforms would protect users’ data, according to Pew — with 64 percent calling for more regulation of online advertisers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Previously, African merchants had the opportunity to sell their wares on platforms such as OLX and Jumia or by leveraging social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. What the Sky.Garden platform does differently is allow sellers to manage online inventory just as they would in a brick-and-mortar setting.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

And in a fireside chat led by Sara Wardell-Smith , North America head of Visa Business Solutions at Visa, four small business owners and executives said small steps are the key to navigating the large-scale changes demanded by the pivot toward contactless interactions — and contactless payments. The B2B Shifts .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Online or in the real world, while shopping for goods or ordering food , consumers’ favorite experiences seem to be the ones they can self-direct. Data: 96 percent: Share of social media-based merchants that attribute their success to digital payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Social media-focused clothing reseller Poshmark became the latest platform company to file for an initial public offering (IPO) this week, hoping to catch an IPO wave that saw big first-day pops recently for Airbnb and DoorDash. In doing so, we bring the power of community to buying and selling online.

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