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Dwolla adds real-time payments
Banking Payments Technology

Dwolla launches real-time payment options for business

By Jeff Domansky, April 6, 2021 Fintech payments provider Dwolla launched real-time payment services for businesses of all sizes in partnership with Cross River Bank. Businesses can now integrate Dwolla’s payment API to connect with RTP-enabled financial institutions and send funds within seconds to a ...
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Trump payments scam
Chargebacks Credit Card & Online Fraud

530,000 refunds and a $64 million payments lesson for all

By Jeff Domansky, April 5, 2021 The New York Times recently broke the story about a payments scam by the Trump 2020 campaign as it struggled at the height of last fall’s election. Radio conspiracy host Rush Limbaugh raised dire warnings about the struggling Trump ...
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PayPal cryptocurrency payments
Bitcoin & Blockchain E-commerce Payments Trends

PayPal enables crypto payments at checkout

By Jeff Domansky, April 2, 2021 Ostrich cowboy boots. New. Paid by crypto. With apologies to Hemingway, who wrote the apocryphal six-word short story about baby shoes, it nicely describes PayPal’s full-fledged launch into cryptocurrency payments. Earlier this week, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman made the ...
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global payments news
E-commerce Fintech Payments Trends

PaymentsNEXT roundup: Global payments news highlights

By Jeff Domansky, April 1, 2021 With so much happening in the global payments industry, we’ve prepped a news roundup to quickly get you up to speed as the week comes to a close. Among the highlights: Visa Direct Payouts and crypto payments, Paysafe merger ...
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Payments add value for property management.
Fintech Payments Technology

PropTech: Facilitating payments in property management platforms

By Paul Bridgewater, CEO, ResMan, March 31, 2021 Owners and managers in property management constantly look for ways to eliminate friction from the payment process for residents and internal teams. Creating a successful payment program requires an excellent relationship and positive experience between the business ...
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Walgreens Bank
Banking Payments Trends Retail

Walgreens Bank? Coming soon to pharmacies near you

By Jeff Domansky, March 30, 2021 Nine thousand new bank branches will open soon in the form of US in-store and online financial services courtesy of Walgreens. The US drugstore chain announced that pharmacy customers will soon be able to open a Walgreens bank account ...
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mobile payment fraud prevention
Chargebacks Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

Critical pandemic lessons in mobile payment fraud prevention

By Rafael Lourenco, EVP, and Partner, ClearSale March 25, 2021 As the world pivoted to online shopping, work, and learning last year, the timeline for mobile usage growth jumped ahead by two to three years in the first half of 2020. Many retailers rolled out shopping ...
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AP AR automation
Banking Fintech Payments Technology

Beanworks acquisition highlights payments automation growth

By Jeff Domansky, March 23, 2021 The purchase of automated accounts payable (AP) fintech Beanworks by Quadient is another sign of the fast-growing global market for payment and receivable automation solutions. Quadient expects opportunities for growth in payments automation with the Beanworks acquisition announced on ...
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CNP fraud is growing
Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

Stunning Rise of CNP Fraud and How Merchants Can Fight Back

By Ron Hynes, CEO of Vesta March 22, 2021 Global losses from payment fraud tripled from 2011 to 2020, and card-not-present (CNP) fraud is proving to be among the most pervasive. Some analysts estimate that retailers will lose $130 billion globally to CNP fraud by ...
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TomoCredit Mastercard
Banking Fintech Payments Trends

FICO-free TomoCredit Mastercard launches

By Jeff Domansky, March 18, 2021 Are you struggling to get approved for a credit card? Poor credit score or no credit history? Hate paying high credit card interest rates? That pretty much describes millions of young US consumers or new immigrants without a US ...
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