By Jeff Domansky, April 13, 2021 It’s getting crowded in the buy now pay later (BNPL) marketplace, but hustle and innovation can differentiate a newer entrant over the more prominent players. New York-headquartered Splitit showed that competitive edge with its announcement of a new partnership ...
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By Jeff Domansky, April 9, 2021 Grocery delivery app Instacart and restaurant delivery firm DoorDash are both planning to issue credit cards soon. Two questions come to mind for both businesses and consumers. First, do we need more branded credit cards? Second, what’s the ROI ...
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By Jeff Domansky, April 8, 2021 False declines are a $430 billion-plus global headache for retailers. A new Forter-Adobe collaboration aims to help businesses increase revenue by 2%-3% by increasing legitimate transaction approvals and reducing the number of false declines. Forter announced it has joined ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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