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Earned Wage Access leaders
Fintech Payments Trends

Earned Wage Access companies tackle CA consumer regulation

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 27, 2021 The business of providing Earned Wage Access (EWA) or on-demand pay services for employees has grown quickly, particularly in the past 10 months during the COVID pandemic. The industry is not governed by federal regulations but faces its first ...
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best mobile check deposit accounts
Banking Disruptive Technologies Fintech

Research: Consumers love their mobile check deposits

By Jeff Domansky Jan 26, 2021 US bank and credit union customers didn’t seem to miss visits and lineups at their favorite financial institution during the past year. In fact, in the space of 10 months during the pandemic, 42% of customers used mobile deposits ...
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Jan 25 global payments news
Cybersecurity Payments Trends

Global payments news roundup: Cybersecurity, false declines, digital wallet growth, Q4 VC funding, 2021 trends, real-time payments, more…

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 25, 2021 With the new US administration in town, there’s a huge volume of payment news and new developments in the payments industry, and we’ve got highlights to keep you up to speed and in the know. 12 billion records stolen ...
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cybersecurity spending growing
Cybersecurity

12 billion records stolen last year; cybersecurity spend will grow +10%

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 25, 2021 With new threats emerging and the number of attacks growing, global cybersecurity spending is expected to rise 10% in 2021, according to the latest global security forecast by Canalys. The report noted the spending increase could be reduced to ...
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Greenwood digital bank founders
Banking Fintech

Greenwood digital bank will serve Black & Latinx community

Greenwood founders (l to r): rapper Michael “Killer Mike” Render, Ambassador Andrew Young, Bounce TV founder Ryan Glover By Jeff Domansky, Jan 21, 2021 It’s only fitting that Atlanta-based digital bank Greenwood is building financial services for the Black and Latinx community, given its ownership ...
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2020 retail sales +8.3%
E-commerce Retail

NRF: holiday sales up 8.3% despite pandemic; some in survival mode

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 18, 2021 The National Retail Federation (NRF) said holiday retail sales in the US were 8.3% higher during the Nov-Dec 2020 shopping season than last year, despite the lingering impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Sales reached $789.4 billion, surprising the NRF ...
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Martin Luther King Jr
Loyalty

The inspiration of Martin Luther King

US residents and other thoughtful citizens around the world celebrate Martin Luther King Jr (MLK) Day today and it’s a wonderful time to reflect on his inspiring words and actions. Let’s mark today with optimism and some MLK inspiration as a new US administration prepares ...
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False declines cost billions in lost revenue
Credit Card & Online Fraud E-commerce Payments Research

Shocking cost of lost business from false customer declines

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 15, 2021 New research from Forter shows merchants losing billions of dollars in missed opportunities as they struggle to balance the growing incidence and cost of fraud with the impact of false declines of good customers, particularly for new online shoppers ...
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Walmart fintech coming soon
Banking Fintech

Attention Walmart customers: Fintech on aisle five

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 13, 2021 Walmart announced plans for a new fintech startup that could soon offer its 265 million weekly customers a basket of fresh new financial products like those available from other successful fintech startups. The announcement offered no initial details on ...
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2021 payment industry trends
E-commerce Payments Trends

Payments in 2021: What’s ahead after the digital boom

By Stefan Merz, Chief Operating Officer at PPRO, Jan 12, 2021 It has been a year of momentous change for the payments industry. Previously, emerging trends have seen a massive acceleration as a result of the pandemic. Years of transformation happened in just a few ...
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