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Payments news roundup: Facebook Crypto, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, IATA, more

Our Friday newsletter has an in-depth profile of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency and blockchain technology plans as well as our usual extensive Friday payments news roundup. Facebook Gets Serious About Payments, Cryptocurrency When Facebook announced a small cryptocurrency development SWAT team earlier this week, it wasn’t ...
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Weekly global payments news roundup

It was a busy week in payments news from around the world. Every Friday, we include a roundup of the latest payments news, trends, research and innovations to carry you through the weekend. Included are research reports from Forrester, Auriemma Consulting Group and Criteo as ...
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Mastercard biometric cards, Shopify & Microsoft Outlook payments

Our newsletter looks first at MasterCard biometric cards that allow cardholders to verify their fingerprint at home. Next, we examine Shopify’s brand-new merchant payments features and some back-office improvements to their e-commerce platform. Finally, Microsoft introduces payments using its Outlook email program – an idea ...
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Mastercard points the finger to biometric cards

Mastercard unveiled a new feature for its biometric payments cards that allows cardholders to register their fingerprints at home. Imagine not having to make a trip to the bank to register your fingerprint ID? MasterCard has been actively working on ways to eliminate signatures and ...
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Shopify tunes up merchant payments tools

Shopify launched a basket of new merchant payment features at its annual Unite conference in Toronto, Canada. Chief among the new features were enhancements for retail products, new features to help marketing efforts and back office tools and enhancements for more efficient business operations. Shopify ...
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Pay bills in Microsoft Outlook soon

Microsoft said soon you'll be able to pay bills and invoices entirely within your Microsoft Outlook email program. ...
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Payments news: Visa Checkout, Adyen, PPRO Group, more

Today’s PaymentsNEXT newsletter has a wealth of payments industry news you can use.  We look at the future of Visa Checkout and single button payments as well as a report on how retailers are losing $1.1 billion by not offering the proper payment choices for ...
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Global e-commerce & payments news roundup

It’s the end of the week and time for an e-commerce and payments news roundup from around the globe. What a busy week it’s been in the payments industry as you’ll see in this list of stories. Visa Rises on International Success For the quarter, ...
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Visa Checkout headed for the parking lot?

Visa is not dropping Visa Checkout yet, but senior execs seem to be pointing it to the exit judging by recent comments in a recent Wall Street Journal article. Both Visa Checkout and Mastercard’s Masterpass programs are likely a victim of plans for the launch ...
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Retailers lose $1.1 billion by not offering preferred payment choices

A new report from global payments provider Adyen highlights shifting consumer payments preferences and the potential loss of more than $1.1 billion by US retailers who fail to offer customers their preferred payment choice. The March 2018 survey of more than 1,000 consumers and 250 ...
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