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Post-pandemic payments path leading to the new normal

Just what does the “new normal” look like in a post-pandemic payments world? We reached out to Brady Harris, CEO of programmable payments company Dwolla for his insight into what’s ahead for business and the payments industry. The impact of coronavirus on business and consumers ...
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Canadian credit unions and IBM plan new payments as a service platform

Credit unions in three Canadian provinces will be looking blue when it comes to modernizing their payments technology and platforms in a new eight-year, $100 million technology services partnership announced between 75 credit unions in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta with IBM. The 75 credit unions ...
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May 8 Global payments news roundup: QuadPay, Square, Klarna, PPRO, Judo Bank, more…

Welcome to our weekly Friday fintech, payments, and e-commerce news and business intelligence roundup. It may not feel “normal” yet where you live, so we’ll do our best to give you a taste of normal news you can use. Even your humble editor is pining ...
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JD Power reports customers happier with big banks compared to digital-only

When it comes to digital banking, even with the coronavirus crisis, the traditional banks seem to have customer satisfaction sewn up. Seem ironic? New research from JD Power not only shows the shift to digital banking and payment solutions is accelerating faster than anticipated due ...
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May 1 Payments news roundup: Challenger bank closures, coronavirus payments trends, e-commerce insights, more…

Welcome to our weekly global payments news roundup with all the payments, fintech, and e-commerce news you need to know. We look at several challenger bank updates and closures, consumer coronavirus payments and shopping trends, global contactless spending data from Visa, coronavirus analysis from McKinsey ...
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Is a Google smart debit card a smart move?

Word surfaced on the weekend that Google is working on plans to introduce a smart debit card to the marketplace to complement its Google Pay service. From Apple Pay, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s Stripe, and Google Pay, Silicon Valley has been targeting the financial/fintech sector ...
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April 6 Global payments news roundup

We’re starting this week with a big global payments news roundup since there’s so much going on in the payments, fintech, and e-commerce industry around the world. We hope you find the business intelligence valuable and that you’re staying safe and healthy during these trying ...
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First of month rent, mortgage and lease payments raise US financial concerns

Only about one-third of US workers can work from home and they earn about 45% of the country’s wages. Being the first of the month, there are millions of rents, business leases and other payments due. The big question, is what happens with them? In ...
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3 weeks later, COVID-19 is no longer a “Chinese virus”

While US payments, fintech, and e-commerce are our focus, we tend to look globally for insight and business intelligence. Six weeks ago we took an early look at the incidence of coronavirus and its impact on key business sectors we cover. We decided to reexamine ...
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How will the coronavirus affect fintech?

With financial markets plummeting and whole countries under quarantine, it is unclear what the fintech industry will look like after the global pandemic.  The chaotic effects of the coronavirus outbreak are not limited to financial markets, but business operations across a widening range of industries. ...
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