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global payments news Nov1
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Nov 1 Global payments news roundup & what’s trending

Good Monday morning. Here’s what’s trending in the global payments news and what you need to know as the week gets underway. AmEx debuts debit card in war ...
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hidden fees up 37 percent
Payments Research Payments Trends

Hidden costs of paying US household bills jumped 37% in 2021

By Jeff Domansky US households spent more than $4.4 trillion on household bill payments in 2020. Unfortunately, the hidden costs with paying bills soared 37.6% to $119 billion ...
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Oct 15 PaymentsNEXT news
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Oct 15 Global payments news roundup & what’s trending

We’ve got a rapid-fire global payments news roundup from our long list of sources we follow. All the payments news you can use, including UK contactless card limit ...
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Does cash still count?
Payments Research

The Case for Cash: 3 Reasons Why Digitizing Cash for Bill Pay Makes Business Sense

By Steve Kramer, Vice President, Product, PayNearMe As the payments industry evolves, technologies to support cash payers must also change. When you look at the numbers, you might ...
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real-time payments research
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Real-time business payments in Canada take a giant step

By Jeff Domansky Interac Corp and 13 leading Canadian financial institution members launched Interac e-Transfer for Business, providing real-time digital payments to personal and commercial bank accounts with confirmation ...
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AR perception gap
Payments Research Payments Technology

Mind the gap: AR dept modernization is more talk than walk

By Jeff Domansky AR departments talk a lot about AR automation, integrated payments, efficiency, and saving money. However, new research from Billtrust shows there may be a lot ...
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fastest-growing mobile wallets
Banking Mobile Payments Payments Research

Report: Guess where the fastest-growing mobile wallets are?

By Jeff Domansky With more than 2.8 billion mobile wallets in use worldwide at the end of 2020 and the impact of the pandemic, you’d think US consumers ...
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cash flow problems
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Cash flow constrictions cramping small business growth

By Jeff Domansky The majority of small businesses in six countries (60%) experience cash flow issues at some point, so it’s no surprise 89% of small business owners ...
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Consumer payment fails
Fintech Mobile Payments Payments Research

Research: What consumers say about bill payments? Fail

By Jeff Domansky A new bill payment study shows US consumers struggling with cumbersome bill pay processes and wanting faster, easier bill payments more in line with their ...
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hardship payments
Payments Research

Consumers in hardship programs continued payments during Covid

By Jeff Domansky The pandemic imposed terrible health and financial hardships on consumers everywhere, with an estimated 7.48% of US mortgage accounts in “hardship status” by May 2020. ...
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