Payments Technology

7500 healthcare workers get free Super Bowl LV tickets

Super Bowl weekend, masks, and contactless payments

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 5, 2021 Kickoff is just a couple of days away for Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida. This year, masks of a different kind ...
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buy now pay later healthcare payments

Buy now pay later for billion-dollar elective healthcare market

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 7, 2021 California-based fintech startup PrimaHealth Credit launched a ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) payment plan specifically designed for credit-challenged patients seeking elective healthcare ...
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payment data automation

Bill pay problems? How automation can help

By John Minor, Chief Product Officer for PayNearMe Jan 5, 2021 We all know the types of problems that can get in the way of a smooth payment ...
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Alipay and Visa: When titans redefine payments

By Ankita Tyagi, Founder & Principal Analyst, FSInnovate Dec 16, 2020 For decades, the payments space was associated with facilitating transactions between customers and their financial service provider, ...
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global payments future

Payment industry leader predictions for 2021

As the end of the year approaches, after a tumultuous, pandemic-fueled 10 months, publisher Doug Hall and managing editor Jeff Domansky reached out to payments industry leaders for ...
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110,000 US restaurants closed during pandemic

Fragile restaurant recovery slides back to 50% of pre-pandemic level

By Jeff Domansky, Dec 9, 2020 Like many other businesses, the restaurant industry is struggling for its life, and new research shows the fragile, slow recovery through October ...
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true cost of digital payments

The hidden cost of digital payments

By Rob Lincolne, founder and CEO, Paydock, Dec 8, 2020 When Square launched in 2009, they often spoke of the ‘Hidden cost of accepting cash.’ Articulating reconciliation, banking, ...
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Even on-demand pay app

PayPal employees will get on-demand pay and Even financial wellness tools

By Jeff Domansky, Nov 17, 2020 In a new partnership with on-demand pay technology firm Even, PayPal will offer its US employees access to an early-pay service and ...
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global payments news roundup

Oct 26 Global payments news roundup: Ant Fin’l, Stripe, JPMorgan, Visa, Wirecard, PayPal, more…

As the biggest shopping season of the year approaches in the US and around the world, it’s also a hectic time for payments industry news. We’ve got another ...
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Visa Tap to Phone

Visa launches Tap to Phone mobile payments in 15 markets

After a year of development and testing, Visa rolled out its new Tap to Pay mobile payment app that will let micro-merchants and sellers worldwide quickly and securely ...
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