A new collaboration between Visa and smartphone maker Samsung electronics brings simple mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) payment capability to millions of businesses without the need for expensive hardware, maintenance, ...
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Back in July 2019, more than 50 banks and corporations signed up with SWIFT to initiate SWIFT GPI tracking of international payments as a way to enhance e-commerce ...
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It’s getting to the point where voice skills like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant can do just about everything except give the kids a bath. The timing of ...
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Ten credit unions launched the Interac Debit payment system with Google Pay, allowing Canadian consumers to pay for purchases using their Android phones. Canadians have used the interact ...
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PayPal announced the acquisition of Los Angeles-based consumer shopping and rewards technology company Honey for $4 billion. Launched in 2012, Honey has 17 million active users who use ...
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Atlanta fintech company Brightwell Payments is growing substantial business in a unique market by helping underserved global workers get paid as well as send and spend money safely ...
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Mastercard launched Payment on Delivery, a new solution that lets businesses pay a supplier in real-time when receiving goods or services. The company is piloting the program with ...
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With the same resilience as bitcoin, cryptocurrency payments for merchants are still alive and well despite what some may perceive as declining interest by merchants and consumers. According ...
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By: Ralf Ohlhausen, Executive Advisor at PPRO The closer to the September 14 implementation deadline for the Regulatory Technical Standard (RTS) on SCA & CSC detailing much of ...
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It’s Labor Day, so we thought we’d keep things a little lighter than usual here on Payments NEXT. This just in. Americans have got the message about the ...
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