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May 15 Global payments news roundup: Dwolla, EBANX, IBM, TransUnion, Primer, more…

Welcome to another weekly Friday fintech, payments, and e-commerce news and business intelligence roundup. I don’t know about you we’re ready to start barbecuing even if it requires us to keep a social distance from the hamburgers until they’re cooked.  We’re getting ahead of ourselves, ...
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future payments is faster
Banking Fintech Payments Trends

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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IBM-Prairie Payments Joint Venture
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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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Banking Fintech Payments Trends

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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Rapyd payments research
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Rapyd Asia payments research report: One size does not fit all

When it comes to payments across seven major countries in the Asia-Pacific region, new research from Rapyd tells us two key things. First, there is no single payment scheme that works best in all countries. Second, the use of banking and digital payments is higher ...
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Banking Fintech Payments Trends

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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local payment preferences critical
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What’s the post-pandemic payments world look like?

As consumer buying behaviors change quickly during and post-pandemic, the payments world is also going through significant changes. While contactless payments were very slowly gaining traction, particularly in the US, COVID-19 risk factors have forced consumers to change how they pay. In fact, Mastercard reports ...
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Ticketmaster ripoff
Credit Card & Online Fraud E-commerce Payments Trends

Ticketmaster decides ripping off consumers is okay

In a headshaking, tone-deaf move especially during the coronavirus pandemic, the brain trust at Ticketmaster has decided to add to the misery of consumers who bought tickets for concerts now canceled, postponed or delayed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 crisis. If you need a refund ...
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international student payment preferences
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Two-thirds of international students prefer familiar tuition payment options

A new report by payments company Flywire says 67% of international students are concerned if they can’t use their tuition payment method of choice at UK universities. While the report has a direct impact on the recruitment of international students by universities in the UK, ...
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Coronavirus rocks the world
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April 10 Payments NEXT big global news roundup

The weeks are sliding by slowly as we all stay at home and wait out the COVID-19 crisis. Today, on this Good Friday, we’ve got another big roundup of global payments, fintech, and e-commerce news. It feels like there are not quite as many clouds ...
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