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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It’s a sad reality that so many businesses have closed, laid-off employees, seen massive revenue decreases, and suffered other harsh impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. Many businesses have been forced to go into crisis management and survival mode as a result. But some companies are ...
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By: Steve Villegas, VP of Payment Partnerships at PPRO There is a constant debate on whether global economies should continue to offer cash payments or go cashless by converting solely to digital. Critics say this move would disenfranchise unbanked, cash-dependent consumers and does not drive ...
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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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It was inevitable. You can get pretty much Anything-as-a-Service thanks to the cloud. That includes payments, banking, insurance, investment advice, cloud storage, clothing, groceries, and now coffee. That’s right. Coffee-as-a-Service, for just $8.99 a month, courtesy of Panera Bread. Right now, millions of impoverished students ...
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Brazil’s central bank – Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) – launched testing of a new real-time digital payment system based on QR codes and is expected to go live by November this year. Use of the new payment system called PIX will be mandatory for ...
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Money matters to consumers and the new Future of Money market research by Logica shows changes ahead in how we pay for things in the future. And those changes are coming fast. Digital payments are growing, but cards still are the leading payment method used ...
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Point of sale financing platform ChargeAfter got a big boost with a strategic investment and network access to Visa’s network of sellers, acquirers and issuing banks. The new partnership provides Visa’s network of issuing banks access to ChargeAfter to offer Visa cardholders with more financing ...
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Like the SARS pandemic before it, the new coronavirus has everyone on edge from health and immigration officials, manufacturers, tourism operators, and retailers to international traders, financial markets, and probably your neighbor next door worried about their own personal health risk and the unknown impact ...
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They’ve tried drone deliveries of Slurpees and now 7-Eleven is testing a completely cashierless store at its Irving, Texas headquarters. The fast-food giant announced the pilot in a news release saying a 700 sq ft, non-traditional convenience store is now operating and available for employees ...
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