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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Payments Trends
Payments Trends
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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New York City, the country’s largest, became the third US city to banish cashless-only transactions following similar bans in San Francisco and Philadelphia as well as the ban imposed by the state of New Jersey. Critics have long claimed cashless-only transactions disadvantage the poor, the ...
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By Stefan Merz, COO at PPRO The e-commerce market is set for exponential growth – it is predicted that global e-commerce retail sales are set to reach $4.9 trillion by the year 2021 – and the next 12 months will see this momentum continue. Its ...
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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 and cross-border business in advance of the November 2020 deadline for users of SWIFT’s payments clearing system. ...
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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 announcements about services around the US Consumer Electronics Show (CES) shows how Amazon hopes to dominate in-your-auto ...
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Here’s your weekly global payments news roundup, all wrapped up in one handy reading package. Juniper Research reports global remittances hit $682.6 billion in 2018 with much more on the horizon. We look closely at the growth of fake five-star reviews on Amazon and other ...
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