By Jeff Domansky, April 9, 2021 Grocery delivery app Instacart and restaurant delivery firm DoorDash are both planning to issue credit cards soon. Two questions come to mind for both businesses and consumers. First, do we need more branded credit cards? Second, what’s the ROI ...
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Payments Trends
Payments Trends
By Jeff Domansky, April 2, 2021 Ostrich cowboy boots. New. Paid by crypto. With apologies to Hemingway, who wrote the apocryphal six-word short story about baby shoes, it nicely describes PayPal’s full-fledged launch into cryptocurrency payments. Earlier this week, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman made the ...
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By Jeff Domansky, April 1, 2021 With so much happening in the global payments industry, we’ve prepped a news roundup to quickly get you up to speed as the week comes to a close. Among the highlights: Visa Direct Payouts and crypto payments, Paysafe merger ...
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By Jeff Domansky, March 30, 2021 Nine thousand new bank branches will open soon in the form of US in-store and online financial services courtesy of Walgreens. The US drugstore chain announced that pharmacy customers will soon be able to open a Walgreens bank account ...
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By Jeff Domansky, March 18, 2021 Are you struggling to get approved for a credit card? Poor credit score or no credit history? Hate paying high credit card interest rates? That pretty much describes millions of young US consumers or new immigrants without a US ...
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By Jeff Domansky, March 16, 2021 The payments and fintech world looks very different today after one year of Covid disruption. The pandemic’s economic, work and health impacts created a perfect storm of challenges, business opportunities, and the financial industry. As a result of massive ...
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By Jeff Domansky, March 10, 2021 The US Congress today passed the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill and economic recovery program. Missing in action were Republican votes and an increase of the minimum wage to $15. The relief package is ambitious and based on ...
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By Jeff Domansky, March 8, 2021 As the US Congress gets ready to finalize the newest stimulus package, a new report from doxo shows the relief will last just 22 days in many cases. According to doxo’s recently released 2021 U.S. Bill Pay Market Size & ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Feb 16, 2021 We’ve got a roundup of expert perspectives on how payments changed in 2020 and what’s on the horizon for e-commerce and brick-and-mortar merchants. These insights will guide you through the choppy waters ahead and how you need to respond ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Feb 4, 2021 Amazon’s not the only company to release record-high Q4 financial results. PayPal just ran the table with impressive Q4 and 2020 financials during a year when the pandemic hit many other businesses hard. The company nearly doubled the number ...
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