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Intuit plans $7.1 billion takeover of Credit Karma

Inside the $7.1 billion Intuit – Credit Karma deal

Yesterday’s announcement of the planned $7.1 billion acquisition of Credit Karma by Intuit represents the impact and the opportunity that fintech presents to more traditional financial services companies. ...
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Happy New Year 2021

Happy New Year

Best wishes for 2021! Wishing our payment industry colleagues, collaborators, and co-sponsors many happy, healthy horizons ahead in 2021! ...
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black Friday sales predictions 2019

Ready, fire, aim: Black Friday sales start early; projections positive

It’s already over, except for the actual holiday sales according to the pundits and analysts and there’s not a turkey among them. Here’s a quick snapshot of who’s ...
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CITCON China traveler payments

CITCON growing Chinese payments market in the EU

Chinese travelers are currently the largest spenders and the fastest-growing traveler segment in Europe. This presents EU businesses with an opportunity for growth by serving this new consumer ...
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Kount AI fraud protection

Kount AI raises payments fraud protection potential

Payments fraud is growing at 14% year over year, faster than overall retail sales, and growth in mobile fraud is also accelerating. According to Juniper Research, retailers could ...
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Mastercard B2C

Mastercard enhances small business digital payments & security

With the launch of its MasterCard Digital Wellness program, the payments giant is making some smart moves to enhance digital payments and security for the small business sector. ...
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12,000 US retail stores closing

Shopping list of US retail store closures grows

E-commerce, global competition, and changing shopper tastes and demographics have caused dramatic disruption in the US retail marketplace. Coresight Research tracked 5,524 US store-closures in 2018 compared to ...
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global payments news

June 21 Global payments news roundup

Welcome to this week’s global payments news roundup which leads off with an interview with Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan who talks about moving towards a cashless ...
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Bank of America technology

Bank of America CEO wants a cashless society

At Fortune’s Brainstorm Finance conference in Montauk, NY yesterday, Bank of America (BoA) CEO Brian Moynihan said his bank is ready for a cashless society. Moynihan highlighted how ...
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Walmart-Amazon drone delivery

Walmart drone delivery is up in the air

When it comes to delivering products by drone, Walmart and Amazon are going head-to-head in what many believe is the future of fast deliveries for online shoppers. According ...
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