Welcome to Payments NEXT’s weekly global payments news roundup. The week started with a bang with the planned $43 billion FIS/Worldpay merger. We ...
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The payday loans industry is rightly criticized for contributing to a vicious cycle of poverty from its outrageous payments practices and high interest ...
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If you’re curious about the state of e-commerce in the Western EU, a new report from Internet Retailer says sales of the top ...
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To help small and midsize business respond more effectively and reduce losses due to chargebacks, Verifi launched a new cloud-based service called Self-Service ...
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ZestFinance, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) software for credit, today launched ZAML Fair™, a new software tool to reduce bias and discrimination ...
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Fidelity National Information Services’ (FIS) $43-billion cash-and-stock deal to merge with payments processor Worldpay Inc is another step in the sweeping shakeout and ...
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A new study from Juniper Research shows financial institutions will save an estimated $209 million in 2019 by using chatbots for customer service. ...
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It’s Friday and we’ve got your global payments news roundup. 23% of e-commerce in Europe is now cross-border according to a new report. ...
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A new report from Mitek/CI&T shines a light on the growing gap between the banking services small business wants and what banks are ...
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The 2019 Identity Fraud Study, released by Javelin Strategy & Research, contains good news mixed in with the bad according to the report. ...
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