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MasterCard enters POS loan space with Vyze acquisition

By Jeff Domansky

April 17, 2019

Mergers and acquisitions in the payments industry are growing as indicated by MasterCard’s purchase of fintech point-of-sale financing platform Vyze. According to Accenture, point-of-sale (POS) loans are a ...

Feb 1 Global payments news roundup

By Jeff Domansky

February 1, 2019

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Our global payments news roundup is truly worldwide this week. Visa and MasterCard reported solid year-end financials, although both cards remain locked out of China during the trade ...

Jan 18 Global Payments News Roundup

By Jeff Domansky

January 18, 2019

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Lots of payments industry news to cover as business picks up speed in January. The new Square business debit card doesn’t require a bank account and should get ...

E-commerce, apparel, home improvement spark $850B in holiday retail sales

By Jeff Domansky

January 3, 2019

2018 holiday retail sales hit $850 billion

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According to the 2018 Mastercard SpendingPulse Report, US retailers enjoyed their best sales in six years with $850 billion in US holiday retail sales, an increase of 5.1% over ...

Payments NEXT – Oct 19: Global payments news roundup

By Jeff Domansky

October 19, 2018

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Welcome to Payments NEXT’s Friday global payments news roundup featuring breaking news, industry insight, trends, research and much more. PayPal Scores an AmEx Tie-Up and Notches a Strong ...

What’s trending in global payments news this week?

By Jeff Domansky

August 31, 2018

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Lots of news, innovations and new developments in payments news this week. Here’s a collection of what we’re reading and what you need to know. Report: Google, Mastercard ...

Mastercard points the finger to biometric cards

By Jeff Domansky

May 9, 2018

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Mastercard unveiled a new feature for its biometric payments cards that allows cardholders to register their fingerprints at home. Imagine not having to make a trip to the ...

Payments news: Visa Checkout, Adyen, PPRO Group, more

By Jeff Domansky

May 4, 2018

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Today’s PaymentsNEXT newsletter has a wealth of payments industry news you can use. We look at the future of Visa Checkout and single button payments as well as ...

Global e-commerce & payments news roundup

By Jeff Domansky

May 4, 2018

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It’s the end of the week and time for an e-commerce and payments news roundup from around the globe. What a busy week it’s been in the payments ...

Visa Checkout headed for the parking lot?

By Jeff Domansky

May 4, 2018

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Visa is not dropping Visa Checkout yet, but senior execs seem to be pointing it to the exit judging by recent comments in a recent Wall Street Journal ...