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Is cash still a factor in payments?

cash is still used in 31% of US consumer transactions
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Here at Payments NEXT, we love to explore the world of payments of all kinds from credit and debit cards and the latest fintech innovations to mobile, contactless, ...
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The case for cash, ATMs, pay phones, and pizza

ATM installs are down 6% globally
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Remember when you last went looking for a pay phone and found one? I can’t. It’s probably been 15 years. We could be seeing the early stages of ...
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Why is fintech adoption by business still lagging?

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The cost benefits and ROI of fintech in the financial industry are so obvious, why is business still so slow to adopt many new technologies that can positively ...
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Could Trump-China tariffs take down payments industry profits?

US tariffs on China
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Now that US tariff increases of 25% or more on $300 billion of Chinese products are looming large, what’s the impact on consumers and is there potential for ...
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Mastercard swipes more business invoice expertise

MasterCard buys Transactis
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What’s one of the biggest friction points for small business today? If you answered getting invoices paid quickly and easily, you’d also have the answer to why MasterCard ...
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April 26 Global payments news roundup

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Welcome to the weekly global payments news roundup from Payments NEXT. Fintech company Resolve launched its B2B payments platform. A New York student sued Apple for $1 billion ...
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Connected car and other IoT payments gaining speed

connected car and IOT payments
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A new Transaction Network Services (TNS) report shows connected car and other internet of things (IoT) payments are getting traction with consumers. The survey of more than 3100 ...
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MasterCard enters POS loan space with Vyze acquisition

MasterCard acquires Vyze
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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 ...
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Belgian e-commerce is booming

e-commerce in Belgium
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Belgium has just 11.4 million residents and is 11,849 sq miles in size, a little larger than Massachusetts. Despite its small size, it is the world’s 27th largest ...
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Forget QR codes, pay with a smile

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In China, more than 580 million people made a payment with their mobile phone last year and 68% used a mobile wallet for off-line payments. In many cases, ...
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