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    Cash App exec hints at Square integration

    Block is working to make its peer-to-peer payments tool, Cash App, a consumer app for interacting with merchants using its Square point-of-sale software.

    By June 3, 2024
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    5 ways unified commerce transforms the retail experience

    Customers have multiple ways to access your products and brand, but do those experiences work together for their benefit—and yours?

    June 3, 2024
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    Trendline

    Real-time payments are on the rise

    As the U.S. makes a move to encourage use of real-time payments, it’s following other nations in adopting the real-time advance.

    By Payments Dive staff
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    Dollar General to eliminate ‘vast majority’ of self-checkout

    The store chain has already removed self-checkouts from 12,000 of its more than 20,000 stores, the CEO said.

    By Nate Delesline III • May 31, 2024
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    Are digital wallets safer than debit cards?

    Research shows young people see digital wallets as a more secure option than debit and credit cards. Cybersecurity professionals mostly agree, despite caveats.

    By May 31, 2024
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    Mastercard floats crypto credential service

    The card issuer joins its tech and payments peers in integrating crypto into the traditional financial system.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • May 31, 2024
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    Investments for payments startups trickle in

    Venture capital flowing to startups in the payments sphere remains reduced this year, extending a rut from last year.

    By May 30, 2024
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    Klarna uses AI to cut marketing costs

    The Stockholm-based buy now, pay later company said more than a third of its first-quarter savings on sales and marketing expense was attributable to artificial intelligence.

    By Chris Kelly • May 29, 2024
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    Debit cards face rising digital wallet competition

    Roughly 72% of consumers say they swipe, dip or tap a debit card at the point of sale, a larger portion than credit cards, checks and digital wallets, according to a consumer survey by research firm J.D. Power.

    By May 29, 2024
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    PayPal pursues ad platform tied to data

    The new offering by the digital payments pioneer will be led by Mark Grether, who helped grow Uber Advertising into a $1 billion business.

    By Chris Kelly • May 28, 2024
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    Paze targets nationwide coverage by year-end shopping season

    The big bank-backed digital wallet is now accepted by about 80,000 "primarily small" merchants according to Early Warning Services Managing Director James Anderson.

    By May 28, 2024
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    Visa preps for US pay-by-bank services

    The card network is focused on “stubborn categories” where large account-to-account payments have taken hold, such as in healthcare, education and rent, a Visa executive said.

    By May 28, 2024
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    Walmart and Capital One break up

    The retail behemoth and its credit card issuer said in a terse, joint press release Friday that they’re parting ways.

    By May 24, 2024
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    Opinion

    Let’s avoid legal patchwork for credit card surcharging

    “All parties in the payments ecosystem would benefit greatly from state laws that provide clarity and consistency between jurisdictions,” write two legal professionals.

    By Jonathan Razi and Keturah Taylor • May 23, 2024
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    CFPB to treat BNPL loans like credit cards

    “Whether a shopper swipes a credit card or uses Buy Now, Pay Later, they are entitled to important consumer protections under longstanding laws and regulations,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said.

    By May 22, 2024
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    Mastercard CEO outlines int’l ambitions

    Mastercard has set its sights on expanding in China, Japan and elsewhere, Michael Miebach said in spelling out the company’s worldview. Last year, the company drew two-thirds of revenue from outside North America.

    By May 21, 2024
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    Deep Dive

    Real-time lessons for FedNow from Brazil, India

    The fledgling U.S. instant payments system can learn from real-time systems that have flourished in Brazil and India using QR codes and broad missions, say industry professionals.

    By Christiana Sciaudone • May 21, 2024
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    How retailers are seeking to improve self-checkout

    Executives from Mashgin, Invenco and other firms recently discussed issues they face in using kiosks for self-checkout, and how retailers can address them.

    By Brett Dworski • May 20, 2024
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    Opinion

    CFPB should reconsider prepaid rule

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should revisit its rule affecting digital wallets, peer-to-peer payments and prepaid cards, writes one fintech group leader.

    By Brian Tate • May 17, 2024
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    Supreme Court upholds CFPB’s funding structure

    The 7-2 ruling puts an end to a case that threatened the bureau's existence and pushed at least two federal judges to pause CFPB rules, pending the high court's opinion.

    By Dan Ennis • May 16, 2024
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    Payments firms seek candidates for product, partner roles

    Industry players are increasingly eager to hire executives for product development and partnership-oriented jobs, according to a report from recruiting firm SpencerStuart.

    By May 16, 2024
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    Shift4 to buy rival POS firm Revel for $250M

    The payments processing company plans to incorporate Revel’s point-of-sale capabilities into its SkyTab POS system, Shift4 CEO Jared Isaacson said.

    By , May 15, 2024
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    Fed bombarded by debit card fee commentary

    The Federal Reserve Board said it has received some 2,500 comment letters regarding its Regulation II proposal to cut the fees that merchants are charged when they accept debit cards.

    By May 14, 2024
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    7-Eleven testing financial services in stores

    The retailer will add terminals to 3,000 of its Speedway locations and test services like cryptocurrency purchases with ATM solution provider FCTI.

    By Jessica Loder • May 14, 2024
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    Toast CFO weighs in on Visa-Mastercard settlement

    The restaurant-focused payments company expects to see an impact from lowered interchange fees by the second half of 2025.

    By May 13, 2024
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    CFPB, DOT take aim at airline rewards

    The two agencies raised concerns that airlines and card companies could arbitrarily devalue points accrued in their joint rewards programs, amounting to a bait-and-switch for customers.

    By May 10, 2024