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    Card industry faces $400B in fraud losses over next decade, Nilson says

    Fraud-fighting efforts kept card industry losses at bay last year, according to Nilson Report, but the research firm says don’t expect the same when this year wraps up. "The decline in the dollar amount of fraud losses in 2020 will not be repeated in 2021," the report said.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Dec. 14, 2021
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    Three payments "resolutions" that no company can afford to skip

    Learn the three payments "resolutions" that every company must make to ensure their customers never face a moment of friction at the check-out screen.

    Dec. 13, 2021
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    Trendline

    Embedded payment tools make inroads

    Business customers demanding integrated tools is likely to keep driving a trend toward more embedded payments tools.

    By Payments Dive staff
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    Microsoft shoppers get another BNPL option

    Microsoft tapped Citizens Bank to offer its customers more options for spreading out their purchases as the buy now-pay later space becomes crowded.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Dec. 10, 2021
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    Discover mulls more BNPL services

    Discover Financial is brainstorming how to extend its buy now-pay later services beyond a partnership with Sezzle, CEO Roger Hochschild said at an investors' conference this week.

    By Dec. 9, 2021
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    Facebook Messenger tests split payments

    Meta's Facebook is testing a split payments feature in its messaging app for U.S. users, though it's not clear when there will be a broader release.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 7, 2021
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    Buy now-pay later orders rise 34% in holiday season, Afterpay says

    The company also said user spending online rose 30%, with more Gen Z shoppers using the service between Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 6, 2021
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    Will Stax acquisition of CardX mean more surcharging?

    With the Stax acquisition of CardX last week, the combined company plans to scale its mission of bringing surcharging tools to more merchants.  

    By Dec. 6, 2021
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    Diem co-creator Marcus to leave Facebook parent Meta

    David Marcus, who has spent the past three years working on the social media giant’s stalled cryptocurrency project, Diem, said he is leaving the company at the end of the year to pursue other projects.

    By Anna Hrushka • Dec. 2, 2021
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    Square takes a new moniker: Block

    No sooner does Jack Dorsey arrive full-time at Square than the company decides it needs a new name. The corporate parent will become Block, but keep the Square brand for its digital payments business.

    By Dec. 1, 2021
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    PayPal offers Wix merchants BNPL options

    PayPal began offering Wix merchants in the U.S. its buy now-pay later and credit services last month for the first time. Wix merchants in the United Kingdom and France will also have access to the services in "coming months," the companies said.

    By Dec. 1, 2021
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    Enterprises prepare for ransomware threats during Thanksgiving

    Retail, transportation and other sectors are bracing for heightened cyber risks during the holiday, placing renewed pressure on security operations. 

    By David Jones • Nov. 24, 2021
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    Deep Dive

    Payment Choice Act wins bipartisan backing

    New Jersey Democrat Rep. Payne is trying to preserve cash as a form of payment and collecting support across the aisle, even as the possibility of a U.S. digital dollar gains traction.

    By Nov. 23, 2021
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    Albertsons expands smart cart pilot

    The carts act like self-checkout machines, with the computer vision system and barcode-scanner logging the products a customer tosses into the cart.

    By Jeff Wells • Updated May 20, 2022
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    Stripe CFO Suryadevara draws on challenges as GM CFO

    Suryadevara has ventured into unfamiliar business terrain before, becoming GM treasurer with little prior knowledge of the role.

    By Jim Tyson • Nov. 18, 2021
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    Will Amazon's war of words with Visa backfire?

    Consumers may not tolerate fewer payment options from Amazon, an analyst says. Still, Amazon may be willing to risk angering customers as it pressures Visa and other payment providers to reduce their transaction costs.

    By Jonathan Berr • Nov. 18, 2021
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    Amazon takes battle against Visa to UK

    The move by the e-commerce behemoth Amazon to reject U.K. Visa cards is putting pressure on Visa to lower card transaction fees worldwide.

    By Nov. 17, 2021
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    Mastercard expects holiday sales to be jolly for merchants

    Finding a deal this holiday season will be a challenge for consumers as retailers grapple with shortages, Mastercard says.

    By Jonathan Berr • Nov. 16, 2021
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    Podium raises $201 million, eyes expansion

    After entering the payments business last year, the company says it’s on pace to process about $1 billion in transactions this year.

    By Nov. 16, 2021
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    Affirm reports better outlook, sidesteps Peloton question

    The BNPL payments company provided a brighter sales and revenue forecast for the fiscal year, but it skirted a question about the impact of a gloomier outlook at its long-time big customer Peloton.

    By Nov. 11, 2021
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    Mastercard plans payments push

    The company expects payments to grow at a faster rate than its core card business.

    By Jonathan Berr • Nov. 11, 2021
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    Opinion

    Payments trade group rebuts retailers

    The Electronic Payments Coalition says it wants to set the record straight: "Expanding the Durbin Amendment would be a disaster for consumers and small businesses."

    By Jeff Tassey • Nov. 11, 2021
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    Deep Dive

    Crypto creeps into the checkout line

    Payments firms are betting on crypto's growth as an asset class to fuel crypto adoption at checkout.

    By Suman Bhattacharyya • Nov. 10, 2021
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    Amazon will accept Venmo next year

    "Pay with Venmo is one of the key revenue drivers for Venmo going forward," PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said.

    By Jonathan Berr • Nov. 9, 2021
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    Payments heads toward record venture funding year: CB Insights

    Payments startups are sopping up what's likely to be a record amount of venture capital this year, as the industry collects money that's transforming the financial sphere.

    By Nov. 5, 2021
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    Congress debates pros and cons of BNPL

    Buy now-pay later users love the convenience but also are falling behind in their payments.

    By Jonathan Berr • Nov. 3, 2021