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Crypto ATMs multiply despite challenges to the currency
The biggest crypto kiosk companies are expanding as the value of bitcoin recovers and more merchants seek a piece of the action.
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 26, 2021 -
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Klarna tallies 20M US customers
The buy now-pay later company has doubled its American customer base in just over a year.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 25, 2021 -
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TrendlineEmbedded payment tools make inroads
Business customers demanding integrated tools is likely to keep driving a trend toward more embedded payments tools.
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Fiserv strikes up a bevy of new partnerships
Fiserv has new ties to MovoCash, Selecta Group and Venmo that will allow it to keep expanding its digital payment services.
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 24, 2021 -
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Deep DiveAnti-fraud niche in payments thrives as e-commerce climbs
Major payments players and fledgling upstarts alike are developing new tools to fight increasing fraud threats to their businesses.
By Mercedes Cardona • Aug. 23, 2021 -
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BitPay CFO: long-time crypto users incentivized to keep spending
Cryptocurrency is well on its way to “emerge as the next evolution to modern alternative payments,” Jagruti Solanki, CFO of Bitcoin and payment provider BitPay, said Friday.
By Jane Thier • Aug. 20, 2021 -
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How Square's Afterpay purchase advances its small-business banking goals
Square is "going to turn to all their small-business users and they're going to say, 'We're helping you with accounts receivable and now we can help you with accounts payable,'" says one analyst.
By Anna Hrushka • Aug. 18, 2021 -
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Senators raise privacy concerns about Amazon One
Senators Amy Klobuchar, Bill Cassidy and Jon Ossoff questioned the security of customer data and noted the palm payment tool technology raises additional anti-competitive concerns.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris and Cara Salpini • Aug. 18, 2021 -
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PayPal drops BNPL late fees worldwide
The payments giant will soon get rid of the late fees on buy now-pay later transactions in the U.S., the United Kingdom and France, catching those regions up with other parts of the world where it didn't have them.
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 18, 2021 -
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Walmart looks for a cryptocurrency strategy leader
The retailer follows Amazon in seeking a subject matter expert for a field that is still largely unproven.
By Ben Unglesbee • Aug. 17, 2021 -
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Payments called 'dominant driver' for fintech investment: KPMG
The rise of venture capital and private equity investment in fintechs is likely to lead to more mergers and acquisitions in the arena too, a KPMG report said.
By Jim Tyson • Aug. 17, 2021 -
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Paypal, Venmo get into grocery stores
PayPal and Venmo have arrived in-store at their first grocery outlet, Giant Eagle, allowing that operator to accept their digital payment options at cash registers.
By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 13, 2021 -
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BlackBerry teams with Car IQ for in-vehicle payments
The companies are working together to create car payment systems with a “digital fingerprint” that securely connects a driver to a banking network.
By Wendy Cole • Aug. 13, 2021 -
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Coinbase attracts big hedge fund clients
The company has attracted 10% of the top 100 hedge funds as customers, and it's ramping up marketing to increase the visibility of its products, the company's CFO said.
By Ted Knutson • Aug. 12, 2021 -
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Fed weighs debit transaction rule clarificationBig bank, merchant groups weigh in on Fed rule clarification
Bank and merchant trade groups weighed in on the Fed's debit rule clarification at the 11th hour, digging in their heels in a long-time battle over whether to ease merchant access to increased debit transaction networks.
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 12, 2021 -
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Paymentus agrees to acquire Payveris for $152M
With the acquisition, Paymentus will expand its bill payment network and increase annual net revenue about 25 percent.
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 11, 2021 -
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ZenBusiness launches money-management app
ZenBusiness positions itself as a one-stop shop for small business needs, but big tech rivals are also aggressively courting such micro-entrepreneurs.
By Suman Bhattacharyya • Aug. 10, 2021 -
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Amazon strikes back at Visa fees with surcharge
Retail titan Amazon is taking on Visa by imposing a surcharge in one part of the world and leaving open the possibility of extending it elsewhere to fight what it calls "Visa's high cost of payments."
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 10, 2021 -
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OpinionNew fintech tools must address demographic gaps in usage
"While overall fintech usage is up across all demographics, there were gaps in the usage of certain types of tools," says Brian Gilmore, a director at the non-profit Commonwealth. There is "a rich opportunity for fintechs and financial services providers to better serve financially vulnerable consumers."
By Brian Gilmore • Aug. 9, 2021 -
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Sponsored by EverCThe new era of merchant risk
Cybercriminals, terrorists and drug dealers have a fairly new method of laundering funds online through what's known as transaction laundering.
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Sable taps Wise for cross-border payments
Sable and Wise are teaming up on a new cross-border payments tool targeting expatriates and international students, among others. They're part of a pack of rivals trying to make moving money over borders faster and easier.
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 6, 2021 -
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Square's Afterpay buy highlights BNPL craze
Afterpay's billion-dollar appeal hinges on a buy now-pay later craze that's attracting consumers, venture capitalists and competition worldwide.
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 4, 2021 -
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Consumers 'ready and willing' to increase spending, Mastercard CFO says
“The U.S. has always been a laggard when it comes to contactless payments, but that’s changing,” Mastercard CFO Sachin Mehra told CNBC following the company's release of second-quarter earnings.
By Jane Thier • Aug. 3, 2021 -
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U.S. payments volume rises on B2B, Healthcare
The national automated payments network led by Nacha logged another quarterly record, with the digital payment volume for the second quarter jumping nearly 10% and the value of those transactions soaring almost 25%.
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 2, 2021 -
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Klarna acquires Apprl to boost retail marketing
By absorbing Apprl, Klarna will be better able to help retailers create social shopping content and track related sales.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 2, 2021 -
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SWIFT launches cross-border service aimed at low-value transactions
The new product lets small businesses and individuals send payments of less than $10,000 internationally, giving the network a potential foothold in a fintech-filled remittance space.
By Robin Bradley • July 30, 2021
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