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Turkey to be cashless by 2023

Chris Skinner

Nevertheless, from a financial markets point of view, it’s a fascinating place. Payments in Turkey, an ever-growing market… by Soner Canko, CEO of BKM Turkey, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, has a banking sector that defies expectations. Fifteen years ago, only 9 per cent of total household consumption was through cards.

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Payroc Expands Payment Processing Services With Bluestone Payments Acquisition

PYMNTS

Bluestone Payments, founded by Linda Rossetti and launched in 2006, connects merchants in niche markets to payments programs through a referral system. With the program, merchants can opt for credit card-using customers to pay the credit card processing fee, or they can choose to split the fee between the customer and themselves.

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Xero Partners With Square For Faster B2B Payments

PYMNTS

Customers can then pay invoices immediately with a credit or debit card. Xero, which was founded by Rod Drury in 2006, is headquartered in New Zealand and is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) using Xero can email invoices with the built-in Square payment functionality. and Ireland.

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Synchrony Financial CEO Taking Wait And See Approach With Apple Card

PYMNTS

Margaret Keane, the CEO of Synchrony Financial, the biggest provider of store credit cards, said the card industry will be keeping a close watch on how Goldman Sachs handles its partnership with Apple in regards to the newly announced Apple Card. Co-branded cards, as all payments professionals know, have been around for decades.

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Mastercard’s Incoming CEO’s Take On The Future Of Payments

PYMNTS

Haythornthwaite has served as chairman since May 2006 and Banga has served as CEO since 2008 — when he took over the helm shortly after the onset of the financial crisis. The goal for Mastercard going forward is figuring out how to expand its reach worldwide and into places that card products haven’t been — and may never go.

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Amazon, Chase Donate To Whole Foods Planet Foundation

PYMNTS

Whole Foods has announced that both Amazon and Chase will donate a portion of purchases made with an Amazon Rewards Visa Card to Whole Planet Foundation, a nonprofit that fights global poverty through microloans. It is truly a win-win.”.

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Turning To The Crowd ? And Gift Cards ? To Fund Honeymoons

PYMNTS

In a recent interview with PYMNTS, Margulis explained how Honeyfund has expanded its presence since its 2006 founding by offering modern newlyweds a way to fund the experiences of their dreams. . “We The Honeyfund team had to “crack the code” on fee-free online payment processing, and did so by turning to gift cards. “We

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