PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Digital sports entertainment and gaming industry platform DraftKings — known for its top-rated daily fantasy sports and mobile sports betting apps — today announced an agreement with InComm Payments , a global leading payments technology company, to launch an industry-first retail gift card. . DraftKings reported on Friday (Nov.

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Payments Source

MAY 29, 2019

Top executives from banks, card brands, credit unions, fintechs and more weighed in on the major issues and innovations for the payments industry.

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Accenture: Banking

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The credit card partnership market is off to an aggressive start in 2019, given issuers’ robust activity in the first half to try to fuel new growth amidst a leveling-off in receivables. Already, 10 new credit card programs launched in the second quarter of 2019 (Figure 1), compared to the 16 launched in 2018, based on our analysis.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Global branded payments provider Blackhawk Network has acquired National Gift Card , one of the biggest North American prepaid tech and card companies, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. The cards are called "Giving Good" cards and work at various restaurants and retail locations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

consumer, where spending was strong across cards, where auto loans remained resilient. We wouldn’t hazard to take a guess at the true breadth and depth of the coronavirus, but it’s a safe bet to assume that management commentary will delve into deferred mortgage, credit card and auto loan payments. and the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

exhashes per second that comprised for approximately 20 percent of the computing power growth of the bitcoin network in 2019. Fold will now have the ability to provide a co-branded Visa card that lets consumers receive bitcoin rewards via Fast Track. for each share as of now. Canaan said it sold overall computer power of 10.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

However, the industry faces challenges from old machines that haven’t been updated and the deployment of EMV-enabled cards/methods in the U.S. And in coffee retail, Starbucks is amplifying its brand with the Global Coffee Alliance and a new Starbucks Reserve Roastery location. All this, Today in Data.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Consumers are looking to their smartphones to manage their money with the help of mobile card services (MCS) in 2019. In other news, consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands such as Procter & Gamble (P&G) are rolling out laundry services as consumers outsource this chore. Data: $190.6 percent year over year.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

Capital One ’s domestic card loans increased 8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 , the bank said on Tuesday (Jan. 22) as company executives gave an update of its card deal with Walmart. The financial institution (FI) said that, as of the end of Q4, the domestic card loans ending balance stood at $107.4

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

14) that it is rolling out tap-to-pay functionality across its Chase Visa card portfolio, an initiative that will begin late this year and extend into 2019. said the rollout will be done on an ongoing basis, spanning when customers open up new accounts or have cards that are renewed. 1 card issuer in the U.S. –

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

GonzoBankers, 2019 was a year of extremes. Third, read and enjoy the 2019 edition of the GonzoBanker Awards, our 18 th. Mark Turner, Executive Chairman of the Board, WSFS Bank – We have to give the nod to an early 2019 retirement of Turner, who had one hell of a run in 12 years at the helm of a great community and wealth bank.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

End-to-end gift card platform Qwikcilver has launched its Woohoo virtual gift card store on the Google Pay Spot Platform to enable users in India to buy and send virtual gift cards in real time, the United News of India reported on Monday (Dec. The more upscale the restaurant, the greater the decline.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As it reaped the benefits of its digital investments, Dunkin’ Brands added 146 net new Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins locations around the world in Q4, with the inclusion of 76 net new Dunkin’ locations in the U.S. Dunkin’ Brands CEO Dave Hoffmann said in a call with analysts on Thursday (Feb. Dunkin’ Brands reported $335.9

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Payment processing was good to financial transaction provider WEX in 2019, as the company reported double-digit growth for the year in its earnings report today. While the company is known for its payment solutions aimed at fuel for fleet services, it also has grown its corporate card and U.S. healthcare business.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

But before we shut the door on 2019, it bears taking a moment to note how much the world of retail has changed in the last year, a fitting capstone on a decade that has seen retail as the American consumer commonly knew it taken to the ground and rebuilt nearly from the foundations.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Cashierless stores aren’t just for mega retailers like Amazon to sell prepared food from their kitchens or products from other producers: Beverage brands, among other companies, are getting into the action and choosing this checkout experience for stores that showcase their own products IRL (“in real life”) as a marketing tool.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Consumers — especially millennials and Generation Z — are looking for new commerce experiences during the 2019 holiday season. However, they are also hesitant to pay for those new experiences with credit cards or other traditional financing options. To learn more, visit the Tracker’s News & Trends section.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

This marks a change for Target — a retailer that had, up to this point, enabled mobile pay only for its own mobile wallet app and the Target-branded REDcard linked to it. That is consistent with what we have seen around the world when it comes to contactless card adoption,” Sanford said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

According to Vade Secure’s Phishers’ Favorites Q4 2019 report, attackers continue to impersonate some of the world’s largest brands to trick email recipients into believing their scams, and for corporates, the most common brand used is Microsoft. B2C Brands’ B2B Risks. as to which services we use.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2019

The Apple Card is planning to offer 0 percent installment financing on iPhones by the end of 2019, 9to5Mac reported on Saturday (Dec. During Apple’s October earnings call , chief executive officer Tim Cook hinted that the Apple Card was planning 24-month 0 percent financing for iPhone purchases. Apple Card?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

According to an early 2019 study from 70 percent of U.S. but my wife and I weren’t carrying cash as frequently as we used to because we were making all of our purchases with our debit cards and credit cards. ,” Sheehan said. Greenlight doesn’t have a minimum age requirement for children to be able to use the cards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Mastercard is partnering with CleverCards and Appreciate Group to offer gift cards directly to mobile wallets, Mastercard announced in a press release on Monday (Dec. The Select Digital Gift Card can be sent immediately by email, text or messaging app, and is available now as a last-minute Christmas present. billion in 2019.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In addition, Razer ’s mobile wallet dubbed Razer Pay may come to tens of thousands of point-of-sale (POS) terminals in Singapore , and a Worldpay study has found that consumers in Singapore still prefer to make payments with credit cards over eWallets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

That famous literary opener could apply to the mobile order-ahead (MOA) space in 2019. DoorDash and Grubhub also got deliveries — in the form of municipal lawsuits over tipping, billing and compensation practices common to MOA brands. Unfriendly fraud” is fraudsters ordering with stolen cards, or legit customers making false claims.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2019

Venmo, the digital payments company, is reportedly considering launching credit cards as a way to profit from its large customer base. Venmo, which is owned by PayPal, is reportedly settling on Synchrony Financial to issue the Venmo credit card. Venmo isn’t the only one that is eyeing the credit card market.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 3, 2023

The time has come for some truth on the world of payment card flips. disrupted banks’ income on debit cards. had in 2011, they’re likely to see an 18% to 25% volume shift from signature to PIN card transactions by the end of 2025. And the threat of disruption on credit cards looms large. What interchange differential?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

percent as of 2019 — PYMNTS’ 2019 numbers are historic, trailing 12-month numbers based on data from Q4 2018 through Q3 2019. percent as of 2019 data. Its curbside grocery-pickup program has been a breakout success for the company — and a main driver of its eCommerce growth during 2019. Webster added.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Mastercard , like most consumer credit connected brands, was hit hard in the early days of the Great Recession. However, those trend lines soon gave way to growth in the early 2010s and beyond — driven by the digitization of commerce — with the card network’s revenue tripling in the last decade.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Silicon Valley credit card startup Brex has begun a points transfer partnership for its rewards program with JetBlue Airways , Brex announced in a press release on Tuesday (Sept. 24, 2019, and Oct. 24, 2019. . Since rolling out its first credit card for startups last year, Brex has expanded into new markets.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In the first two blogs in this series, Getting Started On Embedded Finance and Embedded Finance: Bolstering Brand Experiences, we defined embedded finance and looked at the goals and strategies that firms should take at the outset of their modern embedded finance journey, as well as how and why firms should consider getting embedded banking.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

13) between Walgreens , Mastercard and Synchrony is more than a standard co-brand deal. Via Mastercard’s relationship with Synchrony, it will work with Walgreens to launch new credit card products, as well as a pre-paid debit card. But that’s where the standard co-brand partnership ends.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

According to Bloomberg , the retailer’s current website showcases a store locator, gift cards and some photos and other features – but no merchandise for sale. TJX-owned Marshalls is launching an eCommerce business later this year. While most retailers have seen sales suffer due to the rise of Amazon , TJX’s chains Marshalls and T.J.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

While pointing out that it ended calendar 2019 in solid condition, the chain logged positive results in February in-store sales and ongoing growth of its $5 billion eCommerce business. He led with his strong card: eCommerce. “We He said spend among customers who shop both brands increases four to 11 times on average.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Mastercard’s results continued a string of double-digit gains in transaction count, growth in card count and, of particular note, continued traction in cross-border activity. billion, while the number of cards outstanding by the company was up 7 percent to 2.5 billion, better than the $3.8 billion that had been expected.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Account takeovers and shipping fraud increased by 347 percent and 391 percent, respectively, between 2018 and 2019, and the pandemic has only exacerbated these issues. Fraudsters are looking to falsify these promotions, however, putting merchants in an untenable situation that requires a brand-new approach to fix.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Price and convenience remain top factors that can prompt consumers to try brands, but features like payment flexibility — allowing consumers to pay using their preferred methods — and speed are also becoming must-haves. These trends are in turn ratcheting up the number of customers who are moving to new brands.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

When the chips are down, consumers love and trust their debit cards. Debit cards remain the payment method of choice among U.S. Debit cards remain the payment method of choice among U.S. That’s bringing card-tot-present (CNP) security issues to the surface, and platform solutions to the rescue. Numbers tell the tale.

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