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Open Banking Meets Instant Payments At The Online Checkout

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It is definitely getting very cluttered. Building on top of the open banking infrastructure, PayDirect is a new payment method that enables companies to take online payments in a highly secure way, and also pay out to customers through the same rails. According to Soliman, PayDirect is the answer to those issues.

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Mastercard’s Playbook On Fighting Online Fraud’s Big Surge

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The shift to online commerce in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented. We’re doing more of everything online, especially transacting. Many merchants are trying very quickly to establish themselves with an online presence,” said Quevedo. Hiding In Plain Sight?

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How Apple Card Brings ‘Existential Crisis’ To Smaller FIs

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With the recent launch of the Apple Card , Apple has sent a signal that they seek to offer a better user experience than banks. In fact, their slogan for the card is “Created by Apple, Not a Bank?.” And the card is no longer just a payment instrument; it’s more than the card itself.”.

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Capital One Said to Buy Walmart Card Portfolio, Zero In on Digital Collaboration

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Capital One Financial has reportedly acquired Walmart's card receivables, the bank's chairman and CEO, Richard Fairbank, said yesterday. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Why Unified Commerce Is Critical For Merchants — And Catnip For Fraudsters

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The shift to digital commerce is more urgent than ever — and so are some of the potential pitfalls as fraudsters recalibrate their attacks and eye card-not-present transactions as a new way to make off with ill-gotten gains. What we are learning now is that the definition of ‘unified commerce’ is a lot more flexible.”.

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UN Blockchain Expert Says Digital Cash Could Replace Bank Accounts

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He made those remarks at an online panel discussing the future of the world beyond the coronavirus pandemic, saying that new digital forms of currency may be able to sidestep the long-held throne of traditional cash and card payments.

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Mobile Card Apps And The Two COVID Personas

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Mobile card apps went from nifty to necessary when the darkest imaginings of last March had people picturing COVID-19 on every surface, suspended in every breath. That hasn’t turned out to be the case (at least not entirely), but the digital shift the virus inspired is definitely real, and rocking. Meet the 2021 Cardholder.

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