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AUGUST 13, 2020

Waze, the popular GPS navigation app owned by Google, has introduced contactless payments for ExxonMobil and Shell card holders in the U.S. Val Demmings (D-Florida) on Google’s 2007 acquisition of DoubleClick and its 2017 decision to merge DoubleClick’s data with user account data. country manager, in a statement.

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MAY 28, 2020

The Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ) wants to make sure you don’t throw out your prepaid $1,200 government stimulus debit card. Many people have done that, thinking the cards are junk mail and discarding them, according to MarketWatch. On Twitter, numerous people have shed light on the issue.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Welcome Technologies , which builds data-driven tech for immigrant communities, has chosen PSCU , a credit union service organization, to provide processing services and support for the first credit card program to be offered by Welcome, an online consumer platform that focuses on immigrant communities, according to a press release.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

As we noted in the recent Digital Banking Tracker, the CNP fraud has taken a leg down in favor of fraud that looks to snag credit card numbers. They took the details and applied for credit cards. Vendors even made payments to Jelfo’s credit card accounts, according to reports in patch.com. Check Fraud, Too.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

. “The CITGO Check Card accomplishes both of those objectives,” Alan Flagg, assistant vice president of supply and marketing at CITGO, said in a release. Florida-based ZipLine is known for being a mobile and card-based consumer ACH payments company leading in the convenience store space.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

But Disney has promised to reopen the park with many health guidelines in place to protect guest safety — upgrades the company put it place when its Florida parks reopened in July. And despite early concerns in Florida about Disney World’s reopening, the park’s efforts appear to have so far been a success.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

Darden Restaurants announced Wednesday (August 23) that the data on 567,000 payment card numbers may have been exposed. The company said payment card information — including card numbers — from visitors who went to the restaurants from Nov. 3, 2017, through Jan. 2 2018 may have been affected.

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JULY 2, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) are therefore expected to offer more contactless cards this year and some are also unveiling services intended to help consumers easily add cards to their digital wallets. consumers to shift as much as $100 billion in annual spending from credit to debit cards. Around the Next-Gen Debit World.

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JUNE 26, 2020

It announced this week that it is piloting Fuel Loyalty at participating 7-Eleven stores in North and South Orlando, Florida; North Texas; and Woodbridge, Virginia. percent of respondents) and payment methods that don’t require touching a card reader (58.6 Sethia noted that it keeps in tune with the “solving customer problems” theme.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Will the ban on the credit card surcharge automatically lead to significantly higher prices when consumers opt for the plastic (via card or digital wallets) at the pump, at the counter … or pretty much anywhere? In New York this month, credit card surcharges got the okay. Maybe, maybe not. As Webster recounted Monday (Jan.

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JULY 27, 2016

Credit card fraud complaints in the U.S. ValuePenguin analyzed data collected by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and found that there were approximately 70,000 credit card fraud complaints submitted in 2015. At the state level, the number of credit card fraud complaints were much more pronounced. Across the U.S.,

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APRIL 15, 2020

The FTC stated that no government entity would call to ask for money or personal information like credit card numbers or Social Security numbers, adding that any requests for payment through services like Western Union or MoneyGram are almost certainly scams. On its website, the FTC breaks down the numbers of fraud cases by state.

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MARCH 11, 2020

Florida-based Publix has more than 1,200 locations in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. Shelf sensors, as well as cameras on the ceiling, keep tabs on what shoppers put in their carts and charge their credit cards that are on file automatically as they leave the premises.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Investors backed a range of B2B FinTechs this week operating in areas including accounting, cross-border payments, virtual cards, expense management, cybersecurity and more. million in seed funding, Back Office, based in Florida, plans to enhance the technology behind its small business accounting automation tool. Back Office.

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JULY 28, 2019

Kroger is excited to enter Florida to redefine the customer experience through our industry-leading partnership with Ocado,” said Rodney McMullen, Kroger’s chairman and CEO. Kroger recently introduced Kroger Pay , a new mobile payment option and loyalty rewards card. The mobile payment option is available in any Kroger apps.

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APRIL 7, 2020

When the fast-spreading coronavirus forced restaurants to close seating areas, Zukku Sushi was in a bind because its three locations in Florida and North Carolina were based in food halls. Zuku’s third location in Lakeland, Florida just opened in January and was able to quickly launch online ordering.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 24, 2024

If you bank in a fast-growing state such as Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Texas, Florida, or South Carolina, population and business formation growth result in lower acquisition costs. They open a $60,000 transaction account and a debit and credit card but don’t need treasury services.

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JULY 3, 2020

Financial institutions can keep customers safe by accurately determining when attempted transactions are legitimate versus when they are being made by fraudsters who have stolen customers’ cards or taken over accounts. You’re really wanting to start with almost a brand new transaction history.” .

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Today in the payment’s news roundup, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said there has been a lot of demand for Apple Card as of its launch in August. Goldman CEO Boasts Of High Apple Card Demand. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon noted that there has been a lot of demand for Apple Card as of its launch in August.

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MAY 20, 2020

Similar worries extend to card-based payments, too, as the virus can remain active on plastic surfaces for up to three days. Its locations in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia made the switch to avoid spreading the virus and help customers feel safe entering establishments to place or pick up orders.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For 2022, we saw a significant increase in compromised cards resulting from skimming activity. Total compromise cards were up 368% from 2021, with more than 161,000 impacted cards identified — nearly a 5x increase over 2021. Now that we have data from the entire year to review, we are seeing the alarming trend continue.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Under examination in the probe, said FT , is whether four “shell” companies — listed in Florida, the Marshall Islands and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — set up transactions that were used to siphon off funds. Of that number, 59 were tied to gift cards, memberships, IT equipment and furniture.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

NOW Money will offer clients contactless-enabled Visa payment cards that will be connected to a NOW Money account, which can be used digitally and at payment terminals across the globe. 3), the Alabama Securities Commission granted the Florida-based CORO a money transmitter license, providing it with permission to do business in the state.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

The latest such move came from Instacart and ALDI, which announced they would allow customers to pay for same-day delivery or pick up food orders using their EBT SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) cards. But because the EBT program (funded by the U.S.

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MAY 11, 2018

Credit card skimmers steal more than $1 billion from U.S. Now, after three years of study, cybersecurity expert Patrick Traynor and two Florida graduate students invented the “Skim Reaper,” a credit-card thin gadget that slides into card reader slots and can easily and quickly detect if an ATM or gas pump has been tampered with.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This method involves bad actors impersonating customers and convincing mobile service providers to transfer the victims’ phone numbers to their own SIM cards, allowing these fraudsters to seize control of any accounts linked to that phone number. Why Fraudsters Swap SIM Cards. It's that easy.”.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

“A lot of payments services are built for bookkeepers, not for business leaders,” says Thom Pirone, owner of Stronghold Training, a management consulting firm in Tampa Bay, Florida. “My percent per credit card transaction until June 2020. My payment provider kept offering me training to use the platform, but I was too busy.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

It’s a situation with which Terri Carter, director of Student Financial Services at Florida Institute of Technology , is familiar. Florida Tech’s student body is a diverse one. For example, students from Saudi Arabia make up the largest share of Florida Tech’s international student population, she added. According to U.S.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Show is an annual three-day event for hospitality professionals to network, source, purchase and learn about new industry trends to follow, how to increase profits and how to ramp up their restaurant or lodging business to engage and serve customers in innovative ways.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The partnership was first launched at Publix’s Orlando, Florida-based stores, with the service planned to expand to the chain’s other locations over the next few months. Many expansions like these, however, are halted by the encroaching possibility of fraud. Deep Dive: How AI Helps QSRs Stop ATOs And Credential Stuffing.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2016

As this article is being written, Hurricane Matthew is wreaking havoc along the Florida coastline. Florida will be badly damaged as a result of what happened this weekend – the worst case scenario would have looked a good deal more like completely destroyed. The rest, as they say, is history.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

When equipped with ePort devices, the machines will be able to accept cash, credit and debit cards, and contactless payments made using various methods, including mobile wallet payments such as Google Pay and Apple Pay. The technology will be demonstrated by USAT during the IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Florida Nov.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

PSCU , which is billed as the nation's premier credit union service organization (CUSO), has announced its new Enhanced Fraud Services system, which the company said “has helped 10 early adopter credit unions combat fraud of all types, ranging from first-party chargeback fraud to identifying card information being sold on the dark web.”.

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JUNE 20, 2019

in Journalism-Public Relations from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fl.”. Prior to her time at First Data, Ford served as a regional director for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fl.) She holds a B.S. Ford said she’s committed to her new position and looks forward to working together with her new colleagues.

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MAY 1, 2019

based Worldpay by Florida-based Fidelity Information Services (FIS). Global card rails Visa and Mastercard are also making acquisitions in an effort to expand their account-to-account payment capabilities. The consolidated company will be known as Fiserv. Just weeks later came the $43 billion acquisition of U.K.-based

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Major retailers such as Target, Home Depot, Walmart and Lowe’s have been forced to introduce stricter return, store credit and gift card policies in response to a troubling trend. They say gift cards are the gift that always fits. Customers cannot use credits to buy gift cards and cannot redeem gift cards for more gift cards, either.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Against that backdrop, Florida-based startup Adfone , which has developed a carrier loyalty and monetization platform, said last month that it had closed on a $7.5 The carriers preload the Adfone platform onto devices or SIM cards. “We’re million seed funding round. Adfone white labels its platform under carriers’ brands.

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