PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

The New Samsung Pay Card . One of the most recent developments was this week’s announcement of the Samsung Pay Card powered by Curved and Mastercard technology. In a typical digital-wallet offering, one registers their card credentials into the wallet directly. But the Samsung Pay Card powered by Curve works differently.

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MARCH 17, 2025

We are witnessing the integration of AI, the rise of hyper-personalization, and the adoption of advanced digital platforms, all of which are revolutionizing operations and client interactions. This blog brings together these insights, presenting the top financial services trends for 2025.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

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. Existential Points Of Pivot. The restaurant and grocery sectors have also been transformed.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Commercial and consumer cards issued in the U.S. Commercial card spending is up 11.7 percent, compared to consumer card spending, which grew by 10.1 Commercial card spending was $1.39 Consumer card spending was $4.74 Consumer card spending was $4.74 Visa ’s commercial card was 43.2 generated $6.13

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

For B2B payments , the pandemic may be the final nail in the coffin of the paper check — and the plastic commercial card, too. Traditionally, the benefits of card and check payments have resided on the buyer side of the equation at the expense of suppliers. The buyer uses a unique virtual card that is generated upon purchase approval.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In other news, the Bank of Canada said an anonymous token-based central bank digital currency (CBDC) would present some specific risks, according to a staff analytical note. And, in regard to digital currency, consumers might only be able to recoup money in the event of unauthorized transactions.

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Accenture: Banking

JULY 13, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented the global economy with challenges and changes not seen in generations. Payments providers in Europe need to navigate the operational and financial hurdles the virus presents while also rapidly addressing the needs of the workforce, customers and partners.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

As Nanu told it, the ongoing spread of faster payments can serve to not only build a stronger commerce and payments ecosystem for Asia and elsewhere, but make credit cards less important to the further growth of the world’s digital economy. InstaReM was then founded as a four-person operation in a single Singapore office. Credit Cards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Consumers around the world have become intimately familiar with the “card-not-present” method of payment. Now businesses in Asia have an option to embrace “card not needed” as the pandemic continues to accelerate business models. That option, which extends to commercial cards , is being presented by Singapore-based CardUp.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Card-skimming devices hidden on gas station card readers or carefully integrated into ATMs used to be especially troubling for merchants and consumers, but retailers and financial institutions (FIs) have stepped up their measures to protect physical card readers in recent years. Safeguarding Card Details.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

By focusing on these key areas, companies can effectively manage the challenges and opportunities presented by the widespread adoption of real-time payments. These changes require significant adjustments in risk management, compliance frameworks, and operational protocols.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

LINE Pay Corporation, operator of the popular payment app LINE Pay , announced that it is launching a LINE Pay co-brand credit card with Visa in Japan. The LINE Pay-Visa credit card is set to be released later this year, allowing consumers to make payments at merchants accepting Visa throughout Japan and around the world.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Once reserved for only the largest and most sophisticated firms, automated enterprise resource planning (ERP) and accounting platforms are now accessible for even the smallest of businesses, and data from those systems is the new currency of operational efficiency. Leavitt said in a recent interview with Karen Webster.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

Edenred is acquiring Mint ’s payroll card portfolio to bolster its leadership in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Edenred announced Thursday (Jan. The 600,000 people using Mint payroll cards will now be able to tap a full suite of new services with the C3 card and app. Edenred’s operations focused mainly on Dubai.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

In Australia, the commercial card market is one example of how bureaucracy and legacy process have stifled access to important SMB financial services, despite a continued surge in banking innovation and digitization. “People don’t just want a physical credit card to swipe at the shops,” he said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Commercial card technology can ease multiple pain points in B2B payments. But as today’s industry players reveal, the commercial card opportunity is often biggest in areas outside of the payment. Pleo Makes a Commercial Card Shift. We know the importance of cardholders’ preference for rapid self-service. Leavitt explained.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Digital payments — and specifically, card-not-present transactions — may be convenient for consumers, but can impact the very operations of the retailers serving them. In the meantime, Visa Direct’s network effect has the capability to touch billions of bank accounts as well as debit cards globally.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

However, in October 2023, loan payments resumed, presenting new financial challenges. Rising Credit Card Debt and Interest Rate Impact Since early 2022, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates 11 times , impacting both student loans and credit cards. Credit card interest rates have hit a record-high average of 22%.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The takeover signaled an evolution of the company's business model from a traditionally business-to-consumer (B2C) seller, to one that includes business-to-business (B2B) operations. The card rails, in particular, offer a way for traditionally B2C merchants to ease their expansion into B2B payments, he said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

And according to Jennifer Schroeder, executive vice president of product management at PULSE, prepaid and payroll cards are proving increasingly popular among forward-thinking employers. As has been reported, the platform can help issuers manage, or restrict, transactions across groups of compromised cards.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Verse will operate independently, although the team is being folded into Square’s Cash App operations. Card-present transactions fell in March by double-digit percentages (as much as 60 percent), but card-not-present transactions held steady. Or to use another Wall Street maxim, “Price is what you pay.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

Christopher Shaffer , CEO of Utilimarc , recently told PYMNTS that enterprise fleets are facing greater pressure to control spend and optimize their operations. But with fleet managers struggling to coordinate across a range of platforms and a sea of data, tightening the grip over operations can be a challenge. Optimizing Operations.

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

Afterpay does not perform a hard credit check on users, but it can still affect credit if users have a credit card as the form of payment connected to their Afterpay account or if they fail to pay back their loans. And, I didn’t have to pay interest, so I’d say Afterpay worked out for me well in this instance.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

State mandates have also forced some businesses to close or limit on-premises operations, prompting such merchants to connect with consumers online instead. Shoppers may be reluctant to hand over their card details to every online retailer, as each transaction represents another risk that consumers’ information could be exposed in a breach.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

The pandemic has the potential to change the way any number of business verticals operate — especially industries like real estate, which typically have been based on in-person meetings and tours between property owners or real estate agents and would-be renters or homebuyers. That model may be ripe for change in the age of social distancing.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Despite its demonetization policy, a thriving eCommerce climate, and continued growth in electronic and mobile payments, card penetration remains especially low in India, hovering at about 2 percent to 3 percent. It’s an interesting phenomenon, especially considering the path to corporate card adoption elsewhere.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

One way to cut the paper chase is for companies to embrace commercial card products, which can speed payments and aggregate information alongside those payments, while reducing errors and eliminating security risks typically associated with ACH transactions. avoids cross-border and FX fees , as payments are settled in GBP, euros, U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It will be fully operational starting Monday (Nov. For instance, if you go to a restaurant and you have a credit card, probably you will use it because it is more convenient than picking up your phone, starting a transaction or things like that,” Kavakama said. “We 16) and has already processed 10 million transactions a day.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

That inefficient process creates yet another barrier for finance teams: spending hours every week on organizing and analyzing this financial data means that, by the time any insight is presented to executive teams, it's likely already stale. Achieving real-time data analytics is a lofty goal for organizations without the proper tools.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Digitizing operations tops the list of merchant imperatives, but getting there can be a struggle — especially when it comes to digitizing the checkout experience for a post-pandemic age. Those types of technology initiatives are increasingly being adopted by businesses of all sizes, said Park, across card-not-present (CNP) transactions.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

TD Bank misled customers signing up for the Debit Card Advance (DCA) program for overdraft protection by failing to fully obtain their consent to do so and then charging them fees anyway. The company wouldn’t print and present the customer with a paper notice until the end of the account opening process.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 23, 2017

Their CEO, Soner Canko, will be presenting to the Financial Services Club on April 11 (sign up now) and so, in preparation, I interviewed Soner to find out more about the sector for Finanser readers. million credit cards, 118.3 debit cards and 1.7 There are 52 banking institutions which operate in Turkey.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Fraudsters have grown adept at finding debit cards’ weak points, and merchants are struggling to keep up. Losses due to false credit and debit card declines — in which merchants reject legitimate orders on the mistaken belief that they are fraudulent — grew to $118 billion last year and are projected to reach $443 billion by 2021.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2019

The app, available for download in the Google Play store and coming soon to iOS, will allow customers to check balances, request debit cards, pay with their phones and more. “The purpose of (the) new app is to segregate its operations from the existing app, which caters to customers of several group entities. .

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 11, 2017

He will present on the challenge of creating a global fintech operation, whether you’re a startup or an established corporation. Stephane Wyper, who runs Mastercard’s partnerships related to the Internet of Things, as well as new commerce, has joined the Bank Innovation 2018 speaker faculty.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with cash — and consumers are even starting to ditch plastic cards. Many of these smaller firms, he said, did not have individual, digitized payment experiences woven into their overall operating infrastructures before the pandemic hit. Cash will always have a place among consumers — but its use is dwindling. Security Is Top Of Mind .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Numerous quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have deployed these technologies to support their operations, tailor their customer service approaches and even boost sales, but many players, including several big names, have been reluctant to invest in such innovations. Mobile ordering fraud presents an even greater challenge for QSRs.

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