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DECEMBER 15, 2020

GoDaddy has agreed to acquire Poynt , which lets businesses sell and accept payments anywhere through its suite of products, according to a press release. GoDaddy was interested in Poynt because of the digital shift in payments due to the pandemic, as well as in-person and online shopping converging more all the time, the release stated.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Soon, you might be able to bet on it…literally, online and through mobile means. (OK, According to reports, Cuomo is set to unveil the proposal to legalize online gambling (he also seeks to legalize marijuana) in his state of the state address that is scheduled for next week. Bet on New York emerging a bit more flush from the pandemic.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Tens of thousands of stolen Fortnite accounts are being sold on the black market in a $1 billion a year trade, according to Bloomberg. If any of them match up with the game's accounts, they're sold on the black market. Account takeovers can be common on online gaming and social networking sites, but gaming accounts can be valuable.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Western Union just took another big step toward ramping up its growing digital payments arsenal. Western Union first unveiled the goal of expanding digital payments to 100 countries during its investor day event in 2019. The legacy global remittance giant said on Monday (Nov. also called stc pay, for up to $200 million.

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JULY 26, 2020

India has embraced its model for digital payments so much that it intends to take it global. Since its debut four years ago, India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the instant payment system developed by the National Payments Corp. There are people in villages needing assistance payments.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Launching into an emerging market can be a risky move for any global business. While spend in developing markets isn’t typically as high as, say, in the U.S., While spend in developing markets isn’t typically as high as, say, in the U.S., The Emerging Market Opportunity. Now, that confirmation can happen in real time. “So

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Lunar New Year has grown to become one of the most important market opportunities in the world of e-commerce. Everyone in the global payment ecosystem needs to consider this holiday shopping period as a metric for global e-commerce performance.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

While video streaming services remain popular, research indicates more consumers are also turning to online gaming and gambling platforms. The Tracker also examines how both fraudsters and online gaming platforms are employing new emerging technologies to muscle bad actors out of these services. Skillz Takes Offline Bowling Online.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Morgan is focused on enabling payments for the millions of small businesses that are the lifeblood of Main Streets across the U.S. – Morgan is bringing payments to the point of sale (POS), with an eye on making inroads into a landscape dominated by firms such as PayPal and Square. For SMBs, what’s in the cards … are more card readers.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Filipino online payments platform PayMongo has come off a funding round with $12 million, according to a press release. The Philippine digital transaction market has surged as of late, with a 42 percent jump in value between January and April this year. We fully support their vision to bring many more Filipino businesses online.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Not every product launches smoothly (RIP Fire Phone ), not every new endeavor delivers (Amazon’s flirtations with offering a travel platform ended abruptly) and not every new market immediately yields. The degree to which consumers intend to continue shopping online seems to depend on the types of products and services they purchase.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

We’re all consumers of media, of content, of subscriptions — and we do it all online, which means we pay for it all online. Payments 0rchestration, in a nutshell, said Evans, can help the entire payments ecosystem create and benefit from flexible payment stacks.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

The great digital shift is upending B2B payments , pushing them away from the age-old reliance paper checks toward digital options. The walls are coming down between accounts receivables and payables between buyers and suppliers in a $120 trillion global commercials payments market. Beyond The Safety Factor .

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The pandemic has exposed the pain points of all verticals when it comes to payments, and especially when it comes to transacting in person, in a tactile environment, with cash, and where banking conduits are limited. Those benefits can extend to users in the form of cost savings tied to payments and processing, or speedier processing times.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

India has heretofore been a cash-based economy, where even consumers shopping online often paid in physical currency via cash on delivery (COD). Coupled with a global spike in contactless payment methods, India is seeing a massive shift away from cash. We made offline payments possible with a use of a standard button.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Although they are vastly different beasts, shifts in the consumer payments ecosystem have significantly impacted the flow of B2B payments. A Single Digital EU Market. That framework can be applied to merchants' payment solution providers, too. Diversifying Risk.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Hong Kong-based digital payment platform Statrys has recently landed $5 million in funding through a closed-door funding deal with an angel investor with the expectation that the firm will get market share in the expanding remittance and digital payment arena, according to an announcement.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Many of those who are still employed continue to work remotely from home, making it abundantly clear that the digital-first market that has emerged since the pandemic’s outset will likely persist for the foreseeable future. Across The Payments Orchestration Ecosystem. percent until 2025, when it is poised to reach $42.9

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JULY 1, 2020

A group of big European banks is planning to challenge Visa ’s and Mastercard ’s positions as the world’s two largest payment processing networks, Electronic Payments International reported. . A so-called “scheme manager” will be the central governing body, the online news service reported.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Brazil’s Central Bank has suspended WhatsApp’s payment feature in the country, citing antitrust concerns, according to Bloomberg on Tuesday (June 23). Mastercard and Visa have been requested to stop payments and money transfer services through the app in Brazil as well, the bank said.

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MARCH 2, 2020

Robinhood Markets Inc.’s s brokerage website experienced technical issues Monday with some customers unable to make trades on a day when the market was rebounding from last week’s rout. markets opened and continued through midday. A system-wide failure began as the U.S. At 11:18 a.m.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Many consumers are shying away from physical stores, however, leaving these high-end merchants scrambling to develop strong online presences. Installment payment providers have moved swiftly to capture the younger digital-first consumers who typically represent the greatest shares of their users. Around The Buy Now, Pay Later World.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

That includes Payments-as-a-Service (PaaS) in which providers help enterprises accept a range of transactions from their end customers — whether those end users (the ones actually paying and getting paid) are consumers or corporates. Technology brings the concept of flexible payments into reality. Flexibility Is Key.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

The December edition of the Buy Now, Pay Later Tracker® explores how consumers’ shifts toward using BNPL solutions in stores and online accelerated during the holiday shopping season, as well as how this trend is poised to grow in the year ahead. could become an even more competitive market for BNPL solutions in the future.

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JULY 13, 2020

In the case of Dubai-based ride-hailing and delivery platform Careem and its efforts to modernize payments in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, add “timely” to the list. We’re enabling new experiences to help micro merchants accept payments digitally, and this is really driving expansion for that base,” Williams said.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

In retail technology, Yotpo is helping brands capture the digital shift by making a compressed marketing stack for online shopping. Social shopping is the newest hot trend fueled by the pandemic, as new startups are emerging and established brands such as Macy’s are catching up to capture this area.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

This week's roundup of the convergence of accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) takes a look at how B2B payments solution providers are considering both buyers and suppliers as a result of the pandemic. Versapay Eases Payment Pain With AR Tool. NexusPayments Tackles Real Estate Supplier Adoption.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

British payments firm Paydek has teamed with Thunes , the international payments network, to offer a wider global reach and bolstered payment choices to clients, according to a Monday (Dec. It is anticipated that over 80 further nations are forecast to become part of the payment network of Paydek after the tie-up with Thunes.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the eCommerce experience – not just in terms of warding off fraud, but also in making sure payments can be processed efficiently and that the most effective payment gateways are accessed. Consider the fact that just a few years ago, alternative payment rails Zelle and Venmo didn’t even exist.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

According to the release, PayPal's strategy is working " to create a seamless and simple checkout experience for consumers online by offering customers the flexibility and power to choose how to pay.". food delivery companies with 45 percent of the market share, according to the release. DoorDash is one of the more prominent U.S.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

That’s because paper becomes the default method of payment when something goes awry — such as when banking credentials can’t be authenticated or identity cannot be verified. The payments ecosystem, of course, is not and will not be immune to the seismic impact and aftershocks of the coronavirus. According to J.P.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To an extent, that same spirit and intention is behind the recent spate of government approvals for online gambling. That leads to the product of said online activity — and that’s money. We’re growing a market of people who have never bet before in Tennessee.”. We’re bringing sports gambling out of the shadows,” she said.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

JCB , a Japanese card provider, is developing a blockchain B2B payment offering specifically for netting trades between two parties. In December 2019, Paystand entered into an initial partnership with JCB to provide an end-to-end online payments system for clients of JCB and large Japanese companies.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The payments industry is no different, and we’re quickly approaching a new intersection point due to the Real-time Payments’ movement into the US. These days, as the US prepares to embrace real-time payments in 2023, the intersection of real-time payments and automation has become a key point of discussion.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

While optimizing B2B payments is often about combating friction at the moment of transaction, the truth is, the B2B payment experience often happens way before any money is ever actually moved. There are many ways that onboarding a new B2B customer can be a headache for suppliers that sell goods and services online.

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JANUARY 1, 2020

While one might assume that a payments revolution would be a hard thing to miss, as it turns out, it can happen. They’ve seen it since they started working on the ground in Africa in 2006 to develop an online booking system for a small Kenyan airline looking to make themselves more appealing to foreign customers. Feinstein said.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The consumerization of payments continues. But along with low volumes that have been the hallmark of the past few months, Talaga said there has been a lingering impact from the lag time of payments from insurance companies and patients. And it may be enough to fix what ails healthcare. There’s a net financial impact here, too.

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