OnePay, a New York City-based fintech, is partnering with Synchrony Financial to launch a credit card program for Walmart Inc. The program, which will debut in the fall, will offer a general-purpose Mastercard credit card and a private-label Walmart card. Walmart expects the deal to provide a better customer experience when …
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Plaid Inc., the open-banking technology provider, will be the first Cross River Bank client to enable a much-desired request-for-payment function for real-time payments, Cross River announced Monday. As part of The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC’s RTP network, request for payment allows businesses to send a secure request for payment, …
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PayPal Holdings Inc. has formed an integration with Selfbook, an AI-based booking application for hotels, allowing customers who check out with PayPal and Venmo to get access to savings on hotel rates, PayPal says. DealerLogix, a provider of scheduling and payments software for automobile service departments, said it has been certified …
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NK Retail, a Sweden-based luxury department-store chain, is deploying Lightspeed Commerce Inc.’s NuORDER by Lightspeed B2B commerce platform. NuORDER by Lightspeed is aimed at helping retailers streamline wholesale buying and selling with features like virtual showrooms and order-management systems. NK offers a broad selection of fashion, beauty, interior design, and …
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As cryptocurrency such as stablecoins inch toward mainstream acceptance, some platforms are starting to adapt slogans borrowed from the established world of payments. In the latest example, a new San Francisco-based company called NeverPay announced early Friday a program called Buy Now, Pay Never, which it says will let users …
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The Teamsters Union, along with labor unions in the retail and food-service sectors, sent a letter to Congress Wednesday supporting the Durbin Marhsall Amendment to the GENIUS Act, a bill to regulate stablecoins. The endorsement is the latest salvo in the ongoing battle over the Credit Card Competition Act, which …
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Shift4 Payments Inc. named founder Jared Isaacman as its executive chairman effective Thursday. Isaacman had been nominated to lead NASA but last weekend President Trump withdrew that nomination. Taylor Lauber, who had been Shift4 president, moved to the chief executive position, Shift4 announced. Direct-to-consumer e-commerce provider ESW said its “Impact of Tariffs on …
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Mastercard Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc. said they will work together to develop new features to the recently introduced Mastercard One Credential, a digital payment service that supports multiple payment methods that launched in February. In related news, PayPal said it is adding new capabilities to its Venmo social payments platform, including limited time …
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Consumers with PayPal Credit accounts soon will be eligible for a new Mastercard Inc. branded card to use in store with their accounts. Announced Tuesday, the new card taps consumer credit lines in their PayPal Credit accounts, which are issued by Synchrony Financial. PayPal Credit accounts have been most associated …
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Klarna AB has unveiled Klarna Card, a debit card offering the choice to pay immediately or later. The product incorporates the Visa Flexible Credential technology from Visa Inc. In other Visa news, the card network appointed Andrew Torre president of value-added services, replacing Antony Cahill, who has been appointed regional president and …
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