Sunday , July 26, 2026

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How the Semiconductor Shortage Is Putting a Crimp in Chip Card Production

The global shortage of semiconductors that has impacted myriad industries that use the chips, from automakers and electronics manufacturers to defense contractors and even soap manufacturers, is poised to affect payment card manufacturers, the Smart Payment Association announced Monday.  Bottlenecks in the chip card supply have become so acute that …

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E-Complish’s Stake in Regal and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/21/21

Payments provider E-Complish announced it acquired an outstanding interest in Regal Technologies LLC, which provide automated clearing house and other payment services.Payments provider Shift4 Payments Inc. said it will process transactions for BetMGM, an online gaming and sports-betting platform.Payments provider ACI Worldwide Inc. said it is working with the Foundation for California Community Colleges to …

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DailyPay Teams With TCH And PNC to Enable Businesses to Pay Workers Daily in Real Time

With more and more hourly wage workers needing access to their earnings sooner than the typical two-week pay period, on-demand payment platform DailyPay is betting that offering real-time payments through The Clearing House Payments Co. will enable employers to give workers greater autonomy over managing their finances.  Providing daily access to …

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236% Uptick in Entertainment Purchases and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/17/21

Credit union service organization PSCU released its June edition of the PSCU Payments Index that found purchases made with debit cards in the entertainment category increased 236% in April over April 2020 and by 208% for credit cards.Cardtronics plc said CVS Health is enabling the ATM operator’s Allpoint network of surcharge-free ATMs at …

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Kabbage Checking Debuts and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/15/21

American Express Co. said its Kabbage unit now offers Kabbage Checking to U.S. small businesses. AmEx also said it now offers Kabbage Funding to small businesses with lines of credit ranging from $1,000 to $150,000.Global Payments Inc. has launched a point-of-sale application that operates on commercially-available, off-the-shelf mobile phones, reported The Paypers …

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Payments Device Provider MagTek Enters Data Protection With a Private Messaging Service

Widespread theft of online data is driving businesses to seek out alternatives to passwords and usernames for sensitive information, a demand that led point-of-sale device provider MagTek Inc. to develop technology that helps lock up data while taking the company into a new and broader market, which includes medical data, …

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Online Banking Remains Popular With Consumers, But Sophistication Wins, J.D. Power Says

Consumers are increasingly turning to online banking as their only method of banking, says a recent study from J.D. Power. In 2020, the number of consumers that only bank online grew 11%. Overall, 41% of consumers in the United States are digital-only banking customers.   The online channel has also become a …

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Adyen Gets OCC Approval and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/14/21

Payments provider Adyen NV announced the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has approved the company’s application for a federal foreign branch in San Francisco. The Federal Reserve granted its approval in May. Adyen says the U.S. branch license will allow its single platform to scale and introduce more services for …

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How Covid And Ongoing Investment Are Making Mobile Apps Stickier for Banks

The Covid-19 pandemic has helped fuel consumer adoption of mobile-banking apps by 67% of retail bank customers in the United States, up seven percentage points from 2020. And now no significant drop in consumer usage of these apps is expected as Covid-19 restrictions ease, says the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Banking …

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Uplift’s BNPL Bet on Vegas.com and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/10/21

Buy now, pay later provider Uplift Inc. said its service has been integrated with Vegas.com, a travel site.In related news, buy now, pay later provider Splitit said its service is now available on the ChargeAfter platform, which offers merchants a variety of consumer financing methods.Mastercard Inc. said it has closed on its $850-million acquisition of Ekata …

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