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Economic uncertainty stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic has stoked consumer interest in point-of-sale credit, and providers of the service are acting to satisfy that urge. The latest moves came Tuesday from payments processor Klarna AB and installment-credit provider Afterpay Ltd. Klarna said it will provide its installment-payment feature to Macy’s …
October, 2020
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6 October
49ers’ Home Levi’s Stadium Going Cashless and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/6/20
Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers National Football League team, will transition to cashless when fans are able to return to the venue, the team announced. Card and mobile payments will be used for concessions, merchandise, and other purchases. The stadium is the first fully contactless-enabled NFL venue, the team …
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5 October
NCR Releases a New ATM Software Platform Aimed at Consistency With Digital Banking
NCR Corp. on Monday announced the release of its next-generation ATM software platform. The new platform, called NCR Activate Enterprise NextGen, is intended to remake the ATM user experience to reflect similar applications in other digital-banking channels, according to the company. The idea, NCR adds, is to create a more …
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5 October
PayPal Adds QR Codes to a Visa-Branded Venmo Card Issued by Synchrony With an NFC Chip
PayPal Holdings Inc. on Monday launched a Visa-branded credit card for its Venmo peer-to-peer payment service that features a QR code for P2P transfers in addition to a near-field communication chip for merchant acceptance. The new product arrives as PayPal searches for ways to boost revenue for its wildly popular …
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5 October
Debit Use Rises at Restaurants and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/5/20
For the week ending Sept. 27, debit card use was up 4.2% at restaurants, not including fast food, and credit card use was down 16.9% compared to the week ending Sept. 29, 2019, according to the Tracking Transaction Trends report from PSCU, a credit union service organization. Debit card use was …
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2 October
Nacha Amends ACH Rules in the Face of New ‘Channels’ And ‘Technologies’ for Payments
Nacha has approved eight amendments to its operating rules governing the use of ACH payments. The amendments were approved as part of Nacha’s strategy to modernize the ACH network through infrastructure improvements and to make ACH payments easier to initiate for consumers, businesses, and other organizations. The new rules are …
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2 October
Installment Payments Provider Sezzle Lines up Untuckit and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/2/20
Point-of-sale credit provider Sezzle said apparel retailer Untuckit chose Sezzle as its preferred buy-now-pay-later option.Private-label card transaction processor Alliance Data Systems Corp. launched its Enhanced Digital Suite, a set of features aimed at increasing customer awareness of payment and credit options earlier in the shopping cycle.Perk Labs Inc. said its Perk Hero mobile app can …
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2 October
COMMENTARY: Open Banking Will Aid in the Economic Recovery—if We Let It
There is no doubt that the pandemic has pushed the United States into a major economic decline. Many Americans are still out of work and interest rates have taken a nosedive. While some government stimulus plans have kicked in, that alone won’t be enough to make a full recovery. We …
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1 October
Shift to Digital Payments Exposes Security Vulnerabilities, Fraud
By Brett Petersen, EVP of Sales, GIACT One of the impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak has been an accelerated movement toward digital forms of payment. And, coupled with this movement, massive opportunities for fraud have also accelerated. At the outset of the pandemic, as physical storefronts began to temporarily close, …
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1 October
Six Months From Deadline, Large C-Store Chains Are Still Lagging on EMV at the Pump
As the deadline inches closer for gas stations and convenience stores with fuel pumps to install in-pump EMV card readers, the good news is that c-stores are making steady progress. Overall, 31% of c-stores report not having any pump EMV-ready, down from 52% in the spring and 70% in 2019, …