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The Covid-19 crisis is making cobranded travel credit cards less valuable. Demand for travel has taken a nosedive amid flight restrictions to international destinations, mandatory stay-at-home orders, and rising alarm over the coronavirus pandemic. Airlines have had to cancel flights and ground thousands of aircraft. Airline lounges and hotels have …
April, 2020
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9 April
After Strong First-Quarter Growth, the Coronavirus Takes the Steam Out of the ACH
Like other payment networks, the automated clearing house was going great guns until mid-March, but thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic it’s now in the midst of a slowdown. ACH governing body Nacha reported Thursday that total volume rose 7.1% year-over-year in the first quarter to 6.4 billion transactions, up by …
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9 April
An Analysis of Planned Changes to Network Rates Yields a Deep Impact for U.S. Merchants
Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. have postponed their planned U.S. interchange revisions until July, but when these changes do take effect the net impact on merchants will be deep, according to an analysis released by CMSPi, an Atlanta-based global merchant payments consultancy. Indeed, the new pricing planned by the two …
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9 April
Repay Adds Funding Integration and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/9/20
Payments-software provider Repay Holdings Corp. said it has integrated with lending-software vendor TurnKey Lender Inc., allowing financial institutions to fund loans at any time of day and accept loan payments by card or via the automated clearing house network through TurnKey’s platform or through mobile apps or other channels available to consumers.Upgrade …
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8 April
Square’s Dorsey Pledges $1 Billion for Covid-19 Relief; Mastercard Commits $250 Million for Small Businesses
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive of merchant processor and business-software provider Square Inc., on Tuesday pledged $1 billion for Covid-19 relief, and Mastercard Inc. committed $250 million over five years to help small businesses hit hard by the economic slowdown caused by the highly infectious disease. Those two announcements …
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8 April
Fraud Is Down a Tick, But Still Very Near Its All-Time High, Says the Latest AFP Report
The good news is that attempted and actual payments fraud declined last year. The bad news is it went down only a tick and remains very close to the all-time high, according to the latest report from the Association for Financial Professionals, a Bethesda, Md.-based trade group for companies across …
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8 April
No Delay for Fuel EMV Shift Yet and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/8/20
Visa Inc. reportedly denied a request to delay the Oct. 1 EMV liability shift for petroleum businesses, according to a ConvenienceStoreNews.com article, which says several fuel-retailing groups petitioned Visa for the delay. Visa, the Web site said, attributing it to NACS, an association for convenience store operators, is said to be monitoring the …
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7 April
The Fallout From ID Fraud And Account Takeovers Includes a Lot More P2P Payment Fraud
Losses from identity fraud grew 13% in 2019 to $16.9 billion even though instances of ID fraud fell nearly 10%, according to the newly released 2020 Identity Fraud Report from Javelin Strategy & Research. The study also found that person-to-person payments fraud increased 733% from 2016 to 2019. Based on …
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7 April
POS System Providers Swing Their Sights on Aiding Restaurants
Two point-of-sale system providers are taking action to help ailing restaurants as they contend with the repercussions of measures to stem the Covid-19 infection. First, TouchBistro Inc., a provider of payments technology for restaurants, launched its Restaurant Recovery Navigator, a collection of products and services aimed at helping dining establishments …
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7 April
Global Payments Notes Covid-19 Revenue Impact and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/7/20
Payments processor Global Payments Inc. reported it began to see a significant impact on its results in mid-March from the Covid-19 pandemic, and now expects first-quarter adjusted net revenue to be up “slightly” for the quarter year-over-year. Citing the unknown “duration and severity” of the pandemic on its business, Global Payments suspended …