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Claims by banks that merchants won’t pass along savings from the Credit Card Competition Act to consumers are grossly misleading and do not reflect the economic realities merchants face, argues the Merchants Payments Coalition, a lobbying group representing sellers on payments-acceptance matters. Passing along cost savings or at least holding …
May, 2024
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24 May
CPACharge Lines up Referral Agreements and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/24/24
CPACharge an online payment service for accounting businesses that is a unit of AffiniPay, said it lined up referral partnerships with the CPA societies in New Jersey, Nevada, and Wyoming. Boston’s mass-transit system will launch contactless fare payments, possibly by early summer, according to news reports. The fintech Guavapay said it is collaborating with …
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23 May
Debit Cards Remain The Most Popular Payment Option, Especially With Younger Consumers
Despite the growing popularity of digital wallets, the vast majority of consumers prefer to pay with their debit card at the point of sale, according to research from J.D. Power. Some 72% of consumers surveyed by Power physically use their debit card at the point of sale or enter their …
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23 May
Processors Scramble to Offer Tap to Pay on iPhone As Apple Launches the Technology in Canada
Tap-to-pay technology for ordinary smart phones is a relatively recent development, but payments companies aren’t wasting any time offering it as it spreads into new countries. The latest example comes from Canada, which became the latest market expansion Thursday for Apple Inc.’s tap to pay on iPhone technology. The first …
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23 May
Mastercard’s AI in Fraud Detection and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/23/24
Mastercard Inc. outlined how it uses generative artificial intelligence to counter fraud, such as when criminals place part of a 16-digit card number on an illegal Web site. Mastercard said it is better able to predict the full card detail of these compromised cards on its network, enabling them to be …
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22 May
The CFPB Rules BNPL Users Have the Same Protections As Credit Card Users
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday issued an interpretive rule that buy now, pay later users are entitled to some of the same rights and protections of the Truth in Lending Act that apply to credit cards. Protections the CFPB says consumers are entitled to include the right to …
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22 May
Human-Initiated Digital Attacks Rose 19% in 2023 While Account Takeover Remains Dominant
Account takeover, long the scourge of retailers and businesses, remained the top fraud type in 2023, according to the latest data from LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Released Wednesday, the “Confidence Amid Chaos” report found 28.7% percent of fraud in 2023 was third-party account takeover. That was followed by scams and bonus …
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22 May
Google Pay Updates and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/22/24
Google launched new features for Google Pay, including rewards for American Express and Capital One transactions, an expansion of buy now, pay later options, including Affirm and Zip, and automatic fill-in of full card details. Processor FIS Inc. launched FIS Digital One Flex Mobile 6.0, an update to its mobile-banking app, with what the …
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21 May
Why Banks Say Sellers Are Unlikely To Pass Savings From the CCCA on to Consumers
Despite some claims to the contrary, the odds are long that merchants would pass on any potential savings to consumers from the Credit Card Competition Act, payments experts say. One argument for this is that merchants price products on a line-item basis, which means the savings on a single product …
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21 May
Atomic Looks to Ease the Subscription Economy for Consumers Via a New App That Works Inside Banks’ Apps
Recurring payments like subscriptions have been gaining increasing attention as more businesses supplement one-off sales and as banks and billers look for ways to automate the process for consumers within their own apps. Now the capability to make and control recurring payments is coming to consumers on their mobile phones. …