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Bolt advances strategy under new CEO
Justin Grooms, who was promoted to the checkout software firm’s CEO post this year, is taking its strategy to the next level with merchant clients.
By Lynne Marek • July 15, 2024 -
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Mastercard updates travelers on latest card precautions
With summer vacation season in full swing, the card network suggested ways that its card clients can better protect themselves against the latest fraud threats.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • July 15, 2024 -
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TrendlinePayments industry seeks to keep pace with fraudsters
As losses from fraud in payments have climbed, companies are seeking new tools to combat illicit schemes.
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Self checkout boasts ‘record’ year: report
The U.S. is the world’s largest self-checkout market, driven in part by supermarket chains and convenience stores, even as some retailers pull back on the tech.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • July 12, 2024 -
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Q&AVersapay plunges ahead with new C-suite team
The business-to-business accounts receivable player is weighing its strategic options as CEO Carey O’Connor Kolaja lines up her new management team.
By Lynne Marek • July 11, 2024 -
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Target to stop accepting personal checks
The retailer’s customers will still have six payment options after the change takes effect in about a week.
By Nate Delesline III • July 10, 2024 -
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Klarna, Adobe partner on buy now, pay later services
The tie-up will extend Klarna’s installment payment services to more customers buying from sellers on Adobe Commerce.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • July 9, 2024 -
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Visa-Mastercard settlement generates thousands of claim conflicts
Lawyers hope a court-approved extension of the claims filing deadline will provide time for resolution of conflicts and allow other business owners to file new claims in the interchange fee case.
By Lyle Moran • July 9, 2024 -
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Congress members egg on US payments system expansion
A bipartisan group is nudging the Federal Reserve to explain why it can’t speed up a plan to extend the operational availability of the U.S. payments system.
By Lynne Marek • July 8, 2024 -
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Discover to settle card class actions for $1.2B
The card company has warned it could face an additional financial toll related to the misclassification legal matter, in which it overcharged merchants for years.
By Caitlin Mullen • July 8, 2024 -
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NCR Voyix terminates staff across several units
The tech company, whose tools are used by numerous stores, cut employees in its sales, engineering, professional services, data and product management teams last week.
By Brett Dworski • July 3, 2024 -
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New York BNPL bill is dead, for now
Hopes for passing a 2024 buy now, pay later bill in New York state to regulate the nascent industry expired with the end of the legislative session last month. But next year could be a different story.
By Lynne Marek • July 2, 2024 -
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Visa-Mastercard settlement failed to treat merchants ‘equitably’
A proposed Visa-Mastercard settlement failed partly because a judge overseeing the case determined large merchants wouldn’t benefit as much as smaller merchants.
By Lynne Marek • July 1, 2024 -
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Q&AHow buy now, pay later benefits merchants
Research from online payments processor Stripe found that providing BNPL increases the average size and total number of sales.
By Patrick Cooley • July 1, 2024 -
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Supreme Court lets complaint on debit fees proceed
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a case challenging a debit card interchange rate set by the Federal Reserve can proceed.
By Lynne Marek • July 1, 2024 -
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Chuck morphs into a new Alloy Labs-backed effort
Community banks partnered with Alloy Labs and Payrailz a few years ago on a project called Chuck, in a bid to rival Zelle, but that effort has been subsumed by a stealthy successor.
By Lynne Marek • June 27, 2024 -
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Travelers want to use credit cards, but often can’t
Spending by travelers and tourists is often done in cash or by debit card, even if most travelers would prefer to pay another way.
By Patrick Cooley • June 27, 2024 -
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Judge sways away from Visa-Mastercard settlement
On Tuesday, Judge Margo Brodie denied a preliminary settlement proposal made by the card networks Visa and Mastercard, and merchants who sued them in federal court nearly two decades ago.
By Lynne Marek • June 25, 2024 -
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Pennsylvania may ban interchange fees on sales tax
Democrats in the Keystone state’s House of Representatives are pushing a bill that would prohibit interchange fees from applying to sales tax when consumers make credit or debit card payments.
By Lynne Marek • June 25, 2024 -
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Q&ABNPL to shift toward larger-ticket expenses: CEO
The short-term financing option, which already costs more than cards for merchants, will eventually retreat from daily purchases, Priority Technology CEO Tom Priore predicted.
By James Pothen • June 25, 2024 -
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Affirm may see payment volume bump from Apple Pay: Mizuho report
The partnership is estimated to represent a $12 billion opportunity for buy now, pay later provider Affirm, according to an analyst note last week.
By James Pothen • June 24, 2024 -
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Amex to buy Tock for $400M
American Express said it will buy the reservation platform Tock from website builder Squarespace to buttress its dining digital services.
By Patrick Cooley • June 21, 2024 -
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Faster payments catch on slowly: survey
About half of payments players surveyed recently by the U.S. Faster Payments Council said they have integrated faster payment technologies.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 20, 2024 -
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Affirm CFO doesn’t expect profits from its Apple tie soon
The company’s finance chief compared the rollout of its partnership with Apple to the launch of its own payment card, saying the company preferred a “very thoughtful and controlled” approach.
By James Pothen • June 18, 2024 -
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Apple to drop its BNPL option in US
The tech giant said it will discontinue its buy now, pay later service and shift to offering consumers alternative payment options.
By Patrick Cooley , Lynne Marek • June 17, 2024 -
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Shift4 acquires stake in German firm
Shift4 is on an acquisition spree after making a new investment in the point-of-sale supplier, and closing of a purchase announced earlier this year.
By Lynne Marek • June 17, 2024
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