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Q&ASezzle evolves alongside BNPL industry
The company now offers more products but also faces more regulatory pressure, Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim told Payments Dive.
By Patrick Cooley • Sept. 25, 2024 -
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DOJ suit accuses Visa of illegal debit payment monopoly
The company threatens merchants with high fees, and "makes its potential rivals business partners to thwart competition in debit card processing," the DOJ says.
By Justin Bachman • Sept. 24, 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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Visa faces possible DOJ lawsuit, news reports say
The card network may soon be sued by the Department of Justice over its debit card practices, according to multiple news reports citing anonymous sources.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 24, 2024 -
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Stripe shows signs of IPO, despite co-founder comments
The company, which offers payments processing software, has kept its plans close to the vest, but industry insiders say they’ve seen clues.
By Patrick Cooley • Updated Sept. 26, 2024 -
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Love’s adds digital payment method
The convenience store operator turned to Relay Payments to allow truck drivers to pay securely at most of their fueling locations.
By Jessica Loder • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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Amazon, Google stake out bigger foothold in payments
The tech giants are inserting themselves into more retail transactions to build loyalty and harvest customer data.
By Patrick Cooley • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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Walmart, Fiserv team to offer real-time payments
The retail giant and payments processor are targeting next year for offering consumers a real-time payment option online.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 20, 2024 -
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Amazon adds PayPal option to Buy with Prime
The e-commerce platform will also let consumers connect their PayPal and Prime accounts next year, and access free shipping via Buy with Prime on some merchants’ sites.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 20, 2024 -
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Affirm CEO stakes out differences with Klarna
Affirm makes money off transactions, whereas Klarna has revenue from marketing, Affirm CEO Max Levchin contended.
By Patrick Cooley • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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OpinionWho really pays for your credit card reward points?
"While rewards may feel like a bonus for those who use credit cards regularly, they ultimately come at a cost," writes one payments executive.
By Parth Vatsal • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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Credit Card Competition bill backers keep pressure on
Republican Sen. Roger Marshall has a new ad pitching the Credit Card Competition Act proposal aimed at dislodging Visa and Mastercard’s dominance.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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Mastercard CFO to continue working after cancer diagnosis
Decisions on medical disclosures can be challenging for companies. Mastercard’s approach drew high marks from some corporate governance experts.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Sept. 18, 2024 -
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Apple launches Affirm BNPL option
Apple Pay customers can now use their iOS 18 phone or iPadOS 18 to access Affirm buy now, pay later options, including some that don’t charge interest.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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Block shuffles leadership, creates chief risk officer role
Block will move several longtime executives into different positions and create a new role to address customer safety, the company said Monday.
By Patrick Cooley • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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Visa, Mastercard enable rail transit payment in Beijing
The major card networks enabled systems that allow international travelers in China to use their cards to pay for Beijing rail transit as of last week.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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FTC cracks down on subscription traps
The Biden-Harris administration is taking to task companies that trap consumers in recurring subscriptions and make it nearly impossible to cancel.
By Kristen Doerer • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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CFPB sues credit card company over excessive fees
The agency says Horizon Card Services violated the Truth in Lending Act by charging fees as high as 60% of a customer’s credit limit, and all but refusing to cancel their cards.
By Patrick Cooley • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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U.S. Bank rolls out access to Paze digital wallet
The bank began offering the payments option from Early Warning Services to its credit and debit cards customers this week.
By Patrick Cooley • Sept. 13, 2024 -
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Ansa debuts in-store digital wallet capabilities
Ansa last week launched a software development kit, which can be patched onto the code of a brand’s mobile app. “The pain’s on our side to make sure all their systems talk,” co-founder Sophia Goldberg said.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Sept. 13, 2024 -
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Global Payments CEO reshapes the business
The payments technology company is getting a remake with job cuts, an acquisition and potential divestitures a year after Cameron Bready ascended to the CEO post.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 11, 2024 -
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FIS draws fintech startups into accelerator
Fidelity National Information Services this week continued an annual program backing young fintechs that are striving to disrupt the financial services landscape.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 11, 2024 -
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PayPal seeks to attract users offline
The digital payments pioneer is leaning on cashback rewards to attract more consumer use in stores, and will also tap near-field technology to expand.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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Amex taps troves of customer data
American Express eschews preset spending limits and instead relies on credit scores and spending history to manage risk, a company executive explained at a conference last week.
By Patrick Cooley • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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Amazon provides checkout tech at universities, stadiums
The company said it expects to place its automated checkout technology at more venues in 2024 than in any year previously.
By Jessica Loder • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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Visa to upgrade pay-by-bank service in UK next year
The card network plans to make the account-to-account service available to consumers for paying bills, like rent, but eventually for other uses too, such as digital streaming.
By Patrick Cooley , Lynne Marek • Sept. 6, 2024
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