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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Intuit closed a deal to buy Credit Karma for a price tag of $7.1 The company is now worth more than $74 billion. The merger was touted as a good thing because it could help both Intuit and Credit Karma boost their total mass of data, which could, in turn, allow both companies the ability to help people in more specific manners.

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

bitcoin has become available at over 16,000 ATMs in December of this year, a press release from East London-based cryptocurrency company BitcoinPoint says. The new partnership will do well for the mass-adoption of crypto, the company anticipates. That resulted in limited liquidity for users, a company blog says. In the U.K.,

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The new partnership between the two firms will, according to their joint release, offer shoppers the benefit of seamless payments via their smartphones no matter where they happen to be in a store, using the combined power SES-imagotag’s digital price tags and Wirecard’s payment technology.

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JUNE 8, 2017

According to a report , Apple Pay had been the only service allowed to use Apple’s near-field communications chip that enables contactless payments. In the document, it looks like the chip in the latest version of the iPhone can read any tag, not just an Apple Pay tag, and take actions on the tags based on the location of the phone.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The company counts over two million users of the European app, and has 300,000 listings in cities that include Barcelona, Madrid, London and Berlin. The company has notched $45 million in funding. Users have the ability to chat directly with potential roommates and to send and receive payments using the in-app messaging feature.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Mobile and pickup are the tailwinds underpinning a store expansion that eyes convenience even as the company dramatically expands its new store footprint. The feature is expected to appeal to creators and brands, and will also allow users to add shopping tags to their posts. eBay: Offline Payment Preferences Are Changing Online Habits.

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JULY 16, 2020

Don’t look now, but Facebook just took another big step into the world of online shopping and digital payments. The addition of Facebook Pay to Instagram Shop is designed to “provide a seamless, secure way to shop and make donations across our apps,” the company said in a press release.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

Digital payments form a critical facet of the world’s economy, facilitating the flow of tens of trillions of dollars among individuals and businesses each year. These challenges are only exacerbated when payments move across international borders, usually accomplished via correspondence banking.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

As noted in this space over the weekend, there already exists a preliminary agreement between Cardtronics and the investment firms, but the higher price tag offered by NCR will likely spark a re-examination of a deal. That technology would work with ATMs and with other settings such as the point of sale, the company has said.

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JULY 15, 2020

On Musk’s account, a tweet appeared asking for bitcoin, promising to double all payments sent to an address. A tweet from Apple (its first-ever tweet) and another from Bezos were similar to Musk’s, promising to double payments in bitcoin for anyone visiting an address posted.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

While every business needs a bookkeeper to manage payments, billing, and cash flow, entrepreneurs should consider outsourcing their accounting needs. Small business owners can avoid the hefty price tag and time commitment of installing sophisticated programs on their own. Proper accounting is one such example.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

With the advent of emerging FinTech startups, banks face some competition for payments. When a consumer or a company wants to send a payment, they can now do so instantly from their smartphone with services such as Apple Pay or Venmo. percent — of payments executives are focused on real-time payments.

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JUNE 12, 2019

Enterprise spend management company Ivalua is launching its solution designed for the public sector as criticism mounts over the firm’s contract with New York City. ” “Private companies cannot be allowed to overcharge taxpayers and under-deliver services,” he said.

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APRIL 7, 2020

All options cost money, however, and high price tags on gear, classes or personalized training plans can deter individuals from achieving their health goals. Meanwhile, BNPL solutions firm Afterpay has partnered with athleisure companies like Flex-N-Flex, Gymshark and Versus to enable them to offer payment plans for workout clothing.

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APRIL 18, 2019

Drivers for ridesharing app Uber — among other members of the gig economy — are requesting that the company share data with the drivers themselves. Citing GDPR, the drivers want to see the data that the company collects on them, including location information and the times they have logged in and out of the app.

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JUNE 1, 2020

Although the tactic appears to be new and relatively small in volume, reports in TechRadar said the strategy often involves a fake vendor payment form to infiltrate B2B payment workflows. As the threat of B2B payments fraud persists, PYMNTS looks at the data behind some of the other latest cases of such digital scams.

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APRIL 26, 2019

To settle charges of insider trading, the ex-chief executive of Heartland Payment Systems Inc. In 2015, it was reported that Global Payments announced that it would buy Heartland Payments in a widely anticipated deal. Carr founded Heartland as a small payments processing startup based in Princeton, New Jersey in 1997.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

A “From Facebook” tag will be will be visible in all marketing for Instagram and WhatsApp brands. Both have grown by using Facebook’s resources, and now they have to help the parent company, the sources said to Bloomberg. Facebook is close to launching its WhatsApp payments service in India.

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JULY 21, 2017

As reported Friday (July 21), American multinational financial services firm Blackstone and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners have bid to acquire payments processor Paysafe Group. And, in other news, Paysafe is making its own play for payment services provider Merchants’ Choice Payments Solutions (MCPS).

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender has all the latest reading material on payments and commerce news you'll need for the long weekend. Amazon Pay Rolls Out Touchless Payments With Alexa At More Than 11,000 ExxonMobil Stations. New Data: The Role Of Touchless Payments In Shaping Consumer Merchant Choice (How We Shop). Airbnb Inc.

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DECEMBER 26, 2021

As you audit your accounting and finance departments, you may find there are some key roles missing from your business that could be negatively impacting your company’s bottom line. Larger companies will require additional positions that work closely with the finance department, such as an HR Manager or attorney. Company Size.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

Commercial fleet payments solution provider Fleetcor once again beat Wall Street expectations when it reported its 2018 third quarter earnings data Tuesday (Oct. 30) evening, coinciding with the announcement of a new contactless payment partnership with McDonald’s in Brazil. “I hope the message is clear. .”

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

But Google’s push to get commerce and payments connected more fully, especially amid the pandemic, merit some attention on their own. More recently, embedded payments came to Waze and the firm announced functionality that lets consumers pay at the pump at ExxonMobil and Shell Oil (using, for example, QR codes at the pumps themselves).

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

On the Walmart side, the main benefits for $98 a year are free grocery deliveries (and other products) above $35, and scan-and-go (contactless) payments within the app. An argument could be made that Walmart is actually erecting a barrier to contactless payments. We have three ideas: First, it’s a branding play.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

A payments service provider based in the U.K., moneycorp, has acquired an Australian independent treasury advisory company called the Rochford Group for an undisclosed sum, according to reports. That deal marked the company’s first foray into the South American market. The company said it took care of 5.9

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Microsoft is rolling out a new corporate expense management solution designed for iOS devices, the company announced on Thursday (Oct. Purchases can be categorized as business or personal spend, while users can also add custom tags to purchases. The platform also supports photo capture of receipts to include with expense reports.

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APRIL 12, 2019

The company is paying $70 million for the firm, which is based in Cupertino but primarily operates in India, according to reports. Wibmo’s offerings span security, quick-response (QR) codes, authentication, mobile payments and prepaid cards. The company also works with merchants and banks, and has consumer-facing offerings as well.

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MAY 10, 2018

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. The company is utilizing the technology in a store located in an upscale section of Stockholm, Sweden. Best Buy Minimizes Iconic Price Tag In New Logo. Sears Inks Deal With Amazon To Install Tires Bought Online.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Enterprise spend management solution provider Coupa is expanding its offering with new features and a partnership with American Express, the companies said Wednesday (Nov. The latter collaboration will see American Express virtual cards be integrated as a payment option within Coupa’s BSM platform.

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MARCH 19, 2019

The launch of Checkout by Instagram includes participation by PayPal and its retail partnership program , signaling its further expansion into eCommerce payments. It’s a place to experience the pleasure of shopping versus the chore of buying,” the company said. In other words, consumers are shopping contextually.

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MAY 15, 2019

To help improve their operations, consumer services companies appear to have some very specific ideas about digital technology. From Yelp to Apple , technology companies are providing solutions that could serve retail environments. percent – of firms are interested in payment acceptance applications for consumers.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

While the main reasons for the overhaul vary from one unit to the next, the overreaching aim is to shift Apple from an iPhone-driven company to one in which its growth comes from the services and technologies that could be transformative in the future. Apple’s moves come at a time when demand for its iPhones is starting to slow.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Visa , the payments company, announced news on Wednesday (Nov. 8) of the introduction of three commercially available wearable payment devices for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. Visa is also launching payment-enabled gloves that will allow customers to make payments while keeping their hands warm.

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JULY 19, 2017

Mastercard is expanding its QR-based programs to create greater choice in retail mobile payments. Once the QR code has been scanned, the online payment will be processed through the Mastercard network using M/Chip technology and the secure EMV infrastructure that retailers already have in place.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

A lack of convenient disbursements could quickly frustrate creators and push them to abandon platforms for those with more robust payment systems. Firms that depend on trusted relationships with musicians, photographers and other creatives must thus approach payments flexibly to ensure loyalty. How Payment Preferences Engineer Loyalty.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The initial focus on Wall Street and beyond may have been, and may still be, the price tag: At a reputed $30 billion, the bid price was roughly 10 percent over eBay’s closing price coming into The Wall Street Journal report that shed some light on the offer. The company has said that it processed more than $2 billion for about 25,000 sellers.

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JULY 4, 2019

Thanks to eCommerce and digital payments, the global travel industry is undergoing significant disruption. Until recently, this market “was pretty unsophisticated in terms of payments,” Silverman told PYMNTS. It’s not payment by installment so much as it is payment by use,” Silverman said. Travel Partnerships.

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