Google and Walmart’s New Partnership Will Help Both Battle eCommerce Behemoth Amazon
Google and Walmart announced a partnership that will bring hundreds of thousands of items sold by Walmart onto the Google Express online...
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Nov 5, 20213 min read
Apple to Offer Text P2P Transfer and Stored Balance Account with Apple Pay Cash Card
The new Apple iPhone and operating system are set to launch in September and include new features likely to grow adoption of Apple Pay...
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Nov 5, 20212 min read
Fitbit Pay Joins an Already Crowded Mobile Payments Arena
Fitbit recently unveiled their first smartwatch, called Fitbit Ionic, which will support NFC contactless payments with their mobile...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Vantiv Eyes Global Expansion, Acquires WorldPay for Nearly $10 Billion
Vantiv, the largest acquirer in the U.S. based on transaction processing volume, is now a significant global competitor as well,...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
First Data, North American Bancard Each Complete Major Payment Acquisitions
At the end of May, First Data announced they had reached agreement to acquire another large, publicly traded payment processor,...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Amazon Debuts Cash-based Alternative Payment Method
Amazon Cash is the latest payment method and feature supported by Amazon and was designed for the under- and unbanked. Consumers can...
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Nov 4, 20211 min read
Alibaba Spin Off to Acquire MoneyGram for $880 Million
Ant Financial Services Group, the Alibaba Group affiliate formerly known as Alipay, announced the acquisition of major money remittance...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Consumers Were More Likely to Shop with Mobile Devices Online Rather than In-Store This Black Friday
Although mobile eCommerce sales accounted for $1.2 billion on each Black Friday and Cyber Monday, consumers shopping in-store were much...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
SWIFT Signs on 73 Banks to Participate in Cross-Border Payments Initiative
SWIFT, the financial messaging and payment company based in Belgium, is developing a global network for facilitating cross-border bank...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Visa and American Express Temporarily Ease EMV Chargeback Liability for Merchants
Announcements from three of the major card associations in June describe different approaches for reducing merchant liability and losses...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Mobile Wallets are Moving to the Web Browser with Implications for eCommerce and mCommerce
Both Apple Pay and Android Pay are bringing their mobile wallets to the web browser, adding both security and convenience to mCommerce...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Apple Pay Adoption Moved Slow, but 2015 a Big Year for Mobile Payments Overall
Apple CEO Tim Cook may not have had the year he was hoping for after saying that 2015 would be the year of Apple Pay, but it was a strong...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Mobile Driving More Sales So Far this Holiday Season
Consumers made more than $2 billion worth of purchases in the mobile eCommerce channel between Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
eCommerce Retail Spending Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday Grew 10 Percent
According to estimates from comScore, U.S. consumers spent over $7.2 billion online from PCs during the five day period from Thanksgiving...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Visa Reports Increase in Use and Acceptance of EMV Following Liability Shift
Visa recently released data and figures regarding EMV usage in the first full month of purchases following the October 1st EMV liability...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Mobile Payment Volume at the Point-of-Sale Will More Than Double in 2015
According to a new forecast from eMarketer, U.S. mobile payments at the point-of-sale, including NFC, QR codes and other methods, will...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Samsung Pay and CurrentC Grow Their Reach with New Partnerships
One of the more difficult and most important aspects of building a successful mobile wallet is ensuring that consumers can use it with...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
PayPal Evolving P2P Payment App Venmo to Support Online and Mobile B2C Transactions
The popular person-to-person payment service Venmo has continued to grow in terms of its user base and total payment volume, but with...
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Nov 4, 20212 min read
Visa Inc. Acquisition of Visa Europe Will Bring 3 Billion Active Cards Under Single Entity
Visa Inc., the U.S. based publicly traded organization, announced on Monday November 2nd that they would be acquiring Visa Europe Ltd.,...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
Visa Updates to Chargeback Dispute Rules Regarding Compelling Evidence Take Effect in October
The world’s largest card brand announced the second phase of updates, new rights and options for merchants as it pertains to chargeback...
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