New Digital Experiences Keep Credit Unions Relevant – And Then Some
New Digital Experiences Keep Credit Unions Relevant – And Then Some
December 31, 2020  |  credit union tracker

Like their cousins in banking, credit unions (CUs) long enjoyed a relaxed pace of technological change. It was all on their timetable. Consumers waited on...

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Branch Banking Going Digital-First For Safety And Relevance
Branch Banking Going Digital-First For Safety And Relevance
December 31, 2020  |  Digital-First Banking

Here’s another icy factoid from the year of COVID: up to 20,000 bank branches are expected to close before the pandemic is declared done. It’s...

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Deep Dive: How Small FIs Use Third Parties, Gradual Integrations To Guide New Payment Rail Adoptions
Deep Dive: How Small FIs Use Third Parties, Gradual Integrations To Guide New Payment Rail...
December 31, 2020  |  Faster Payments

The demand for faster payments is growing as companies look for swift, data-rich ways to transact. One study from 2019 found that 54 percent of...

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Examining BNPL Solutions’ Role In The 2020 Holiday Shopping Season
Examining BNPL Solutions’ Role In The 2020 Holiday Shopping Season
December 31, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Foot traffic typically skyrockets in stores during the holiday shopping season, with consumers drifting in and out of brick-and-mortar shops as they hunt for gifts....

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Deep Dive: Why ML Plays A Key Role In Debit Issuers’ Fraud-Fighting Strategies
Deep Dive: Why ML Plays A Key Role In Debit Issuers’ Fraud-Fighting Strategies
December 31, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

Debit card issuers face an ever-growing array of fraud schemes perpetrated against them and their account holders. Effective card offerings require financial institutions (FIs) to...

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Synchrony Bank Lands CFPB OK For Dual Secured, Unsecured Credit Cards
Synchrony Bank Lands CFPB OK For Dual Secured, Unsecured Credit Cards
December 31, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Synchrony Bank will be able to offer a combination secured/unsecured credit card under a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau order posted Wednesday (Dec. 30). Synchrony Bank...

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Movie Attendance Expected To Drop 25 Pct Post-COVID, Report Says
Movie Attendance Expected To Drop 25 Pct Post-COVID, Report Says
December 31, 2020  |  Retail

The head of a Southwestern-U.S. theater chain that has closed all its locations and reduced its employee headcount to five from 1,250 due to COVID-19...

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The Year In Data: Measuring 2020’s Payments Innovation
The Year In Data: Measuring 2020’s Payments Innovation
December 31, 2020  |  Consumer Insights

How We Will Pay: Home As The Consumer Command Center This study showed that the home had become the consumer’s commerce command center as they...

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How Main Street Businesses Honed Their Survival Skills In 2020
How Main Street Businesses Honed Their Survival Skills In 2020
December 31, 2020  |  SMBs

For Main Street businesses, to say 2020 was challenging is an understatement. The good news, according to PYMNTS data, is that as 2020 is coming...

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