Digital Payments

Digital Payments
Helping Merchants In A World Where Digital Is The New Normal
June 25, 2020

For a CEO, a successful meeting with the board — where they congratulate him or her on a profitable year and authorize bonus money for the executive team — shouldn’t leave that person lying awake all night worried about the future. But that’s exactly the position...

Digital Payments
Samsung To Roll Out Pay Card For Digital Wallet With Mastercard, Curve
June 24, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to offer a Samsung Pay Card that will give customers “a simple and flexible way to control their money,” the company said in a Wednesday (June 24) press release. For the launch, Samsung is linking up with Mastercard and FinTech Curve. “With...

Digital Payments
How Online Platforms Are ‘Gamifing’ Mobile Bill Payments
June 24, 2020

The best way to get us to pay attention might be through that little screen in the palms of our hands. The pandemic has spurred us to do just about everything through our smartphones. And as consumers, the concept of “free” and “rewards” — and...

Digital Payments
For Payments, Personalization Through Orchestration
June 24, 2020

The shift to digital commerce means that long after the pandemic is over, merchants across all verticals will have to offer a range of payment choices in order to boost conversion rates. As PYMNTS research has detailed, as much as $158 billion in brick-and-mortar commerce...

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Digesting The Payments Modernization ‘Elephant’ — Bite By Byte
June 23, 2020

As the old adage goes: The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. As financial services firms and banks grapple with the tsunami of digital payments, many companies must modernize their infrastructure and back-end processes. In a virtual roundtable discussion...

Digital Bank Startup Branch Offers Mobile Payments
June 16, 2020

Branch, the digital bank startup, is branching out. The Minneapolis-based company has partnered with Mastercard to offer consumers access to their funds through their Branch Mastercard debit cards by adding it to mobile wallets, including Apple Pay, from the Branch mobile app.  “Consumers deserve fast...

Digital Payments
Mastercard Partners With WhatsApp In Brazil
June 15, 2020

Mastercard has partnered with Facebook to offer Brazilians a way to send and receive money on the social network’s WhatsApp. Cardholders who make bank transactions with two Brazilian banks, Nubank and Sicredi, will be the first to use the tool on WhatsApp, which allows users to send text and...

Digital Payments
Visa, Facebook Link Up For P2P Payments, eCommerce On WhatsApp
June 15, 2020

Visa is working with Facebook so that consumers can fully use the new payments feature on WhatsApp in Brazil, the global digital payments giant announced on Monday (June 15). “As digital becomes the epicenter of daily life during the global pandemic, being able to move...

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Chargeback Fears Prompts Delay Of Merchant Funds
June 14, 2020

Like many small businesses, Bluebonnet Photography has been hurt by the pandemic as customers have canceled photo shoots, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Now, the Tacoma, Washington, portrait studio is facing another challenge. Square, the San Francisco-based ePayment company, recently started holding 30 percent...