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Payment Methods

What is a payment method? Well there are many, debit, credit, ACH, blockchain, and cross border. There are also many other way to transact through the wires. Credit card, debit card, cheque, money transfers, and recurring cash or ACH (Automated Clearing House) disbursements are all electronic payments methods.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Samsung to Preinstall Samsung Pay In New Smartphones
Samsung to Preinstall Samsung Pay In New Smartphones
December 16, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

Samsung Electronics said earlier this week it will preinstall Samsung Pay in its upcoming smartphones slated to be released next year. According to a report, Samsung...

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Collect For Stripe Enables Retailers To Accept Both Swipe, EMV Chip Payments
Collect For Stripe Enables Retailers To Accept Both Swipe, EMV Chip Payments
December 15, 2016  |  EMV

Collect for Stripe, a new app built by entrepreneur and developer Logan Thompson, was launched this week, enabling Stripe users to accept both swipe and...

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Scottrade Bank Rolls Out Android Pay, Samsung Pay
Scottrade Bank Rolls Out Android Pay, Samsung Pay
December 14, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

Scottrade Bank, a division of Scottrade Financial Services, announced Tuesday (Dec. 13) the rollout of Android Pay and Samsung Pay to its personal banking clients....

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Concardis About To Get Final Buyout Offers
Concardis About To Get Final Buyout Offers
December 13, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Concardis, the German payments group, is about to receive final bids from buyout groups, which could give the company a value of more than $636...

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Costco’s Co-Branded Credit Card Has 1 Million Members
Costco’s Co-Branded Credit Card Has 1 Million Members
December 13, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Costco Wholesale has reached a milestone, with Costco saying its co-branded Citi Visa Anywhere credit card now has 1 million members who have signed up...

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Westpac Mastercard Customers Can Pay With Android Pay
Westpac Mastercard Customers Can Pay With Android Pay
December 13, 2016  |  Android Pay

Westpac announced Monday (Dec. 12) that Westpac Mastercard customers using select Samsung, Sony, LG, HTC, Motorola, Huawei, Pixel and other compatible Android mobile devices can...

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Facebook Messenger Users Can Now Add Amex Card
Facebook Messenger Users Can Now Add Amex Card
December 13, 2016  |  Payment Methods

American Express announced Monday (Dec. 12) it has added a new feature to its Amex bot for Facebook Messenger. In a press release, American Express said...

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IBM Creates Blockchain Ecosystem
IBM Creates Blockchain Ecosystem
December 12, 2016  |  Blockchain

IBM is getting into the blockchain game, announcing Friday (Dec. 9) it launched a blockchain ecosystem aimed at accelerating the creation of blockchain networks. In...

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