payments

Payments, B2B, Digital, ACH, Bank Transactions, and In-App purchases.

Acquirers Eye Expansion of Installment Payment Plans Amid Consumer Demand
Acquirers Eye Expansion of Installment Payment Plans Amid Consumer Demand
March 08, 2024  |  Payment Methods

Acquirers — the financial institutions that provide the infrastructure for merchants and businesses to accept card payments — operate behind the scenes but can play...

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eCommerce Merchants Fail to Connect Failed Payments and Fraud
eCommerce Merchants Fail to Connect Failed Payments and Fraud
March 08, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

Despite the many fraudsters on the prowl seeking to exploit any vulnerabilities they can find in the payments ecosystem, only about one-third of eCommerce merchants...

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Banks Say Better to Be Proactive Than Reactive When Making Payments Real Time
Banks Say Better to Be Proactive Than Reactive When Making Payments Real Time
March 07, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Faster payments solve many traditional pain points endemic to legacy payment methods. But although several hundred financial institutions (FIs) have signed on to the two...

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Visa and Western Union Expand Cross-Border Payment Agreement
Visa and Western Union Expand Cross-Border Payment Agreement
March 05, 2024  |  VISA

Visa and Western Union have formed a new agreement centered on cross-border payments. The expanded partnership, announced Tuesday (March 5), lets Western Union customers send money to loved ones, Visa...

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Retail Payments Acceptance Presents Innovation Roadblocks
Retail Payments Acceptance Presents Innovation Roadblocks
March 05, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Among the many payment acceptance tools now available, embedded solutions provided by a variety of payment facilitators (PayFacs) have become increasingly popular among marketplaces and...

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Worldline Projects Cooling Growth After ‘Consumption Slowdown’
Worldline Projects Cooling Growth After ‘Consumption Slowdown’
February 28, 2024  |  Earnings

French payments firm Worldline is projecting slower growth this year as European consumers reduce spending. “With a strong focus on the execution of the transformation plan in...

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8 in 10 Merchants Screen Potential Fraud With Same-Payment-Method Retries
8 in 10 Merchants Screen Potential Fraud With Same-Payment-Method Retries
February 27, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

In an effort to counter false declines and prevent unnecessary losses, PYMNTS Intelligence research finds, the vast majority of merchants are encouraging consumers to reattempt...

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Netflix Stops Accepting Payments Through iTunes Subscriptions
Netflix Stops Accepting Payments Through iTunes Subscriptions
February 27, 2024  |  Streaming

Netflix has begun requiring subscribers with Apple iTunes billing plans to pay Netflix directly. All “members on the basic plan who were using an iTunes...

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EU Makes Instant Payments the Law of the Land
EU Makes Instant Payments the Law of the Land
February 26, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Making instant payments in the European Union (EU) just became much easier. The European Council on Monday (Feb. 26) adopted a regulation making instant payments available in euros to...

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