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How Music Retailers Fine-Tune CNP Payment Security
How Music Retailers Fine-Tune CNP Payment Security
September 10, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

The $4.19 billion musical instrument industry has a growing fraud problem. As consumers go online to shop, card-not-present (CNP) fraud attempts are rising, with victims...

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How Music Retailers Keep Card-Not-Present Fraud From Sounding A Sour Note
How Music Retailers Keep Card-Not-Present Fraud From Sounding A Sour Note
September 09, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

The COVID-19 pandemic is shaking up shopping behavior. Consumers who previously paid for purchases by swiping or inserting their cards at in-store point-of-sale (POS) terminals...

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Next-Gen Debit Steps Up
Next-Gen Debit Steps Up
August 05, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

Advances in mobile banking apps have taught financial institutions (FIs) that people desire more control over their money – in their hands, on their phones...

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Deep Dive: Why The US Treasury Adopted Debit Rails To Disburse Stimulus Funds
Deep Dive: Why The US Treasury Adopted Debit Rails To Disburse Stimulus Funds
July 30, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

Many Americans were in precarious financial situations before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Forty percent of respondents told the Federal Reserve in 2018 that they would...

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How Prepaid Debit Cards Can Offer Fast, Secure Aid To Vulnerable Families
How Prepaid Debit Cards Can Offer Fast, Secure Aid To Vulnerable Families
July 29, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

Emergency aid won’t ease Americans’ financial woes if the most vulnerable can’t easily access it. In this month’s Next-Gen Debit Tracker, Rose Jones, director of...

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Using Debit Cards To Bridge The Stimulus Accessibility Gap
Using Debit Cards To Bridge The Stimulus Accessibility Gap
July 28, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

The pandemic has changed how consumers purchase goods, with many avoiding brick-and-mortar stores due to the continued threat of catching the virus in public spaces....

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Afterpay Creates Incentives For Users To Pay On Time
Afterpay Creates Incentives For Users To Pay On Time
July 23, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Payments company Afterpay, which works in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space, is rolling out a new feature called Pulse to help reward those...

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The Next Big Thing Is … Debit
The Next Big Thing Is … Debit
July 07, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

Using credit cards (aka spending the bank’s money instead of your own) seemed so cool — until it suddenly wasn’t nearly as cool anymore. That...

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Deep Dive: Why Contactless Card-Not-Present Transactions Are Gaining New Momentum
Deep Dive: Why Contactless Card-Not-Present Transactions Are Gaining New Momentum
July 06, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how consumers buy goods, and some of these new payment behaviors could continue well after the crisis ends. Consumers’ concerns...

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