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Final CFPB Rule Expands Oversight of Big Tech’s Payments Ambitions 

November 21, 2024
Apple Pay, Apple Wallet, CFPB, regulations
PayPal Resolves 2-Hour Global Outage Affecting Multiple Products
Technology // November 21, 2024

PayPal experienced a global outage that affected multiple products for about two hours Thursday (Nov. 21). The incident lasted from 10:53 UTC to 12:59 UTC Thursday, the company said on its status page. The outage affected account withdrawals, express checkout, cryptocurrency, the receive money function...

Hallmark Bridges Digital Gifting With Real-World Touches
Gift Cards // November 01, 2024

As the holiday season approaches, the quest for the perfect gift intensifies. With consumers increasingly seeking personalized and convenient gifting solutions, Hallmark has introduced Gift Card Greetings, a new product merging physical greeting cards with digital gift cards. These cards feature various designs for different...

PayPal Reports BNPL Bounce, More Focus on Financial Services
Earnings // October 29, 2024

With its transaction growth rates slowing and less-than-expected revenue guidance for the balance of the year, PayPal focused on its repositioning from a peer-to-peer pioneer to a two-sided payments technology platform in its Q3 earnings call Tuesday (Oct. 29). Notably absent from the call was any...

Venmo Prepares to Roll Out Scheduled and Repeat Payments Feature
Payment Methods // October 02, 2024

Venmo is reportedly giving users an easier way to make repeat or scheduled payments. The new feature would let customers schedule payments — or requests — on a one-time, weekly, monthly or bi-monthly basis, The Verge reported Wednesday (Oct. 2). The peer-to-peer (P2P) payments company tells the news...

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PayPal Reports BNPL Bounce, More Focus on Financial Services

October 29, 2024
With its transaction growth rates slowing and less-than-expected revenue guidance for the balance of the year, PayPal focused on its repositioning from a peer-to-peer pioneer to a two-sided payments technology platform in its Q3 earnings call Tuesday (Oct. 29). Notably absent from the call was any substantial discussion of the financial health of consumers that will […]

More Than Half of US Consumers Use P2P Apps to Send Money

August 02, 2024
Consumers are turning to peer-to-peer (P2P) apps like Venmo and Zelle for quick and easy money transfers. But while these services have become ubiquitous, concerns about fraud are casting a...

Instant Payments Drive Profits for the Small Restaurants That Use Them

May 31, 2024
Forty percent of the independent mom-and-pop restaurants in the U.S. that generate $10 million or less annually now use instant payment rails as their primary method to send funds. And...

70% of Restaurant SMBs Say Convenience Is Top Instant Payments Benefit

May 29, 2024
While instant payments might seem like an innovation that only big companies would embrace, these types of expenditures are gaining traction with many mom-and-pop eateries. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Small...

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PayPal Resolves 2-Hour Global Outage Affecting Multiple Products

November 21, 2024
PayPal experienced a global outage that affected multiple products for about two hours Thursday (Nov. 21). The incident lasted from 10:53 UTC to 12:59 UTC Thursday, the company said on its status page. The outage affected account withdrawals, express checkout, cryptocurrency, the receive money function of Xoom and several functions of Venmo, according to the […]

Venmo Prepares to Roll Out Scheduled and Repeat Payments Feature

October 02, 2024
Venmo is reportedly giving users an easier way to make repeat or scheduled payments. The new feature would let customers schedule payments — or requests — on a one-time, weekly, monthly...

PayPal Business Account Holders Can Buy, Hold, Sell Crypto

September 25, 2024
PayPal Holdings now enables U.S. merchants — except those in New York State — to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency directly from their PayPal business accounts. The company also now...

Fiserv to Facilitate Merchant Access to PayPal, Venmo and Fastlane

August 29, 2024
Fiserv clients will be able to more easily enable PayPal, Venmo and related services, and accelerate guest checkout flows in the U.S. via a simple connection point to Fastlane by...