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• A Colorado State University management professor and a Ph.D. student in finance at the University of Utah co-wrote a blog post saying that the “legal incoherence” in federal policy regarding financial services for legal marijuana businesses is hurting an otherwise fast-growing industry that in Colorado alone generated nearly $1 …
November, 2016
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3 November
‘Historically Very Secure,’ PIN Debit Loses Some of Its Luster As Net Fraud Losses Rise
By John Stewart @DTPaymentNews Debit card transactions with PIN authentication have historically been seen as the most secure form of payment available, but lately some experts have had cause to wonder. In fact, while credit card fraud losses are declining, losses on PIN debit transactions for payment and at ATMs …
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3 November
Walmart Signs up To Accept Chase Pay in 2017, Online, In-Store, And In-App
By Kevin Woodward@DTPaymentNews Add Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to the list of merchants that will accept Chase Pay transactions. JPMorgan Chase & Co., backer of the nascent Chase Pay mobile wallet, says the massive retailer will begin accepting the bank’s payment service in more than 5,000 Walmart and Sam’s Club stores, …
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3 November
Mitek Revenues Increase 23% and other Digital Transactions News briefs
• Lengthy negotiations for some large contract renewals caused payments software and processing provider ACI Worldwide Inc. to reduce its 2016 financial guidance; the company posted third-quarter revenues of $217 million, down 9% from a year earlier, and a loss of $9.83 million compared with net income of $14.8 million …
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3 November
Mobile Continues To Grow at Starbucks, but Rewards Program Change Triggers Questions
By Jim Daly@DTPaymentNews Mobile payments now account for 25% of transactions at Starbucks Corp.’s U.S. locations, up from 20% a year ago, but a recent 1% decline in transactions had Starbucks executives fielding questions from analysts Thursday about what caused the slippage. Nothing to worry about, folks, was the message …
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2 November
Apple Pay Online And a Messenger Integration Hold Promise for a Growing Shopify
By John Stewart @DTPaymentNews Shopify Inc. reported on Wednesday that it is starting to see positive response from its very recent moves to adopt Messenger for their users. Besides the Apple Pay and Messenger initiatives, Shopify also launched a new app in September that the company says allows merchants to …
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2 November
CardFlight Strikes Reseller Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs
• Mobile-commerce technology provider Sionic Mobile launched a mobile-payment and loyalty app called Style Rewards for hair salons. The app was introduced in collaboration with Style Media22, an interactive digital-media agency for salon professionals. • Mobile point-of-sale technology provider CardFlight agreed to offer its SwipeSimple EMV solution to merchant clients of …
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1 November
With a Sharp Rise Already in Online Fraud Attacks, Look for a Worrisome Holiday Season
By John Stewart @DTPaymentNews If the payments industry is expecting a sharp rise in online fraud, it can stop holding its breath. It’s already happening, and with the official holiday-shopping season getting under way, it’s going to get a lot worse. Yet, just as attacks are growing more numerous, funding …
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1 November
Co-Op Financial Services in Bill Pay Deal and other Digital Transactions News briefs
• Boosted by its November 2015 acquisition of software developer SunGard, processor Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) reported third-quarter revenues of $2.31 billion, up 46.2% from a year earlier. Revenues grew 3.8% on an organic basis. • Co-Op Financial Services said it will provide its online bill-payment application to …
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1 November
Square Sees Volume Shift To Big Merchants, Pushes for Faster EMV Transactions
Merchant acquirer Square Inc. started out offering credit and debit card acceptance to tiny businesses and part-time sellers who wanted to accept plastic, but volume from Square’s biggest merchants grew 55% year-over-year in the third quarter and now accounts for 43% of Square’s gross volume. Square, which refers to all …
