PayPal has won the first round in what is likely to be a long fight with regulators. On Dec. 30, Judge Richard Leon, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, handed down a summary judgment in the case of PayPal Inc. vs. the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. …
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Walmart Launches a Fintech
Unlike many fintech startups, Walmart’s Inc.’s new financial company is expected to be a formidable player right out of the gate. The retail giant unveiled plans last month to partner with Ribbit Capital to create a fintech that will provide what Walmart describes as “modern, innovative, and affordable financial solutions.” …
Read More »The Digital Dollar Revisited
One year ago in this space, in the waning days of the pre-Covid Age, we presented some thoughts about the newly established Digital Dollar Foundation and its proposal for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the United States. Since then, the notion of CBDCs has attracted much attention as …
Read More »A Tale of Two Halves: On the Dark Web, Trends in 2020 Took a Big Turn in the Middle of the Year
Although the number of stolen credit cards for sale on the dark Web remained steady at around 45 million throughout 2020, some surprising trends emerged when it came to the type of cards for sale and the markets where they originated, says a new report from cybersecurity firm Sixgill. One such …
Read More »As Visa Stages a Comeback From Covid, It Scopes Out Its Chances in Open Banking
Visa Inc. along with many other payments companies was thrown for a loop by the coronavirus pandemic, but now it’s clawing it’s way back on the strength of debit cards, e-commerce, and a real-time payments service called Visa Direct. “In the United States, we are actually back to our prepandemic …
Read More »In the Wake of the NCR-Cardtronics Deal, Experts Point to Some Intriguing Scenarios
Now that NCR Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire Cardtronics plc, speculation is growing about what NCR plans to do with the new assets, specifically the 285,000 ATMs Cardtronics operates and its transaction-processing business. For NCR, the value in the acquisition lies not in Cardtronics’ ATMs themselves, but in …
Read More »PayPal Expands Its QR Payment App to Small Businesses Via Vistaprint
Vistaprint, a provider of physical and digital marketing materials to small businesses, announced Wednesday an agreement with PayPal Holdings Inc. to enable small businesses to accept payments through Quick Response codes. To order Vistaprint marketing materials with a QR code, small businesses log on to Vistaprint’s Web site and choose …
Read More »Diebold Launches Self-Service POS Stations and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/26/21
Diebold Nixdorf Inc. released the DN Series Easy suite of self-service point-of-sale stations. The products employ a modular design, enabling merchants to customize the products to their needs.InComm Payments has partnered with hospitality company Delaware North to implement the InComm cashless payment solution at select sports venues where Delaware North operates food …
Read More »It’s Official: NCR Succeeds In Its Bid to Acquire Cardtronics in a $2.5-Billion Deal
NCR Corp. entered into a definitive agreement Monday to acquire ATM network operator Cardtronics plc for $39 a share in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.5 billion, including debt. The deal, which NCR plans to finance with cash on hand and financing from Bank of America N.A., is projected to …
Read More »Debit Card Growth Outpaces Credit Cards and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 1/25/21
Growing numbers of consumers continue to grab their debit cards when shopping, with the overall U.S. spend made with debit cards up 25% for the week ending Jan. 17, compared to the week of Jan. 19, 2020, according to the PSCU Tracking Transaction Trends report issued Monday. Credit card spend was up …
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