The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sent a letter to the chief executives of JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Capital One, Discover, and American Express asking them to explain the practice of omitting data about consumers’ monthly credit card payments when sending information to credit-reporting companies. The CFPB contends the …
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As banks pull ATMs from underperforming off-premise locations, it is creating an opportunity for independent ATM deployers to fill the void, says a report from RBR, a London-based research and consulting firm. The trend, which is being driven in part by banks’ growing emphasis on providing cashless payments to their …
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Mastercard Inc. launched Mastercard Track Instant Pay, a platform enabling instant payment of supplier invoices via virtual card transactions supported by machine learning. The service is available in the United States now, with plans to expand globally.Nuvei Corp. has been approved by the New York State Gaming Commission to process payments for …
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To make cryptocurrency more accessible to the general public, BitPay Inc. on Tuesday announced a limited-time promotion with Simplex, a fiat-to-cryptocurrency gateway, to waive fees when BitPay wallet users purchase crypto using a credit or debit card. BitPay wallet users can buy the currency using the BitPay debit card or …
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In time for the start of holiday-shopping season, buy now, pay later provider Afterpay Ltd. has expanded its in-store presence. New retailers offering the service include Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack, J.Crew, Madewell, and American Eagle. In addition, Afterpay will be available at airport and resort-casino specialty retailer Marshall Retail Group, …
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Payments company Tidal Commerce said it will acquire Merchant Bancard Processing, a merchant-services company. Terms were not disclosed.Gift card and loyalty provider Factor4 LLC announced an integration with Valor Paytech, a gateway and point-of-sale terminal provider.BNPL provider Zip Co. Ltd. found in its “Holidays Unzipped: 20201 Holiday Spending Report” that nearly 51% of U.S. consumers intend …
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American Express Co. said it is working with Extend, a virtual card specialist, to expand its virtual card options for U.S. businesses.Gift card provider Factor4 LLC said it is work with SavorConnect, a cloud-based integration platform, to make its gift cards that can used online, in stores, and with mobile devices available on …
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It’s more than 100 days until Christmas, but forecasts for the 2021 holiday shopping season are already rolling in. Mastercard Inc., in its SpendingPulse report released Monday, forecasts that U.S. holiday retail spending from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24 will increase 7.4% over 2020 and 11.1% over the same period …
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Switched transactions dipped 1% for the week ended Feb. 21 for Mastercard Inc. compared to the same week last year, the card network reported. It is the first weekly year-over-year dip in switched transactions for Mastercard so far this year and reflects a swing from 4% growth in the week ended Feb. …
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EVO Payments Inc. says its new SimpleTab point-of-sale feature can reduce table-turnover time for hospitality merchants. Meanwhile GiftLogic says it has integrated Paystri, a payments-technology company, into its POS software. The SimpleTab payment feature from Atlanta-based EVO works with the Ingenico Move/5000 payment terminal and supports EMV, contactless, and swipe card …
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