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Bill Could Restrain Tech Firms’ Financial Services Projects and other Digital Transactions New briefs from 11/15/19

U.S. Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.) planned this week to introduce bills that would bar tech firms from developing their own cryptocurrencies and make it more difficult for non-financial firms to obtain charters for industrial-loan corporations, a form of a bank, according to Politico. Garcia’s office did not immediately respond to a request …

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Xoom Turns to Euronet’s Ria And Walmart to Enable Cash Transfers in the United States

As peer-to-peer payments services like Cash App, Venmo, and Zelle grow in popularity in the United States, some observers fret that underserved populations are being left behind. PayPal Holdings Inc.’s Xoom money-transfer service said Tuesday it’s attacking that issue in a collaboration with Walmart Inc. and Euronet Worldwide Inc.’s Ria remittance …

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13th Annual The 10 Most Pressing Issues in E-Payments

What’s keeping you up at night? If you said nothing, you’re lucky. Here’s a list of the biggest issues troubling most payments executives today. We live in a world full of tribulation and turbulence, and the payments business is no exception. Herewith, we offer our annual catalog of the 10 …

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The P2P Trap

When the news broke a few weeks ago that PayPal is planning to attach a credit card to its Venmo peer-to-peer payment service, it didn’t surprise many in the payments industry. In fact, the only surprise may be why this move took so long. For years, PayPal has been looking …

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Four Merging ISOs Adopt Payroc Name and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/28/19

Days after Nxgen and Payscape announced they were merging with a third payments provider, BluePay Canada, the new entity said it has agreed to combine with a fourth company, Payroc LLC, and adopt the Payroc name. James Oberman, Payroc’s chief executive, will serve as CEO of the merged entity.Discover Financial Services said it now …

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How a New Credit Card From Synchrony Could Help Boost Revenue for PayPal’s Venmo

PayPal Holdings Inc. has made no secret of its push to generate revenue from its highly popular—but free—Venmo peer-to-peer payment service. Its latest gambit came to light early Thursday with the news that long-time finance partner Synchrony Financial will issue a Venmo credit card for the U.S. market starting the …

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Mobile Wallets Dominate the News, But Most Consumers Still Want Physical Gift Cards

The holidays are approaching, and with that annual shopping frenzy comes a yearly boost in gift card sales. As it turns out, though, most gift cards are likely to be plastic or paper rather than digital, according to consumer and small-business research released Thursday. While preference for digital cards is growing, …

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Adyen Lands Another Retailer and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 9/13/19

Payments provider Adyen N.V. said fashion retailer BrandBank will use its payments network throughout markets in Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. BrandBank operates more than 500 stores.Digital River agreed to provide payments and tax and compliance services on the Salesforce AppExchange.PepsiCo has launched a cash-back rewards program called PepCoin, which lets consumers deposit cash rewards directly …

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Venmo Leverages Instant Transfers As It Digs for Revenue

With real-time payments in the headlines these days, it’s not surprising payments companies are jumping on the faster-payments bandwagon (more on this in “The New Reality in Real-Time Payments,” this issue). But some, like PayPal Holdings Inc., are finding ways to use speedier funds to bolster revenue. PayPal last month …

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Repay Acquires TriSource Solutions and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 8/15/19

Repay Holdings Inc. announced the acquisition of TriSource Solutions for up to $65 million. TriSource, founded in 2007, provides back-end transaction-processing services to independent sales organizations. TriSource has been Repay’s primary third-party processor for back-end settlement since 2012.The U.S. District Court in Cleveland approved a $4.3 million settlement of a class action filed …

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