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New Study: Debit, Credit in Physical Stores Pull Ahead of Digital Wallets
December 06, 2021

In early December 2019, few had yet heard of COVID-19. News reports were only just trickling in. It didn’t seem like the entire world was teetering on the brink of colossal change, but it was. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Bob Dole’s Passing Spurs Thoughts on Debit’s Heady Rise Since 1996
December 06, 2021

Bob Dole died this weekend, at the age of 98. Whatever your view of his politics or career might be, his passing gives cause to pause and reflect on how much life has changed in the decades since he ran for president 25 (!) years...

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Citizens Pay Offers Fee Free POS Financing Across Microsoft Store
December 06, 2021

Citizens Financial Group is expanding its partnership with the Microsoft Store and offering no-interest, point-of-sale financing through the bank’s Citizens Pay platform, according to a press release on Monday (Dec. 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Embedded Payments Improve Back-Office Efficiency, Customer Experience
December 03, 2021

The pandemic has forced companies to modernize back-office procedures, and more and more are adopting software for accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) processes — and in some cases, adopting fully outsourced models. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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25% of Restaurant Customers Order Food at Least Once a Week, Spend at Least $40...
December 01, 2021

The pandemic brought a great deal of attention to the variety of ways customers can get meals from restaurants. Both table-service restaurants and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) often offer their customers a choice of purchasing channels, including dine-in, phone call, order online with restaurant and order...

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Consumers Opted to Pay for Black Friday Purchases With Debit, Cash on Hand
November 29, 2021

Black Friday has come and gone, and most people are likely immersed in Cyber Monday deals. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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Visa Says Indian Government Favors Domestic Payments Company RuPay
November 28, 2021

Visa has raised concerns with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) about India favoring the domestic payments card provider RuPay, three years after Mastercard did so privately in 2018, Reuters reported Sunday (Nov. 28).  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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In Time-Honored Tradition, Consumers Reach for Debit, Credit Cards to Pay for Thanksgiving Dinner
November 25, 2021

The past several weeks have seen countless reports about the challenges that would give a cockeyed optimist momentary pause before giving thanks: supply chain issues delaying deliveries of turkeys and other staples, inflation pushing prices higher and a pandemic that just doesn’t seem to want...

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In a World of Buy Now, Pay Later, Lease to Own Payments Convert Customers Merchants...
November 24, 2021

Even before runaway inflation started to dominate headlines, PYMNTS research uncovered that 57% of the U.S. population is living paycheck to paycheck, including 39% of consumers with incomes of $100,000 a year or more. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...