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Equifax: Consumers Take The Digital Wheel As FinTechs, Merchants Cross-Pollinate
May 21, 2021

Amid the great digital shift, cross-pollination is key. 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 newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you...

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Plaid And Square Partner On Easier ACH Payments For SMBs
May 20, 2021

Financial services company Plaid announced Thursday (May 20) it has formed a partnership with Square to help U.S merchants process automated clearinghouse — ACH — payments without having to hold onto sensitive banking info. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Extended Warranties Make Their Case For Consumer Conversion
May 19, 2021

A little extra confidence goes a long way when it comes to the consumer shopping experience. 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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Next-Gen Debit Gaining New Users And Use Cases Through The Pandemic — And After
May 18, 2021

Debit is beloved by the masses, still standing as an original bastion of spend control even as the digital transformation of payments rolls on with shiny new tools and toys. Happily, debit is keeping up with pandemic-era payments trends, and even pulling ahead in some...

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Marqeta’s Total Processing Volume Up 167 Pct Year Over Year 
May 17, 2021

The digitization of commerce is helping to digitize card issuance – and, by extension, is leading Marqeta to Wall Street. As noted in this space, Marqeta’s IPO could value the firm at as much as $10 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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The Week In Payments: Bitcoin’s Stumbles, Google’s Cross-Border P2P Play And The Great BNPL Bounce
May 14, 2021

It’s been an exciting week in payments, but then the payments and commerce world is always something of a never-a-dull-moment environment. But even by local standards the week was one to watch as bitcoin suffered a mini-bust on the news that Tesla will no longer...

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California’s Monterey-Salinas Transit To Offer Visa’s Tap To Pay
May 11, 2021

Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) will now allow bus riders to pay fares using contactless solutions, becoming the first California transit agency — and the first system outside a major metropolitan area — to offer tap-to-pay fares, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. Get the...

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PayPal QR Codes Score First Airport Landing In Munich
May 10, 2021

Munich is now the first European airport to launch PayPal QR codes for mobile, cash-free purchases in all of its shops and Eurotrade retail subsidiaries, ftnnews.com reported on Monday (May 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Airbnb: Trusted Payments Are The Connected Economy’s Backbone
May 10, 2021

As the economy has started to reopen and vaccinated global citizens look to scratch their travel itch, the tally of just how much damage the global pandemic caused the travel sector is just now becoming more clear. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...