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Podium Unveils Card Reader For ‘Frictionless’ Payments
April 05, 2021

Podium, the communication/payments platform for local businesses, has launched a new point-of-sale (POS) device to give customers new ways to collect and manage payments. Podium Card Readers, the Utah company’s first physical products, are designed to drive repeat business and allow frictionless text and in-store...

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Thailand, Vietnam Launch QR Code Link For Cross-Border Payments
April 05, 2021

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) and State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) have rolled out a cross-border interoperable QR code payment linkage between the two countries, a Regulation Asia report says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Visa Direct Payouts Pushes Payments To Cards, Two Billion Bank Accounts Globally
March 30, 2021

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QR Code Technology Finds New Digital-First Use Cases
March 26, 2021

In a year that saw a surge in contactless payments, QR codes have risen with the tide. As reported in several PYMNTS research projects, contactless payments have surged by 150 percent in the U.S. since March 2019, which, in turn, has boosted QR code adoption by 11...

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SeatGeek: Payments Orchestration Plays Maestro To Live Event Business Comeback
March 24, 2021

After a little over a year of being on lockdown, people are ready to get back out there. 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...

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Mobile Wallet Provider Citcon Adds 100+ New Payment Methods
March 18, 2021

CITCON, a mobile wallet company, has added the most popular mobile wallets and local payment methods in Latin America (LATAM) and Asia Pacific (APAC) on its platform, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Fed’s Powell Says X-Border Payments One Of ‘Less Efficient’ Areas Of Financial System
March 18, 2021

Cross-border payments represent a big opportunity for firms worldwide — more than $120 trillion in payments volume flows each year between business trading partners globally, and $10 trillion of that volume is cross-border trade. But along with that $10 trillion opportunity comes a series of...

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Got Rails? For Indonesia’s Xendit, Infrastructure Is Baked Into The Business Model
March 18, 2021

Building a digital payments infrastructure from the ground up in Southeast Asia is every bit as challenging as it sounds. Case in point: When FinTech company Xendit worked with a bank in Jakarta, a bulldozer came through and plowed up one of the city’s main...

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Elan, Sharonview Federal Credit Union Partner On Credit Card Program
March 17, 2021

Sharonview Federal Credit Union has partnered with Elan Financial Services to offer a credit card program to its members, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...