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Mastercard: Contactless Payments Now 70% of Face-to-Face Transactions
Mastercard: Contactless Payments Now 70% of Face-to-Face Transactions
October 31, 2024  |  Mastercard

Mastercard’s third-quarter earnings results demonstrated that consumers are still spending, and sentiment is healthy amid a resilient labor market and the Federal Reserve’s September cuts...

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PYMNTS’ Data-Driven Journey Through Payments Innovation
PYMNTS’ Data-Driven Journey Through Payments Innovation
October 19, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Oct. 20, 2009. The United States was starting to see daylight out of the darkness of the worst financial crisis since the great depression. The...

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CPI Card Group to Pilot Environmentally Friendly Contactless Card
CPI Card Group to Pilot Environmentally Friendly Contactless Card
October 16, 2024  |  Credit Cards

Payments technology company CPI Card Group is now accepting orders from issuers to start piloting a contactless card with new chip technology that expands payment...

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Worldline Partners Selfly Store on Contactless Vending Offering
Worldline Partners Selfly Store on Contactless Vending Offering
July 18, 2024  |  Partnerships

Worldline has formed a partnership with intelligent vending machine company Selfly Store. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (July 16), will see Worldline work with payment expert...

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The Cyborg Shopper: Is It the Future or Just a Blip?
The Cyborg Shopper: Is It the Future or Just a Blip?
July 13, 2024  |  Technology

As a fringe group of consumers gets microchips implanted in their hands to make payments without using any external devices, time will prove whether these...

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Unattended Payments Shape the Future of Retail Transactions
Unattended Payments Shape the Future of Retail Transactions
May 29, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Human interaction used to be essential for finalizing transactions at traditional point-of-sale locations. However, there has been a shift, with unattended payments technologies increasingly becoming...

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Open-Loop Payments Help Advance Smart City Innovation
Open-Loop Payments Help Advance Smart City Innovation
May 14, 2024  |  Connected Economy

The concept of the connected commuter is gaining momentum, driven by the increasing reliance on digital solutions for travel and commuting needs. PYMNTS Intelligence research...

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Worldpay Launches Tap-to-Pay Offering for Merchants
Worldpay Launches Tap-to-Pay Offering for Merchants
May 02, 2024  |  Payment Methods

Payment facilitators (PayFacs) using Worldpay’s services can now offer their merchants tap-to-pay on iPhone. The payments technology firm said in a Thursday (May 2) press release...

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Payment Networks Spotlight Rise of Tokenization and Contactless Payments
Payment Networks Spotlight Rise of Tokenization and Contactless Payments
May 02, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Four years ago, the pandemic began to give wings to contactless payments. Now, as shown by earnings results from the likes of Mastercard and Visa, the payment methodology has...

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