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Smart Payments Association Says 2021 Is Pivotal Year For Wearable Payments Tech
Smart Payments Association Says 2021 Is Pivotal Year For Wearable Payments Tech
April 28, 2021  |  Wearables

Wearables passed the novelty phase some time ago and are now following the money, literally, as COVID-19 keeps forcing the issue of touchless payments, and...

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Report: Credit Unions Tap Data To Capture Member Credit Business
Report: Credit Unions Tap Data To Capture Member Credit Business
April 28, 2021  |  Credit Unions

Improving job rates and the overall health of the economy are contributing to an increase in size of credit unions’ (CUS’) member base. Recent data...

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QR Codes Gain More Mainstream Traction Through PayPal And Fiserv
QR Codes Gain More Mainstream Traction Through PayPal And Fiserv
April 27, 2021  |  Mobile Payments

In the latest evidence of how what’s old is new again — or at least of a technology that’s continuing to find its moment amid...

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Fiserv Delivers POS QR Codes With PayPal And Venmo
Fiserv Delivers POS QR Codes With PayPal And Venmo
April 27, 2021  |  Payment Methods

Global payments platform Fiserv is teaming up with PayPal and Venmo to introduce QR codes for payments at the checkout process. Small and medium-sized businesses...

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Visa, Mastercard Earnings To Anticipate Credit Rebound And Contactless Surge  
Visa, Mastercard Earnings To Anticipate Credit Rebound And Contactless Surge  
April 26, 2021  |  Earnings

The big banks have reported – and now come the payment networks (and, by extension, the cards). This week, the earnings deluge continues, where a...

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Amazon’s Biometric Tech Lets Seattle Whole Food Shoppers Pay By Hand
Amazon’s Biometric Tech Lets Seattle Whole Food Shoppers Pay By Hand
April 21, 2021  |  Biometrics

Amazon is launching biometric technology at Whole Food stores in Seattle that gives shoppers the ability to pay with a scan of their palms, Reuters...

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Contact-Free Technology Defines Post-Pandemic Future Of Restaurants
Contact-Free Technology Defines Post-Pandemic Future Of Restaurants
April 20, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

As the vaccine rollout progresses, with all U.S. adults now eligible to receive their shot(s) as of Monday (April 19), newly vaccinated consumers are beginning...

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Restaurant Digital Ordering Platform Expands Into Live Events
Restaurant Digital Ordering Platform Expands Into Live Events
April 20, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

Before the pandemic, fear of touching items that others had touched was the near-exclusive purview of germaphobes. Now, living through a pandemic, even those of...

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Hong Kong’s Octopus Introduces Contactless Cards For Chinese Transit
Hong Kong’s Octopus Introduces Contactless Cards For Chinese Transit
April 19, 2021  |  Payment Methods

Octopus, a smart card operator in Hong Kong, is introducing transit cards for public transportation users in more than 300 Chinese cities, the South China...

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