Payment Methods

What is a payment method? Well there are many, debit, credit, ACH, blockchain, and cross border. There are also many other way to transact through the wires. Credit card, debit card, cheque, money transfers, and recurring cash or ACH (Automated Clearing House) disbursements are all electronic payments methods.

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How Top Merchants Are Tackling Subscription Conversions
How Top Merchants Are Tackling Subscription Conversions
January 25, 2019  |  Retail

To make life easier for customers, companies in many different industries, from consumer packaged goods to luxury automobiles, are adopting the subscription business model. While...

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Why Gig Payments Need To Be Just Like Cash
Why Gig Payments Need To Be Just Like Cash
January 24, 2019  |  Payment Methods

When looking at the latest edition of the PYMNTS and Hyperwallet Gig Economy Index, there are some familiar trends. According to the data, 35.9 percent...

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Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost
Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost
January 24, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Contactless has yet to catch on in the United States, despite years of promotional efforts and the success of the payment method in the U.K.,...

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Zwipe Raises $14M For Biometric Payment Cards
Zwipe Raises $14M For Biometric Payment Cards
January 21, 2019  |  Investments

Zwipe, the biometrics payment company, has raised $14 million in venture funding, reported TechCrunch. According to a report in TechCrunch, citing Zwipe, the funding came...

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UnionPay Footprint Expands Just In Time For Spring Festival
UnionPay Footprint Expands Just In Time For Spring Festival
January 21, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

Chinese consumers are planning to celebrate the Chinese New Year by traveling outside of the country, prompting UnionPay to expand its acceptance footprint. In a...

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Brandless Turns To Subscriptions To Make Service Stickier
Brandless Turns To Subscriptions To Make Service Stickier
January 21, 2019  |  Retail

With simple packaging that is nondescript by design and an ethos that values simplicity and quality above all, Brandless has made quite a name for...

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Behind Bars: Mobile Payments And Digital Disbursements Go To Prison
Behind Bars: Mobile Payments And Digital Disbursements Go To Prison
January 18, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Cash is a general no-go in prison, with inmates required to use funds and wages deposited into accounts to pay for commissary items. Prisoners also...

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Sizzle Of The Week: Zelle’s Accelerating Growth
Sizzle Of The Week: Zelle’s Accelerating Growth
January 18, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Bank earnings this week gave us a bit of insight into the momentum gained by bank-backed P2P payment network Zelle in 2018. For example, Bank...

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Apple Pay Lets Users Down Under Pay Merchants From Their Bank Account
Apple Pay Lets Users Down Under Pay Merchants From Their Bank Account
January 17, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Apple Pay, in a move that will let users in Australia skip credit card fees at places that support EFTPOS (electronic funds transfer), now has...

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