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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Dynamics, Sprint Launch Battery-Operated Payment Card
Dynamics, Sprint Launch Battery-Operated Payment Card
January 09, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Dynamics, a unit of telecommunications firms SoftBank and Sprint, announced what it is calling the first battery-powered payment card on Monday (Jan. 9). The offering, dubbed...

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Google Launches Google Pay, Sunsets Android Pay
Google Launches Google Pay, Sunsets Android Pay
January 09, 2018  |  Google

Alphabet’s Google announced news on Monday (Jan. 8) that it is housing Android Pay and Google Wallet under one brand: Google Pay. In a blog post,...

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Israel’s Central Bank Says Bitcoin Is An Asset
Israel’s Central Bank Says Bitcoin Is An Asset
January 08, 2018  |  Bitcoin

An asset, not a currency. So declared Israel’s central bank, which said Monday, as reported by Reuters, that it would not view cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among...

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Payments 2018: Think This — Not That
Payments 2018: Think This — Not That
January 08, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

In 800 B.C., when people wanted to know the answer to “what’s next” about their personal futures, they flocked to Delphi and asked Pythia, the...

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Visa Nixes Crypto Debit Cards
Visa Nixes Crypto Debit Cards
January 08, 2018  |  VISA

Visa, the payments company, has terminated its relationship with WaveCrest, a cryptocurrency card provider. Citing an email from WaveCrest, CNBC reported the company said it...

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Ripple Co-Founder Now Fifth-Richest Person In America
Ripple Co-Founder Now Fifth-Richest Person In America
January 05, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Chris Larsen, the co-founder and executive chairman of Ripple, is now among the five richest people in the U.S. after a surge in its cryptocurrency...

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Top 5 Retail Stories Of 2017
Top 5 Retail Stories Of 2017
January 03, 2018  |  Retail

It’s 2018! That means that now, whenever people perceive something as backwards, unfashionable or antiquated, they’ll be quick to say it’s “so 2017.” But let’s...

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China Sets Cap On QSR Payments
China Sets Cap On QSR Payments
December 29, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

The central bank in China is clamping down on mobile payments made via a barcode and scanning devices, a move that could negatively impact Ant...

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Paytm Tops 100M Downloads
Paytm Tops 100M Downloads
December 28, 2017  |  Payment Methods

India-based digital payments company Paytm announced Wednesday (Dec. 27) that it had surpassed the 100 million downloads mark on the Google Play Store. In a company blog...

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