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Chargeback Fears Prompts Delay Of Merchant Funds
Chargeback Fears Prompts Delay Of Merchant Funds
June 14, 2020  |  Digital Payments

Like many small businesses, Bluebonnet Photography has been hurt by the pandemic as customers have canceled photo shoots, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Now,...

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How Big Tech And FinTech Are Trying to Save Main Street SMBs
How Big Tech And FinTech Are Trying to Save Main Street SMBs
May 20, 2020  |  SMBs

Most businesses have been hit hard by the global pandemic, but perhaps no segment has been more crippled or left with a future more uncertain than...

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Square Cash App Allows Automatic Bitcoin Purchases
Square Cash App Allows Automatic Bitcoin Purchases
May 20, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Consumers will now be able to make automatic purchases of bitcoin via Cash App, and in smaller satoshi denominations that could lead to more accessibility,...

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Today In Payments: Amazon Eyes JCPenney Buy; Stimulus Payments To Be Sent Via Visa Prepaid Debit Card
Today In Payments: Amazon Eyes JCPenney Buy; Stimulus Payments To Be Sent Via Visa Prepaid...
May 19, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Amazon could be in talks to buy JCPenney, and 4 million stimulus payments will be sent to consumers via Visa prepaid...

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Looking Beyond The Biggest Banks For SMB Relief
Looking Beyond The Biggest Banks For SMB Relief
May 14, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has dealt some difficult lessons, even to the largest Main Street lenders, as financiers struggle to meet demand, seamlessly process...

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Gaming Disbursements, Fitness Studios, Georgia’s Reopening Top This Week’s News
Gaming Disbursements, Fitness Studios, Georgia’s Reopening Top This Week’s News
May 08, 2020  |  News

It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments...

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What Earnings Portend For Payments, Lending, Fitness And The Gig Economy
What Earnings Portend For Payments, Lending, Fitness And The Gig Economy
May 08, 2020  |  Earnings

For the last several weeks speculation has run rampant on what the real effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant shutdown would end up being...

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Earnings Reports from FIS to PayPal Herald Point of Sale’s ‘New Normal’
Earnings Reports from FIS to PayPal Herald Point of Sale’s ‘New Normal’
May 08, 2020  |  Earnings

For companies like Fiserv, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), PayPal and others, selling terminals, offering payments platforms and designing checkout buttons, top and bottom lines...

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How Square’s Results Spotlight Main Street SMBs’ Resilience — And (Cash) Challenges
How Square’s Results Spotlight Main Street SMBs’ Resilience — And (Cash) Challenges
May 07, 2020  |  SMBs

Earnings season provides a wealth of data — of numbers and acronyms, a snapshot of balance sheet strengths or weaknesses. And often, drilling down into...

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