Some Affirm customers reported duplicate charges this week to their bank accounts for Affirm's buy now/pay later loans. The San Francisco-based fintech on Friday said it's resolved the problem.
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TCH wants to boost adoption of its real-time payments rail without undermining the Federal Reserve's option, which is set to launch this year.
January 11
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Ant Group's Alipay teams up to expand mobile wallet acceptance, CaixaBank forms a cybersecurity consortium, Santander plans buy now/pay later for businesses, and more.
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A Visa executive explains how China's long lockdown held back Asia's travel-spending recovery and why government policies, economic trends and even the hit Netflix series "Bridgerton" caused post-pandemic cross-border travel spending to spike in many parts of the world.
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As one U.S. CBDC project comes to a close, it's increasingly clear that government-backed currencies can't succeed unless they are interoperable on a global scale.
January 9
This year's Most Influential Women in Payments honorees span the globe, demonstrating the universal importance of personal connections and career mobility, as well as the ways technology can connect a hybrid workforce and propel commerce.
About half of small businesses nationwide are now classified as financially unhealthy: They have difficulty paying bills on time, inadequate cash reserves or insufficient insurance. Eytan Bensoussan, founder and CEO of NorthOne, a neobank for small businesses, shares his thoughts on how banks and fintechs can help these customers survive.
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By adding the Atlanta-based Paya, the Canadian payment technology firm can expand its client base in business-to-business transactions, government agencies, utilities and health care.
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By opening a recording-artist accelerator featuring virtual worlds and nonfungible tokens, the company plans to reach an industry that appeals to young consumers.
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The rise of legalized online sports betting has pushed the payments industry to create some of its stiffest defenses against scams.
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As 2023 begins with an aura of economic uncertainty, businesses will seek a competitive advantage in how they accept and initiate payments, Dwolla COO Dave Glaser contends.
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Swift adds a top exec from Mastercard, Visa expands mobile pay in Oman, Turkey tests a CBDC; and other global financial services news.
January 4
