PayThink is focused on the rapidly changing, inter-connected markets of debit, credit, mobile, prepaid and digital payments. As the payments industry strives for faster innovation to launch new products ahead of competitors, PayThink provides insight from market participants and innovators leading the way. PayThink is designed for executives looking to stay relevant in the ever-changing payments ecosystem by finding and honing their competitive edge.
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Rachel Hudgins is Counsel in Hunton Andrews Kurth's Insurance Coverage group in the firm's Atlanta office. Rachel helps policyholders present and resolve insurance claims across the country and U.S. territories
June 11
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Illinois' recent move to prohibit the inclusion of taxes and tips in credit card interchange fees suggests that electronic transactions are too expensive and also that there are too many entities working unilaterally to reduce those costs.
June 11
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Dickinson Financial in Missouri has no intention of departing from its expansionary mindset as it lays plans for de novo branches and scouts new acquisition opportunities.
June 11
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PayPal has brought on expert pitchmen from Uber and Plaid to build an advertising platform for merchants. Its rivals are on a similar path.
June 11
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Nearly 20 years ago, the SEC made business development companies subject to an obscure reporting rule that pushed them out of major index funds. Reversing course would be a major boon to small businesses.
June 11
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Helena Plater-Zyberk is the co-Founder and CEO of Supportiv, the on-demand peer-to-peer mental, emotional, and social support service that serves large employers, hospital systems, and health plans including Medicare and Medicaid. The digital support service has already helped over 1.8 million unique users cope with, heal from, and problem-solve daily life struggles like loneliness, caregiving burdens, anxiety, depression, stress, and burnout. Helena is the former CEO of Simple Therapy, an AI-driven at-home physical therapy alternative, with previous leadership roles at Scholastic and Condé Nast.
June 10
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Late payments, which have been on a steady rise since 2021, are now climbing at a slower rate or even declining at some major card issuers. Risks remain, but there's 'reason to be cautiously optimistic," one analyst said.
June 10
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An interchange provision included in Illinois' budget bill could force banks and payment processors nationwide to revamp their payments infrastructure, lobbying groups for the industry say.
June 10
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Tatyana Marchuk is an associate professor in finance at BI Norwegian Business School and a research associate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, or CEPR.
June 10
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Tetiana Davydiuk is an assistant professor of finance at the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.
June 10
