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APP fraud: Mid-year review

The Payments Association

The early impact of the UK’s mandatory reimbursement policy for authorised push payment (APP) scam victims, implemented in October 2024. Authorised push payment (APP) scams remain one of the most devastating forms of financial fraud affecting UK consumers. Why is it important? What’s next?

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Key Differences of Payments for Small Businesses vs. Enterprises

Clearly Payments

81% of small businesses accept credit and debit cards, while 37% accept digital wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay. In the U.S., Cash remains an essential payment method for many SMBs, with 36.4% of total sales still being cash-based. In Canada, a similar trend exists. According to Statistics Canada, 64.4%

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What Is Zero-Cost Credit Card Processing and Is It Legal?

EBizCharge

Credit card processing fees have become a growing concern for many businesses, especially as margins tighten and consumer preferences lean heavily toward card payments. To offset these costs, more businesses are exploring zero-cost credit card processing—a model that shifts the burden of fees from the business to the customer.

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Wells Fargo Seeks Bidders For Private-Label Credit Card Unit

PYMNTS

Wells Fargo & Co is seeking to sell its private-label credit card and point-of-sale (POS) financing unit as part of an ongoing strategic review of its businesses. Selling the private-label credit card unit would be a business reversal for the financial services group. Wells Fargo also reported heightened debit card usage.

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Why The Loan Shark Prevention Act Will Harm Consumers

PYMNTS

The proposed credit card interest rate cap legislation , courtesy of Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is in serious need of an almost half-century-old refresher course in the unintended consequences of price caps on the American consumer. Here’s why.

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Ingo CEO On 2018’s Push Payments ‘Great Awakening’ (And What’s Next)

PYMNTS

With the launch of Ingo Money QuickConnect last week , the company capped off a year that CEO Drew Edwards told Karen Webster could best be characterized as the “Great Awakening” of push payments. We’ve finally moved beyond ‘so what is a push payment?’ to ‘how do I deliver real-time payments or fast funds to my customers?’”

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What is a Surcharge Fee? How it Helps Consumers and Businesses

Stax

In an era defined by digital transactions and cashless payments, the process of paying for goods and services is more convenient, and increasingly reliant on credit card transactions. However, as the popularity of credit cards and digital wallet payments continues to surge, the costs associated with accepting them also do.