Clearly Payments

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

At the forefront of payment industry, particularly in credit cards, are two giants: Visa and Mastercard. Bank of America launched the BankAmericard in 1958, widely considered the first credit card available to consumers, which eventually evolved into Visa. UnionPay has 32% of the global credit card market.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2017

A movement by countries around the globe to embrace a cashless future is resulting in plastic payments (think credit and debit cards) to erode cash’s market share. The UK Cards Association reported that a quarter of all card transactions are done via a contactless terminal.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2017

Cards Association (UKCA) found that cashless purchases made through debit and credit cards more than doubled in the past decade. billion purchases were made by credit and debit cards. card-not-present transactions numbers. A recent report from the U.K. In 2006, 6.7 In 2016, U.K.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2017

With the popularity of online shopping, it should come as no surprise that there’s been an uptick in card-not-present purchases. Cards Association (UKCA) finds that the amount of purchases made through debit and credit cards has more than doubled in the past decade. A new report from the U.K.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 9, 2024

This option is even more advantageous than using other means of payment outside the country, bringing savings up to nine per cent compared to traditional credit cards for international travel. Supporting global travel The debit card associated with the Global Account offers coverage in over 200 countries and territories.

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Evolve Payment

MARCH 21, 2024

Seamless and secure credit card processing is crucial for any business. But behind the simple swipe of your customer’s card lies a complex web of vendors working together to ensure every transaction runs smoothly. Merchant processing is how your business handles card transactions. But fret no more, weary merchant!

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

Brad Fauss, CEO of the National Branded Pre-Paid Card Association and MPD CEO Karen Webster dug into the potential for these rules to create the kind of inconsistencies that could very well disadvantage the very consumers that the CFPB intended to protect. So far, so good.

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PayHawk

APRIL 18, 2023

Address Verification System (AVS) A system that compares the billing address provided by the cardholder with the address on file with the card issuer to verify the authenticity of a transaction. Annual Percentage Rate (APR) The annual interest rate charged by a credit card issuer on outstanding balances.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The UK Cards Association reported that, as of Nov. 2016, there were more than 100 million contactless cards in issue in the U.K., According to Finextra , AIB customers are using contactless payment for more than 5 million transactions each month — and that number is only expected to grow.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

Then, yesterday, Mastercard, in partnership with Plastiq, announced that it will enable cross-border tuition payments via any Mastercard branded debit or credit card from Chinese students (or their parents, more probably) to the U.S. are from China, which is the largest source country.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

It’s hard to find POS terminals that will take a government-subsidized debit card in local villages in India, where more than 60 percent of the country’s citizens live. I chatted with CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association , Brad Fauss, about this issue not long ago.

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