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JUNE 12, 2025

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Law Enforcement

Finextra

JULY 20, 2025

PayPal’s consumer team has zeroed in on a target demographic of young families and professionals in their 30s and 40s with medium to high incomes , who demand convenience and want to make the most of their money. Yet even a company of this scale must evolve.

Product

Finextra

JUNE 6, 2025

However, the wider context is competitive pressures, regulatory demands, and new standards, all of which are pushing providers to improve credit assessment capabilities. By 2028, the number of users of BNPL services (Buy Now, Pay Later) is predicted to double to 670 million, an explosive 107% growth compared to 2024. billion in 2025.

BNPL

Payments Dive

JUNE 26, 2025

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PayPal

The Fintech Times

MAY 2, 2025

Payment choice is a customer demand retailers and marketplaces simply cannot ignore. Despite the growth in mobile banking and popularity amongst Gen-Z consumers, only four per cent of these bank transfers offered the option to pay through A2A mobile payments – using one-time push notifications through an app, to complete purchases.

Online and Mobile Banking

PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

To that end, Visa announced Tuesday (April 2) that it has introduced Card Payouts, an app designed help mid- to large-sized businesses manage cash flow — and speed payments to gig economy workers, to boot. The app is built to support card capture, tokenization and card-on-file transactions, Visa said on Tuesday.

Push-to-Card

PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Now, Edwards said, banks are at the same starting point on disbursements, but this is the opportunity to capitalize on the next big digital payments wave — from digital to instant, on-demand money, creating a modern disbursements experience. It’s happening either way,” Edwards told Webster. When ‘Instant’ Really Isn’t.

On-Demand

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

It may have taken some time, but faster and real-time payments demand continues to grow in the corporate and B2B payments context. With a focus on optimizing cash flow for merchant customers, EVO Payments has announced a new feature that enables businesses to access funds from card transactions in real time.

Innovation

PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

Visa recently partnered with Shieldpay to introduce secure card payments on peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms to the nation’s £120 billion ($151.1 billion USD) online classified marketplaces, enabling buyers and sellers to accept credit and debit cards. On-Demand Wages: A Handy Option For Handyperson Pros. In the U.K.,

On-Demand

PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

Instant payments — and the ability to push funds immediately across the debit rails to consumer bank accounts — has entered something of a renaissance. Today Visa , with Visa Direct , has added another use case for push payments — this time on a global scale. Visa Direct is the card network’s instant push payments platform.

P2P

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Mao, whose company provides solutions for payments, prepaid cards and gift cards, said the only way for merchants to go is forward, because going back isn’t an option. Mao, whose company provides solutions for payments, prepaid cards and gift cards, said the only way for merchants to go is forward, because going back isn’t an option.

Posting

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Global payments firm MoneyGram is advancing its Visa debit card deposit service across Europe in a partnership with Checkout.com and continued collaboration with Visa’s real-time push payments platform Visa Direct. Consumer demand for real-time payments direct to bank accounts and mobile wallets continues to surge.”.

P2P

Fintech News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Banks push for digitalization According to the report, large banks are at the forefront of the sector’s digital transformation. India banks are also investing in technology to enhance digital customer acquisition, leading to a rising demand for customer relationship management (CRM) platforms to handle leads from various channels.

Payment APIs and Integration

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Real-time payments are currently among the hottest trends and topics in the payments industry — a source of significant investment and regulatory attention, as financial institutions and other players strive to meet consumer demand for faster money movement. Common forms of pull payments, meanwhile, include debit cards and paper checks.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

That left FIs scrambling to “rapidly figure out how to get that same emotional and engagement outcome when the possibility of face-to-face is virtually nonexistent,” Randy Piatt , head of product solutions at card technology firm Ondot Systems , told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Simple: Start with the cards.

Online and Mobile Banking

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Such factors could drive companies worldwide to seek the utility and flexibility of delivering payroll via prepaid cards, and this month’s Deep Dive examines companies’ growing interest in these tools. . Companies with global workforces need to overcome numerous challenges to quickly and easily pay their employees. Paying unbanked workers

Payroll

Clearly Payments

JANUARY 25, 2024

Digital Only Banks or Neobanks The emergence of digital-only banks injects competition, propelling the use of debit cards and credit cards, impacting the overall payment processing market. Digital banks, sometimes called Neobanks, push consumers into digital banking and digital payments. for the 2022-2027 period.

Process

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The digital shift brought on by the coronavirus has caused treasury banks to reprioritize their support of digital payments as consumers and merchants increasingly demand fast, easy and secure ways to get their money. The Value Proposition.

Treasury

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

While debit cards have been accessible to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with business checking accounts, they’re not among the most heavily leveraged tools in the entrepreneur’s toolbox. FastAccess Funding, DeAngelo said, is as easy as providing them with a debit card number. Keeping Integration Easy.

Debit Card

PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

Powered by Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time push payments solution, (Instant Transfer) moves money from customers’ PayPal accounts to their bank account via their Visa debit cards — providing an experience that offers speed, security and convenience, 24/7/365,” according to statement describing the launch.

PayPal

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 12, 2024

People turn to eBays more than two billion listings to find the things they love, from a rare Pokemon trading card to a gently pre-loved Birkin bag or that well-priced Rolex watch. As consumer demand for sustainable choices grows, the resale market is booming.

BNPL

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Fewer consumers use physical currency when making purchases, and are instead turning to more modern, digital methods of payment, particularly when making purchases online with debit cards. This pushed Bonkowski and his team to explore digital authentication solutions to protect its global user base. and around the globe.

Authentication

PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

The companies said in a release today (March 7) that “the demand for instant access to earned wages has now extended to batch payroll,” and can effectively break the cycle that seems entrenched in the work world — namely, the two-week waiting period that marks the time between paychecks. have had a problem getting paid at times.

Payroll

The Fintech Times

MARCH 20, 2024

After years of pushing to a fully digital payments landscape that will in theory see a cashless economy in the (reasonably) near future, it could all come tumbling down after a series of technical issues that has seen major retailers unable to process card or contactless payments and once again relying on notes and coins.

Contactless Payments

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The “glass half full” look at that score, Edwards observed, is that there’s a lot of room for improvement in a world where consumer expectations for access can be summed up in two words: on demand. But data shows that what consumers increasingly do want is money pushed to them via the alias known as the debit card.

Consumer

Fintech News

MAY 2, 2024

Customer Demand-Driven Regional Expansion Samarth Bansal, the General Manager of Wise Platform for the Asia Pacific region, emphasises the company’s customer-centric approach to expansion. As of FY23, Wise boasts 10 million active customers, a 34% year-over-year increase, and moves approximately £25 billion each quarter.

Cross-Border

Clearly Payments

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

From independent sales organizations (ISOs) and payment facilitators (PayFacs) to acquirers, card associations, and beyond, each entity plays a unique role in shaping the payment industry. Amidst this intricate dance of forces, competition reigns supreme, driving innovation and pushing the boundaries of convenience and accessibility.

Value Added Service

PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

Demand for instant payments is also increasing in the workforce, and has the potential to change how workers view concepts like payday. Under the terms of the deal, PayActiv can use Visa Direct’s real-time push payment capabilities to deliver gig workers’ earnings to debit cards or reloadable prepaid cards.

Venmo

PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

Sheley remarked that, as the second decade of the 21st century is coming to a close, and “digital-friendly endpoints” have exploded with the possibilities and demand for instant payments, now is not only possible, but game-changing, especially for SMBs. “When do you want to get paid?” That is a game-changer for the little guy.”.

Debit Card

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Consumers, businesses and governments are seeing faster payments as a path to greater convenience and financial security, and this growing demand is spurring payments services providers (PSPs) to meet this need in a swift, secure manner. Common forms of pull payments include debit cards and paper checks.

Payer

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

The letter highlighted that access to the payments systems today is only possible through incumbent intermediaries – the banks and the card networks – which have not kept pace with the needs of consumers and businesses. There’s a canary in the faster payments coalmine. It flew in on Dec. Here’s where the canary flew in.

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

When it comes to accessing their money, today’s consumer wants it now, with the push of a button. As they grow bolder with this demand, consumer requirements for speed, simplicity and choice in how they get paid could soon make push payments technology a corporate standard. New Tools on the Block .

Checks

PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Connecting these two dots suggests a few important things that, for banks and card networks, might be the 2020 hindsight that could have come in handy had they stopped to look backwards a few years ago: That the Fed has much more than a passing interest in how faster payments are run in the U.S. A Couple of Important Dots.

Faster Payments

CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

If Amazon can get you lower-debt payments or give you a bank account, you’ll buy more stuff on Amazon.”. Based on our findings, it’s hard to claim that Amazon is building the next-generation bank. Based on our findings, it’s hard to claim that Amazon is building the next-generation bank. Continue to reduce any buying/selling friction.

Online and Mobile Banking

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Some of them have been mandated by governments, readying for anticipated demand. If you look across the technology industry and the payments industry, the pace and movement of change is accelerating,” Mike Kresse, division executive for card and money movement at FIS , recently told PYMNTS in an interview. Particularly in the U.S,

C2B

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

This is likely to result in high demand for receiving funds quickly and conveniently via person-to-person (P2P) payment apps. No single payment method will suit all needs, but many employers in Europe are finding it important to disburse freelancers’ funds onto payroll cards.

Push-to-Card

PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

In the May edition of the Disbursements Tracker , PYMNTS highlights some of the notable disbursement developments changing the way employees get paid, such as with digital escrow tools, and how borrowers, including small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), can access capital through their debit cards and instant deposit services.

Debit Card