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Getting Stimulus Funds To Those Who Need Them — Without The Paper Check

PYMNTS

As reported, those Americans with direct deposit account information stored with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) — the conduit through which they get refunds — will get those payments within a few weeks after legislation is finalized and signed. There also is Mastercard Send for push payments as an alternative to ACH.

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Are Banks Keeping Pace With The Speed Of Innovation?

PYMNTS

Whether that’s on their mobile device on the go or in their kitchen while they make dinner. As mobile and digital banking is really starting to grow, catch on and just overtake the branch and some of the other channels, biometric authentication is just a necessity. Here is an excerpt of the conversation.

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Payments Stocks Show Strong Beginning In 2017

PYMNTS

Stocks showed a strong push to begin a shortened first week to the new year, with a relative strong performance among winners outpacing declining issues. At the same time, the firm also said last week that it had completed its buy of Canada’s DirectCash Payments ATM and card services provider. percent to the upside to the week.

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Top 5 Fraud Posts for 2022: Scams, Contactless and Money Mules

FICO

In a year that saw the word "scamdemic" coined, scams such as authorised push payment fraud were top of mind, along with various other fraud schemes. This is not only the case for application fraud — where automation is used to create and submit hundreds if not thousands of applications — but also for card fraud. FICO Admin.

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Mobile Pay In The Headlines: Nine Ways Mobile Made News

PYMNTS

It may not be the year of mobile payments — yet — but it is certainly the year mobile payments players are laying the groundwork for what they know is inevitable. This week, PYMNTS dug into the week of mobile pay news to bring you the latest from the ecosystem. Dunkin’ Donuts/Starbucks Mobile Loyalty Wars.

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A First Look at What’s Coming to the FinDEVr Stage this October

Fintech Labs Insights

At the upcoming FinDEVr , 60 leading fintech companies will present their developer-friendly APIs, SDKs, and other solutions to an audience of financial builders and their technical colleagues. It’s the one place to gather tips and techniques from a wide cross section of fintech players in just two days, all at an affordable price.

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What Check Fraud Can Teach Banks About Preparing For The Instant Payments Future

PYMNTS

Perhaps that’s why, in the midst of the seemingly never-ending stream of headlines about data breaches, account takeovers, stolen credit cards and online fraud , the notion of “check fraud” seems something of an outlier for the up-and-coming fraudster looking to make a decent living. And the death of checks – sooner rather than later.

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