PayPal and Pinterest Discontinue Talks Last week PayPal announced it was in talks to buy social media platform Pinterest. One day later it was reported the payments giant’s stock price...
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Entrust Acquires Card Issuance Firm Antelop Secure payments and data protection company Entrust is acquiring French fintech company Antelop Solutions, according to PYMNTS.com. The coming together of the two organizations will simplify...
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Consumer, member and employee loyalty and engagement solutions leader Augeo announced its acquisition of Deluxe Rewards today. Deluxe Rewards’ patented, dual-currency technology lets CardLinx member Augeo offer unique, experiential rewards...
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POWERED BY DOSH EXTENDS PLATFORM CAPABILITIES, MARKET Austin, Texas-based Dosh is expanding its retail-based, card-linked, cash-back offer platform to financial services businesses. The new offering, Powered By Dosh, enables new...
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Canadian company Mobeewave has been purchased by Apple for $100 million, giving the tech giant’s existing iPhones the ability to function as contactless, mobile pay hubs. Mobeewave is an app...
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US Retail Sales Jump In June (But It Could Be the Last Increase for Some Time) Retail sales were up in May and June as economies reopened. A better-than-expected 7.5%...
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Facebook Ad Boycott Grows To Include Coca-Cola, Unilever A leading ad agency is asking clients to pull Facebook ads to support a boycott against the company. The move is to...
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Mastercard announced its intent to acquire financial technology company Finicity to advance its API and financial data strategy. The acquisition is intended to strengthen the payment card giant’s relationships with...
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Plaid, the company acquired by Visa for $5.3 billion, was sued in a class action alleging it harvested consumer transaction data without permission. The law suit states “Plaid uses that...
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New Clean Way to Pay: Mobile Wallets Surge on Covid 19 Fears Requiring no physical contact with merchant point-of-sale terminals, mobile wallets are increasingly viewed as a safer way to...
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