Payment processing

Zelle teams with Clearing House to speed P2P payments — and woo small banks

02/25/21

Early Warning's person-to-person payment network predicts that faster settlement through The Clearing House's Real Time Payments will enhance its appeal.

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Banks want to regain control of consumer bill pay. Mastercard offers help.

02/17/21

The card brand's data exchange platform, which provides mobile real-time processing, has gained support from the likes of PNC and Citizens.

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Amex upbeat on consumer travel, less so on business

01/26/21

The card brand is betting on homebound consumers' eagerness to get out, but restrictions will need to ease. And corporate spending will take much longer to come back.

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When rioters attacked the Capitol, these payment companies were quick to respond

01/15/21

Some companies cut off the flow of cash to insurrectionists, while others put a halt to their political spending. Their actions came quickly after the events of Jan. 6.

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11 fintech M&A deals that defined 2020

12/29/20

The year 2020 was disruptive and chaotic. And while it derailed or delayed some companies' plans for growth, it also created opportunities for new combinations — or, at the very least, didn't slow them down.

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No holiday off as banks, payment networks clean up after SolarWinds hack

12/28/20

With Microsoft, Equifax and others acknowledging that the SolarWinds hack of U.S. government entities had affected their holdings, security teams and vendors have put the holiday aside while continuing around-the-clock surveillance to ensure no financial services or payments networks have been hacked.

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