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Admiring Great Execution in Payments Technology
You have to admire great execution when you see it - and this morning Jeff Mullen and Philip Yen from Dynamics stopped by our offices to say hello and share some of their excitement at the reactions they've been getting to their new "ultra...
PayNearMe Refreshes Kombini Payments For The US
You are a bona fide payments professional if that headline makes senses to you. For everyone else, here's an explanation. Kombini Payments Before we take a look at PayNearMe, let’s first explore how Kombini payments work. Kombini (variously...
PRESTO Contactless Transit Solution Faces Hurdle in Toronto
I’m in Toronto for the EuroFinance conference which has the additional benefit of letting my try out the new PRESTO contactless fare system run by the Government of Ontario for GO Rail that brings commuters into Toronto. The system is being...
Payment Geek Meet Up at Menlo Park 7-Eleven
Yesterday Consult Hyperion's Dave Birch paid a visit to Glenbrook World HQ here in Menlo Park. We talked payments, consulting, emerging markets, and blogging. But the highlight was our test of his UK issued contactless payment sticker at the...
MasterCard Acquires DataCash – Game On!
As you may have seen on PaymentsNews, MasterCard announced the acquisition of DataCash, a pan-European (and a bit beyond) gateway, this morning for $520 million. Before I jump in, you might want to take a look at the earlier opinion piece I...
Card Payments Fraud and the Fed
One of the more interesting elements added late in the game to the Durbin amendment was the language added around card-related fraud costs. This has led to much speculation about what this might mean for various anti-fraud technologies (e.g.,...
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Powering AI Commerce With the New Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)
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Zelle® Hits New Highs. Two Billion in Transactions and Nearly $600 Billion in Payments in First Half of 2025
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Visa Launches Visa Private in UAE — A First-Of-Its-Kind Payment Experience for High-Net-Worth Individuals
"Visa has announced the launch of Visa Private, an exclusive premium offering tailored for high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) who seek a level of service and benefits that go beyond conventional card experiences. Available first in the UAE before a wider GCC rollout,...
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