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A Study on Contactless Payments by Country

Clearly Payments

As digital infrastructure continues to advance, the ease and speed of contactless transactions are becoming increasingly attractive to consumers and businesses. Instead of entering a PIN or handling cash, users can simply tap their card or mobile device to complete a transaction in seconds. What are Contactless Payments?

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

PYMNTS

There were plenty of tailwinds that pushed the segment forward: A strong economy, healthy consumer interest in credit and advances in credit scoring technology were all instrumental in pushing more consumers into the market, particularly in the first half of the year. The Two Faces Of Consumer Credit. That amounts to $13.2

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Amazon Or Walmart? Who Won 2019’s Race For The Consumer’s Whole Paycheck

PYMNTS

percent as of 2019 — PYMNTS’ 2019 numbers are historic, trailing 12-month numbers based on data from Q4 2018 through Q3 2019. percent as of 2019 data. At the time, in November 2018, it became clear that the state of that race had changed. percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S., percent of all U.S. percent of U.S.

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Wise Platform Powers New Global Account and Card Program for Brazilian Fintech Nubank

Finovate

Courtesy of the partnership, Wise Platform will power a new global account and international debit card for Nubank. Brazilian fintech Nubank has partnered with Wise Platform to power its global account and international debit card. The collaboration will also enable Nubank customers to hold both U.S.

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US Consumers' FICO Score Hits Highest Since 2005

PYMNTS

score in July, according to the Journal, was 711 — up from 708 in April 2020 and 706 in July 2019. He added that deferment policies and government stimulus checks “are having a further effect of pushing out that stress for many people.”. Even as they're paying down debt, Americans continue to spend money, data suggests.

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UK Finance: Fraud is Down But Over £1billion is Still Stolen by Criminals – What’s Next for the UK?

The Fintech Times

In its Annual Fraud Report 2024 , UK Finance detailed the amount its members reported as stolen through payment fraud and scams, with a primary focus on authorised push payment (APP) fraud and unauthorised fraud. ” Unauthorised fraud losses Unauthorised fraud is when your card details are used by someone else without your permission.

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Ingo CEO On 2018’s Push Payments ‘Great Awakening’ (And What’s Next)

PYMNTS

With the launch of Ingo Money QuickConnect last week , the company capped off a year that CEO Drew Edwards told Karen Webster could best be characterized as the “Great Awakening” of push payments. We’ve finally moved beyond ‘so what is a push payment?’ That one bite is via a card that almost everyone has in their wallets today.