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US Debit Card Usage Soars as Consumers Embrace Convenient Payments

The Fintech Times

Commissioned by Discover® Financial Services’ PULSE debit network and conducted by Banking & Payments Group , the study gauged insights from large banks, credit unions and community banks. On average, active debit cardholders completed 34.6 point-of-sale (POS) transactions, two account-to-account transfers, and 1.9

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A Debit-Enabled Fix To In-Store Checkout Abandonment

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Debit cardholders often choose this payment method because it is more secure than carrying cash — which cannot be recovered if lost — and may safeguard them against spending more than they have, which is not the case with credit cards.

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Deep Dive: How Payment Card Networks Win Merchants Over

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billion non-prepaid debit card transactions in 2018, solidifying debit as a staple payment type. They insert or swipe their debit cards at stores’ point-of-sale (POS) devices — or key in details online — and maybe enter PINs, but the behind-the-scenes processes through which transactions are routed are kept invisible.

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Deep Dive: Measuring COVID-19’s Impact On Consumers’ Payment Preferences

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Consumers are also rethinking whether they should be paying for goods with cash, credit cards or debit cards. Concerns about the virus lingering on paper bills or point-of-sale (POS) terminals have made some consumers and merchants favor digital purchasing.