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What is a Surcharge Fee? How it Helps Consumers and Businesses

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In an era defined by digital transactions and cashless payments, the process of paying for goods and services is more convenient, and increasingly reliant on credit card transactions. However, as the popularity of credit cards and digital wallet payments continues to surge, the costs associated with accepting them also do.

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Wells Fargo Launches Contactless Credit, Debit Cards

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Wells Fargo announced Tuesday (April 2) the launch of contactless consumer credit and debit cards. In a press release , Wells Fargo said the new cards will enable customers to complete transactions quickly and with a single tap at millions of merchants and transit systems that accept contactless payments.

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How To Capture The Consumer With Digital Wallets In Their Purses And Back Pockets

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Helena Mao , vice president of global product strategy for payments at Blackhawk , spoke to PYMNTS, explaining why many consumers were slower to adopt the rollout of mobile wallets and payment methods in places like the United States — and why those feelings may be shifting. By contrast, U.S. is suddenly popping up everywhere.

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Fleet Payments Explore The Connected Car Opportunity

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As financial service conglomerates and innovators move deeper into the B2B payments field, they’re finding a field of opportunity to disrupt clunky manual and legacy processes far beyond the accounts payable (AP) department. Drivers must be authorized to spend company money, and fleet managers need visibility into those transactions.

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Chinese Banks Try To Get In On Mobile Pay

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A number of Chinese financial firms are branching out to embrace mobile payments, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Jan. trillion market as measured by transactions seen in the latest fiscal year, which ended in September, and is marked by a shift by consumers using their phones to make mobile payments ubiquitous.

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The Changing Payments Landscape Need Not Be Rocky

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The payments landscape is changing to the point where scale need not be the determining factor of success. But the landscape is changing, where physical payments are not the way it is done alone. Enter the mobile payments push, where buying is a 24/7/365 proposition.

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Deep Dive: How Real-Time Payments Are Changing How Businesses Pay Out Tips

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In turn, restaurants are fast embracing mobile payments as they look to deliver on the speed and convenience their customers have come to expect. Restaurants equipped with the necessary tools can disburse real-time payments to staff, eliminating delays and the need to divvy up cash at the end of a shift. In the U.S.,