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High-Risk Business with Stripe, PayPal, Square, Venmo

Payment Savvy

Certain activities, or the industry you work in, may cause payment processors to characterize your merchant account as high risk. It isn’t uncommon for some businesses to process online payments and get higher-than-average returns, but your reputation and industry play an important role. What Is a High-Risk Merchant Account?

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Strong Venmo and QR Code Payments Growth Help PayPal Score Record Q2 Earnings

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In an earnings season defined by diminished expectations amid the worldwide economic shutdown, PayPal not only beat analysts’ expectations Wednesday (July 29) but enjoyed a record quarter. And the company credited its Venmo peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform and QR code-based contactless-payments system for a big part of that success. “In

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Venmo’s New Boss On Its Next Chapter

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That ancient proverb, one oft-repeated by mothers and fathers to their daughters and sons over generations, also applies to PayPal’s Darrell Esch’s path to his new role as general manager of Venmo. But as usage patterns shifted dramatically, something was equally visible on the Venmo platform.

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Understanding Visa Plus: the Future of Money Transfers?

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While this has brought about a plethora of options from PayPal to Venmo, it has also led to a fragmented ecosystem where interoperability has been a significant challenge. Users will create a unique Visa+ payname linked to their existing account on a participating platform such as PayPal or Venmo. How Does Visa+ Work?

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Why JPMorgan Wants A Piece Of The SMB POS Market

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For SMBs, what’s in the cards … are more card readers. Morgan is bringing payments to the point of sale (POS), with an eye on making inroads into a landscape dominated by firms such as PayPal and Square. Chase has also said that its new SMB offering will enable firms to take card payments within minutes. “We

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Fraud Protection for P2P Payments at Point of Sale

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As consumers flock back to stores , some may be surprised and delighted to learn that they can use popular person-to-person (P2P) payment apps like Venmo and PayPal at the cash register. At other places the Venmo user scans the store’s QR code. PayPal made a big push in 2020 to expand its POS presence.

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Serving Mobile P2P Payments To The Gen X Crowd

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Legacy banks are similarly at work, with one major FI seeking to beat out FinTech competition by offering same-day access to credit card deposits. Legacy banks are similarly at work, with one major FI seeking to beat out FinTech competition by offering same-day access to credit card deposits. Around the Faster Payments World.

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