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In a bid to fuel online sales, Barclaycard is partnering with Amazon in Germany to offer installment lending to overcome the country’s low credit card ownership rates.

EMVCo, the major card brand-supported venture to establish EMV guidelines and specifications, has begun testing a program to determine if consumer mobile devices can securely accept contactless payments — a move that not only hastens the adoption of contactless payments, but renews criticism over which networks control technology and routing decisions.

The Interac debit network is expanding online and in-store options for Walmart customers throughout Canada, looking to have new technology in place by spring of 2021.

Michael Moeser, Senior Analyst at PaymentsSource, talks to Ginger Siegel, North America Small Business Lead at Mastercard, about how smaller shops are managing through the coronavirus pandemic.

Ahead of a holiday shopping season that should focus heavily on e-commerce, Amazon is updating its rewards program to keep delivery drivers interested in handling its packages.

In today’s changing work environment, a one-size-fits-all policy does not make sense. An AI-based system means organizations rely less on an auditor’s luck in catching expenses abuses, and more on a systematic, evidence-based, and consistently fair approach, says AppZen's Andrew Foster.

It's not just payment habits that are changing, but the very nature of what people are willing to buy one another.

Crypto played a key role in Square's 140% year-over-year growth in revenue for the third quarter — and 212% growth in gross profit for the Cash App alone.

Asked about the political uncertainty surrounding the undecided presidential race, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank isn’t wavering from its duty “to support the economy during this difficult time.”

As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded in early 2020, Visa deployed street-level teams in 66 cities across the U.S. to meet with small-business owners to help them transition to a digital-first world.