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bankinnovation.net
April 27, 2018
P2P payment provider Zelle processed $25 billion in payments during the first quarter of 2018, the service reported yesterday, a more than 15% increase from last quarter. While this seems to be a good deal higher than the payment volume of its competitor service, Venmo (owned by payments company,Ãâà...
WTVD-TV
April 27, 2018
North Carolina tax agency duplicated thousands of payments ... North Carolina's tax collectors are refunding money to thousands of taxpayers whose electronic payments were wrongly subtracted twice from their bank ... The department also will reimburse overdraft fees such a payment could have caused.
PYMNTS.com
April 27, 2018
The companies highlighted new regulations in Brazil by the National Ground Transportation Agency, which require freight transporters and loaders to use electronic payments. The firms said these professionals are largely still relying on freight letters and paper checks. “Since becoming regulated, electronic freight paymentÃâà...
Android Police
April 27, 2018
Your Google Assistant settings have had a "Payments" section for quite some time where you can set up a payment method and address. This is used for both making purchases through Google Express merchants as well as sending payments to other users. However, both options are only available toÃâà...
KMOV.com
April 27, 2018
ST, LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) – A new revelation about the source of payments to a key player in the Invasion of Privacy case against Missouri governor Eric Greitens came to light in court Friday. Al Watkins, the attorney for the woman's ex-husband, says he knows who paid him two $50,000 cash payments.
PYMNTS.com
April 27, 2018
“I'm not saying we can't change the culture [of late payments] just by having conversations and highlighting issues, but we cannot deny the reality: The ability to fine would bring more gravitas to the role.” According to reports, Uppal raised the issue that companies confronted by the official regarding late payment practices doÃâà...
Digital Trends
April 27, 2018
Among its services, Square offers merchants a credit card reader that enables a smartphone or tablet to act as a payment terminal, providing a cost-effective way for small-business owners to process credit card transactions. The system is popular with many brick-and-mortar merchants, and Square will nowÃâà...
Coindesk
April 27, 2018
Singapore's Intellectual Property Office announced an initiative to expedite the patent-granting process for fintech-related applications such as blockchain-based payments. According to a statement from the Office, the FinTech Fast Track initiative seeks to shorten that process from about two years to as little as six months.
Watertown Public Opinion
April 27, 2018
Though cards and cash still rule the payments landscape, there seems to be a higher acceptance of mobile payment technology, particularly by younger demographic groups. Also, the exponential growth rate of IoT is likely to fuel new payment trends and use cases in the years to come. Understanding theÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
April 26, 2018
The subcontracting process (i.e. the actual production of the good in country B) is not considered a change of economic ownership and thus is not recorded in the balance of payments. Rather, any manufacturing inputs remain under country A's ownership, country A's payment to country B for the productionÃâà...
WLNS
April 17, 2018
Innovation Exhibit: Visa's innovation space (booth 811) will enable Emerge attendees to experience the life of the Connected Consumer, powered by Visa's push payments platform – Visa Direct. Attendees will have the chance to interact with various payment technologies that make paying fast, easy andÃâà...
ModernHealthcare.com
April 17, 2018
The new alternative payment model, called Patient-Centered Opioid Addiction Treatment, would give providers an initial, one-time payment to cover the costs ... After the initial payment, subsequent reimbursement would come in the form of monthly "maintenance" payments to cover the cost of providingÃâà...
PaymentsJournal
April 17, 2018
Outside the U.S., apps with payment capabilities are wildly popular. Many of these apps began not with a focus on payments but more of a communications platform that continued to add more and more features that eventually included P2P transactions, digital payment options, and transaction options forÃâà...
Buffalo News
April 16, 2018
There's no question that poor negotiations jammed up the budgets of at least two out of three cities desperate to get casino money. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the Senecas must act quickly to fix this problem. If not, Niagara Falls and Salamanca will suffer tremendous financial pain, while Buffalo findsÃâà...
PaymentsSource
April 16, 2018
With the Payments Service Directive (PSD2) implementation now in effect, banks in Europe will be required to allow regulated third parties to access account information and payment initiation via Open API's. With that shift, we'll see more payment providers entering the market, many of which will continueÃâà...
WSMV Nashville
April 16, 2018
By Aileen Graef CNN. (CNN) -- President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen used the same Delaware limited liability company to facilitate payments to two women, according to a report Sunday in The Wall Street Journal. Essential Consultants LLC was used for the partial payment of aÃâà...
Built In Austin
April 16, 2018
When a startup's biggest competitor is the paper check, success is likely to follow. At least, that's the case for ePayPolicy, an Austin startup with the sole purpose of providing a digital platform for collecting independent insurance company payments. “We're competing with a paper check, and independentÃâà...
PYMNTS.com
April 16, 2018
If payments can be likened to a toll road, as mentioned above, the question becomes whether companies need ancillary offerings to fill the coffers – and the answer is yes, Cohen said. He cites Worldpay, where almost all of the revenue stems from payments as a result of the many things wrapped around the payment thatÃâà...
PaymentsSource
April 16, 2018
The leverage of payments goes both ways on a construction site. For example, a plumber hired to complete a project may withhold performing work as a result of non-payment, while a general contractor may withhold payment until a couple remaining faucets are installed. Streamlining the invoice approvalÃâà...
PYMNTS.com
April 16, 2018
A good day is often a matter of perspective: One firm's day of triumph is another's day that will live in infamy. The dividing line is often the data — calculating who's up (JPMC), who's down (Wells Fargo) and where the difference is split somewhere in between. Share. Tweet. Share. Share. Share. Print. Email.
Toledo Blade
April 3, 2018
... a new report within the “election cycle.” Her pledge to voters was that she would attempt to improve her credit rating and that voters would be apprised of the results within 30 to 60 days. Regardless of what the report says, Ms. Webb should live up to the deadline she set for herself. Payment past due.
Taft Midway Driller
April 3, 2018
Not only are income taxes due on April 15, but a lot of Kern County property tax owners have another tax deadline, too. Kern County Treasurer and Tax Collector Jordan Kaufman reminded the public that the second installment of Kern County property tax is delinquent if not paid by 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 10,Ãâà...
Canton Repository
April 3, 2018
DISCUSSION: Paving of East Main Street now is on the Ohio Department of Transportation's agenda for late 2018, according to City Manager Thomas Ault. The city's share will be 20 percent of the estimated $500,000 project. Council is asking for legislation to appropriate up to $150,000 to cover additionalÃâà...
HuffPost
April 3, 2018
Toronto-based Hudson's Bay did not say when the breach had begun or how many payment card numbers were taken. ... Hudson's Bay Co on Sunday disclosed that it was the victim of a security breach that compromised data on payment cards used at Saks and Lord & Taylor stores in North America.
The Spokesman-Review
April 3, 2018
According to Venmo's own security policy, the app is designed for “payments between friends and people who trust each other.” Venmo lets users leave public comments or emojis after each transaction. Small businesses are using the apps as well. Brittani Danielson, a freelance photographer fromÃâà...
FEDweek
April 3, 2018
In fact, you are allowed to change the payment methodology during the annual open season which runs from October 15th through December 15th (with the changes becoming effective in your January payment). Once you switch from life expectancy based monthly payments to monthly payments of a fixedÃâà...
i24NEWS
March 25, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the new US law slashing aid to the Palestinians over payments to convicted terrorists and their families, describing it as a “powerful signal” in his weekly address to the Cabinet on Sunday. “The American Congress has passed the Taylor ForceÃâà...
Cointelegraph
March 25, 2018
The payment app will also be able to show an estimate of the cost of a money transfer. So far this year Ripple has partnered with MoneyGram to speed fiat settlements, a consortium of 61 Japanese banks for creating an instant domestic payments app, and a South Korean bank for “commercial” internationalÃâà...
Crain's Detroit Business
March 25, 2018
Hospital systems in Southeast Michigan are taking another look at the size of their workforces and how they manage clinical care as government and private payers ratchet down reimbursements and patients seek lower-cost outpatient services. Two health systems — Ascension Health Michigan and DetroitÃâà...
newsBTC
March 25, 2018
This is partly the reason why crypto payments seem to struggle gaining momentum despite the current frenzy in the payments space. The boom of retail and digital commerce has triggered an arms race that prompted various entities like card companies, payment processors, phone manufacturers, andÃâà...
CryptoSlate
March 25, 2018
... new platform will allow for all payments to be settled within 24 hours. Not only that, users will also be able to see the processing fee involved with each transaction upfront — thereby eliminating the need for financial intermediaries who are known to charge hefty transfer sums on every individual payment.
South China Morning Post
March 25, 2018
UnionPay International recently signed a partnership with ACI Worldwide, a US-based e-payment provider that has 5,100 institutions and merchants as its clients, and is emphasising the security of QR-based payments, according to Cai Jianbo, chief executive of UnionPay International, the global arm of theÃâà...
NPR
March 25, 2018
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with The Campaign Legal Center's Larry Noble about whether election laws were broken when Stormy Daniels, who alleges a Trump affair, was paid off to stay silent. Facebook; Twitter; Flipboard; EmailÃâà...
Mobile Marketer
March 23, 2018
To transfer money or request a payment, Google Assistant users can say commands into their phones like, "Hey, Google, send $300 to Mom" or "Hey Google, request $9.43 from John for gas money." Payments have to be authorized on a smartphone or other device with a fingerprint scan or password, andÃâà...
Phys.Org
March 23, 2018
Bitcoins are the most common currency of ransomware payments, and because most victims do not own them, the initial bitcoin purchase provides a starting point for tracking payments. Each ransomware victim is often given a unique payment address that directs to a bitcoin wallet where the ransom isÃâà...
PaymentsSource
March 23, 2018
When adopting new payment methodologies, banks must strike a balance between ease of use, ease of access and the need to maintain stringent security. Fingerprint authentication is now in mainstream use and rapidly giving way to the latest facial recognition functionality. We've already seen thatÃâà...
Terre Haute Tribune Star
March 18, 2018
Customers who have received a disconnect notice or need bill payment assistance are urged to contact Vectren online at Vectren.com using the Live Chat ... themselves behind on bill payments, and we want to remind them of the programs, resources and payment options in place to help manage costs.”.
Fredericksburg.com
March 18, 2018
With the deadline for my mortgage payment getting close when I got paid Friday, I opted to run a check right over to a SunTrust bank, which takes payments for the company my mortgage is with. I thought that would get the money there faster than the automatic payment, which takes a few days to arrive.
Investopedia (blog)
March 18, 2018
On the other side of the table, merchants who want payment in fiat would be able to accept cryptocurrency payments quickly and inexpensively, and enjoy the same back-end exchange. (See also: Twitter Billionaire Jack Dorsey Invests in Bitcoin Lightning Network.) Another more probable alternative is thatÃâà...
PYMNTS.com
March 17, 2018
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released the patent application filed by American Express Travel Related Services Company, the payment technology firm's travel unit, which outlines the use of blockchain technology to accelerate payments between two parties. The filing describes a blockchain solution to receiveÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
March 17, 2018
Reserve growth stopped as private investors in Europe and Japan started buying a lot of the rest of the world's bonds. Blog Post by Brad W. Setser. March 16, 2018. Blog Post: Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. China just released the PBOCÃâà...
ModernHealthcare.com
March 17, 2018
The dominant insurance industry trade group wants the CMS to change how it calculates payment rates for Medicare Advantage plans to more closely ... The CMS' payments to Medicare Advantage plans are determined by comparing the plan's estimated cost when bidding to serve a specific region withÃâà...
New York Times
March 17, 2018
ALBANY — The state comptroller's office has threatened to reject future requests for lucrative stipend payments worth tens of thousands of dollars from .... Senate officials said that the documents sent to the comptroller with the false titles were simply a way to ensure payment, not to lie about the position theyÃâà...
New York Times
March 17, 2018
The United States just started another epic borrowing binge. And if you borrow money — through a credit card, a mortgage or an auto loan — you could end up paying the price. By Matt Phillips. March 16, 2018. As the economy slowly recovered from the Great Recession over the past decade, the UnitedÃâà...
PYMNTS.com
March 15, 2018
Then a vendor payment was missed, Toys R Us stopped taking calls from the media and, as of yesterday morning, it was all but final: Liquidations were a foregone conclusion. By the close of business, the court filing was in, and Toys R Us was officially done. Winner: The Retail Death Spiral. Toys R Us hadÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 15, 2018
The regulator intends to clarify the details of the payment procedures. Amazon Japan said on Thursday that it is "fully cooperating" with the investigation. In February, Nikkei reported that Amazon Japan was seeking payments from its suppliers to cover the cost of sales system upgrades and other expenses.
CoinJournal (blog)
March 15, 2018
Dash is the second cryptocurrency to be added to the Payza online payment platform following Bitcoin. Payza is an e-commerce payment platform that aims to provide fast, safe, and easy payment services. Payza's e-wallet software allows end users to send and receive money, make online payments andÃâà...
Science Daily
March 15, 2018
Research is mixed as to whether such programs work, and little has been done to assess what happens after payment goes away. Meanwhile, some research suggests cash payments can backfire and "crowd out" other intrinsic non-monetary motivations people already have, and thus leave them less likelyÃâà...
Business Insider
March 15, 2018
President Donald Trump's namesake company was reportedly tied to and the $130,000 hush payment made to a porn star prior to the 2016 presidential election to keep her quiet about an affair she claims she had with Trump, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Journal reported that documents marked "HIGHLYÃâà...
BBC News
March 15, 2018
Victims of a fraud which leads them to transfer money to a con-artist are typically losing nearly Ãâã3,000 each, new figures show. The cost of so-called authorised push payment fraud has been calculated by UK Finance, the banking trade body. A total of Ãâã236m was lost last year, with banks unable to returnÃâà...
