Taylor McGrath

Given the threat of COVID-19, many people are wary about handling coins these days, much less those keypads in the checkout lines at the grocery store. If that’s a concern for you, you’ll be happy to know that there are plenty of smart alternatives. No-contact payment systems have been around for years. They’re relatively simple and […]

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Questions over the freedom for merchants to route transactions to any of the global networks (Mastercard and Visa) and also any of the EFT debit networks (Accel, Pulse, Shazam, Star, etc.) are news again as evidenced by this article in PaymentsSource.  You may be thinking, “Didn’t we solve these issues during the migration to EMV”?  Read […]

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The card networks’ single “click to pay” button — an implementation of Secure Remote Commerce — is drawing some negative attention from merchant groups and independent networks that see it as a way to steal volume from alternative payment providers. Read more…

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With EMVCO’s launch of the Secure Remote Commerce standard last year, the card brands felt they had developed a better way to protect payment credentials through single “click to pay” button in a digital world. Read more…

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The last time you bought coffee or a pair of jeans, how did you pay? Recently, we’ve seen lots of reports about how premium credit cards have become more expensive for consumers because of increased annual fees. But that’s just the half — or even a third — of it. Most people are looking for […]

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The House Financial Services Committee’s Task Force on Financial Technology recently held a hearing to better understand how businesses are accepting payments. Chairman Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) and Ranking Member Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) highlighted that the number of transactions conducted with cash has dropped 15 percent in recent years. Read more…

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The amount of stolen credit card numbers on the dark web tripled from July to December, compared to the first six months of 2019, according to cybersecurity firm Sixgill. Yahoo Finance’s Seana Smith and Ethan Wolff-Mann discuss. Read more…

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