Author: IC Payments

Payments won’t go back to normal. Here’s why that’s good.

The current, most-asked question is, “When will we get back to the way things were?” But that may be the wrong question to ask. After times of significant turmoil, habits never fully revert to previous norms. Instead, we respond to those events and permanently change the way we live. For example, the labor shortages of…
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May 13, 2020 0

Fiserv’s $22 billion buyout of First Data pays off during pandemic

When Fiserv purchased First Data in 2019, it was part of an industrywide push to combine bank and merchant technology under one roof. A year later, a key piece of First Data’s technology — and its top executive — have become Fiserv’s path through the pandemic. As payments volume across the world plummeted, Fiserv’s Clover…
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May 8, 2020 0

With all of the New Innovations – GPR Prepaid Debit Cards Continue to Prove they are still Essential for the Un and Underbanked!

How does the federal government send $3 trillion to individuals and businesses across the country? Not as efficiently as it could, said Erika Baumann at Aite Group, a fintech analytical firm. TCH — The Clearing House – owned by 25 of the largest banks operating in the U.S. — launched a real-time payments system late in 2017, named,…
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May 8, 2020 0

With Travel Spending Nearly Grounded, Visa Looks to Online And Contactless Payments as Bright Spots

Visa Inc. divulged both grim and hopeful payment data Thursday that largely reflects what its rivals have been seeing after the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic. “After strong growth in January and February, payments volumes dropped precipitously in the second half of March as lockdowns went into effect across the U.S.,” chief financial officer…
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April 30, 2020 0

More Than Half of U.S. Consumers Now Use Some Form of Contactless Payments, Mastercard Says

Contactless payments may finally be gaining further adoption by U.S. consumers. Spurred by prevention efforts in reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic, many consumers—51%—use some form of contactless payment, Mastercard Inc. says. In what may be the most detailed data yet publicly released about U.S. consumers and contactless payments, Mastercard’s survey of 1,000 U.S. banked consumers…
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April 30, 2020 0

How coronavirus has warmed consumer attitudes toward contactless payments

Fears of catching coronavirus during the payment process has given a sharp boost in usage and awareness of contactless payments since the pandemic began, according to a new survey from Mastercard. Mastercard also reports more than 40% growth in contactess transactions globally during the first quarter of 2020, according to a Wednesday press release. About…
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April 29, 2020 0

Chick-fil-A Preferring Cashless Customers During COVID-19

As another impact of COVID-19, some Chick-fil-A shops are not accepting cash payments. Medical reports have appeared indicating that currency bills can carry and retain the novel coronavirus. Food store employees are already working under precarious conditions and don’t need one more thing to worry about regarding their safety, so QSR chains like Chick-fil-A may…
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April 16, 2020 0

Coronavirus pushes consumers to increase digital wallet usage

Commonwealth of Australia (CBA) reports digital wallet users spent a AUS$1 billion (about $630 million) in March 2020, a high for the bank that’s part of an acceleration to digital wallets and contactless cards during the coronavirus crisis. CBA’s digital wallet transaction dollar volume in March 2020 increased by 17% from February 2020 and outpaced…
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April 9, 2020 0

Apple Pay Growth Hints at the Future of Digital Wallets

As an avid Apple Pay user, I read with interest a recent Quartz article on the worldwide growth of this digital wallet. According to the article, Apple Pay is on pace to account for 10% of all global card transactions; Apple Pay currently accounts for 5% of global card transactions and that number will double…
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February 12, 2020 0

Metal Cards: From ‘Elite’ to Everyday

For years, metal cards were a symbol of high-end luxury, limited to expensive membership programs with rewards that catered to the affluent. Thanks to greater production innovation in the design and feel of metal cards, as well as more dual interface metal card solutions, many banks and other card issuers are looking to cash in…
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January 20, 2020 0