| Kaspersky offers Feds peek at source code, LendingPoint tackles medical payâs last mile, Fandango discounts tickets for Android Pay users. | | | LendingPoint CEO On Medical Payments âLast Mileâ Problem
With healthcare costs on the perpetual rise, many employers are offering insurance plans with high deductibles to keep costs down. But that can leave patients with a $5k upfront cost to hurdle in order to get a medically-necessary procedure. Should they take on the financial burden and get the care they need? Get the care but skip the payments? Or just forget the whole thing? LendingPoint CEO Tom Burnside doesnât want anyone to have to make that decision. He told Karen Webster thatâs why LendingPoint turned their attention to medical paymentsâ âlast mileâ problem. Read More... |
| How Payments Makes Online Travel Sites Worth The Trip
Itâs the peak travel season â and online travel sites have a number of pressures to manage: the economy, airline strikes, keeping up with the latest in tech, and even the weather (Phoenix â weâre looking at you!). And thatâs before the ever-shifting payments sands kick in, Paysafe says. Think rising fraud, gaps between when a consumer books, when they take the trip and when the agent gets paid, plus accommodating the growing number of payments methods that consumers expect to see at checkout. Here are the five payments challenges that they say online travel sites need to overcome to make the journey worth the trip.
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| Independence Edition: Square, Amazon And LendUp
With just a day left till the fireworks officially start in celebration of the 4th of July here in the U.S, we thought weâd offer a preview. Amazon has redefined time, LendUp has a new Pal, Square wants its customers to get a little more credit. Itâs time to get to the data diving. Read More... |
| | Consumer Engagement | | FIS On Loyaltyâs Role In The Age of Retail Reinvention
The physical act of shopping has been truncated by technology. Browse and shop online, pick-up in-store. Shop in-store and pay in-app. Order online and grab-and-go. Will these changes influence the design of retailer and issuer loyalty programs? Bob Legters, SVP and chief product officer of global retail payments at FIS, tells Karen Webster that they will â and a lot, too. But, Legters says, the big (loyalty) picture boils down to getting a number of little things exactly right. Read More... |
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