| Mastercard: Inside The Samsung Pay âSuper Cardâ The Samsung Pay Card launched earlier this week, giving consumers the option to register multiple cards to and then use any one of them at checkout. The card, Mike Cowen, Mastercardâs head of digital payments for the UK, Ireland, Nordics and Baltics, tells PYMNTS, isnât a digital wallet, but a âSuper Cardâ with a decoupled debit-like design. Hereâs the distinction with a difference. |
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| Keeping Online Tutors From Saying âAu Revoirâ To eLearning Platforms The digital shift to eLearning has been swift, but the payments methods and speed of payments to online tutors has been anything but. Peter Fitzpatrick, vice president of payments at online education technology platform Thinkific, explains in our latest Smarter Payments Tracker, how offering currency conversions and local and emerging payment methods are now critical to attracting global educators online. |
| What Banks Need To Know About Corporatesâ AR Digitization Journeys While the pandemic has accelerated corporatesâ AR-digitization efforts, achieving full automation wonât happen overnight. Dave Robertson, managing director of payment advisory services for Deluxe, says transitional services are more in demand than ever. Hereâs how he says banks can help. |
| Till CEO: How Flexible Rent Payments Helps Landlords – And Tenants – Avoid Evictions Rental payment delinquencies are a lagging indicator of macro economic distress, which is why the $50 billion in rent payments nationwide is sounding alarm bells to landlords. David Sullivan, CEO of flexible rent platform Till, tells Karen Webster that data and analytics can help craft payment plans that take renters’ financial situations into account, so tenants stay current on their leases and landlords don’t have to resort to eviction. |
| MarcusPay’s Buy Now Pay Later Product Takes Off With JetBlue JetBlue and Goldman Sachs this week announced that consumers can fly now and pay later by using MarcusPay — Goldman’s new buy now, pay later product — at the digital point of sale. Here’s how the latest BNPL entrant is shaking up the space. |
| | Fitness Industry | | ClassPass CEO On Getting The Fitness Industry Back Into Fighting Shape Despite social distance requirements and the slow pace of post-lockdown reopenings, only 1 percent of the boutiques that are part of the ClassPass network have closed for good. CEO Fritz Lanman of ClassPass tells Karen Webster that doesnât mean it wonât be tough sledding for many until thereâs a vaccine. Hereâs his outlook on where the fitness industry is headed, the impact of digital in the longer term, and what he and his team are doing to help keep its member studios in tip-top shape. |
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