Pot and payments: Everything you need to know

As marijuana legalization spreads throughout the U.S. and the world, companies in the cannabis market must navigate a delicate tangle of new and old regulations. And many payment providers are unwilling to risk working with dispensaries, leading to some inventive workarounds.

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The legal pot industry braces for a 4/20 spike in payments

As the cannabis industry has inched toward legitimacy, it hasn't abandoned its roots. And that includes the infamous pot smokers' "holiday," April 20.

Payment processing John Adams April 20
PayThink AI matters, but issuers still need to conquer data

AI is not the only way to get value from data. In many cases, simpler, traditional types of analysis may answer your questions, according to Todd Ford, CFO of Coupa.

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PCI's not enough: Breach prevention needs chips and tokens

Jeff Zimmerman
COO
Clearent

PCI compliance can't solve all security problems. EMV, encryption are all necessary to protect merchants from data breaches, writes Jeff Zimmerman, COO of Clearent.

PCI April 20
PCI's making it easier to see through the payments cloud

Dan Stocker
Practice Director
Coalfire

This update will be an immense help to the broader payments industry in the ongoing adoption of cloud computing by organizations subject to PCI compliance obligations, writes Dan Stocker, practice director of commercial services for cloud and technology at Coalfire.

PCI DSS April 19
An old law brings a fresh compliance challenge to faster payments

Alexander Buchanan
Counsel
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP

Financial institutions providing funds via the Fed's same-day ACH transfers need to their systems protect their customers, are commercially reasonable and, most important, follow strictly the protocols the financial institution has agreed to with its customer, writes Alexander Buchanan, counsel at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP.

Faster payments April 19

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RealPage cracks tough-to-automate real estate payments by acquiring ClickPay

The $219 million deal will expand RealPage's geographic and digital footprint in a market that still relies on paper-based payments.

Online payments John Adams 8h ago

Online payments John Adams 8h ago
Walmart tests another line-busting checkout tool

Walmart has also used Sam's Club's Scan & Go fast checkout feature and even robots in an attempt to shorten queues and improve the payment experience.

Digital payments Kate Fitzgerald 9h ago

Digital payments Kate Fitzgerald 9h ago
Podcast The Future of Mobile Wallets

What are the opportunities for banks to compete?

Mobile wallets January 8

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Apple commands Siri to operate on Alipay in China

Apple has made moves to acknowledge Alipay's dominance in the market, such as partnering with Alibaba Financial affiliate Alibaba to accept Alipay payments in China's Apple stores.

Mobile payments David Heun 11h ago

Mobile payments David Heun 11h ago
Former SunTrust employee said to have stolen customer data

The news of the data breach cast a shadow over relatively strong first-quarter earnings for the Atlanta bank.

Data breaches Andy Peters April 20

Data breaches Andy Peters April 20
4.20.18 Your morning briefing

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square ups delivery game; Allianz turns to blockchain for cross-border transfers; EMV advances globally; Checkout.com expands to Saudi Arabia.

Briefing John Adams April 20

Briefing John Adams April 20

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Data: The pain points of digital bill pay

Though financial institutions with online bill payment services still command the largest share of the bill payment market, it’s a category with many friction points ripe for disruption.

6 new threats to payment card data

Whether the threat stems from technology or human nature, fraudsters are exploiting any opening they can.

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Web Seminar Transparently detecting new account fraud

What happens when you need to validate a new customer without prior information or customer records?

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Web Seminar The building blocks of vendor risk management

Vendors pose a startling array of risks--operational, reputational, credit, compliance, even strategic.

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Podcast Why P2P Matters – It’s A Game Changer

Millennials are big adopters but others age groups are showing interest

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