January 14, 2025 IRS stimulus checks: The government is sending out automatic payments this month. Here’s how to know if you’ll get one The checks are part of the COVID-era aid package authorized during the height of the pandemic. If you’re eligible, you don’t have to do anything to claim it. BY Michael Grothaus This month, … Continue reading IRS stimulus checks: The government is sending out automatic payments this month. Here’s how to know if you’ll get one
Most App Store developers aren’t taking Apple up on its new outside payments option Only 38 out of a possible 65,000 have applied to include external links for in-app purchases, Bloomberg reported. cheyenne macdonald Mon, May 13, 2024 REUTERS / Reuters It seems Apple’s recently added option for App Store developers to include links … Continue reading Most App Store developers aren’t taking Apple up on its new outside payments option
Trackable Digital Refunds And Payments Made Possible Through SKUx, Emplifi Partnership by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 18, 2023 SKUx, a payments and consumer engagement platform founded in 2018, plans to announce a partnership with Emplifi that will make it easy to send a one-to-one serialized, encoded and trackable digital payment to consumers. The instantaneous payments … Continue reading Trackable Digital Refunds And Payments Made Possible Through SKUx, Emplifi Partnership
By Michael Grothaus February 16, 2023 The 2023 tax filing season is in full swing. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) began accepting 2022 tax returns on January 23, and the season runs until April 18 this year. As usual, taxpayers are being encouraged to get their returns in as soon as possible in order … Continue reading IRS is sending out a lot more payments, but the average tax refund amount is smaller
Apple Pay illegally profited by walling off contactless payments, lawsuit alleges Iowa’s Affinity Credit Union, the plaintiff, is accusing Apple of anti-competitive behavior. A. Khalid @askhalid Dado Ruvic / reuters A proposed class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of payment card issuers accuses Apple of illegally profiting from Apple Pay and breaking antitrust laws. … Continue reading Apple Pay illegally profited by walling off contactless payments, lawsuit alleges
Matt Williams Last updated: 11 April 2022 Mastercard is reportedly applying to file over a dozen NFT patents and metaverse related trademarks in the United States. Some of the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) applications can be viewed here and here. One document describes the application as pertaining to: Processing of virtual credit … Continue reading MasterCard to Process Card Payments in the Metaverse
Haiden Hibbert October 4, 2021 When running a business, you can’t grow without a payment processing software. These tools are responsible for making it easier – and safer – for real-time transactions to happen between you and your customers. But choosing the best software tools for your small business can be a challenging endeavor. That … Continue reading Choosing the Right Small Business Software for Collecting Payments
Nura Eston September 7, 2021 No website? No access to web developers? Have a website that doesn’t integrate with a payment gateway? No problem! Payments have come a long way in recent years, so even if you haven’t had a chance to update other parts of your business, you shouldn’t face any barriers to … Continue reading Want to Accept Online Payments? There’s No Reason You Can’t.
Tom-Chris Emewulu June 17, 2021 Despite the fantastic benefits, credit card transactions are fraught with risks. There’s the issue of fraud, and then you have customer disputes. Research shows that, on average, 2.59% of all credit card transactions end up in a chargeback. And being one of the major payment gateways, Shopify is not exempt … Continue reading Shopify Payments Chargeback: Here’s How You Win Disputes Without Breaking a Sweat
Joydeep Bhattacharya June 15, 2021 For B2B businesses, receiving timely payment for goods and services is always a concern. To keep your business growing, you need to manage payments in a way that allows you to quickly process and receive funds on time. Besides, the B2B payment market size is likely to be worth around … Continue reading 4 Tips For B2B Businesses to Manage Payments Efficiently
