The pursuit of higher education has been an integral step in achieving the American Dream since James Truslow Adams coined the phrase in 1931. He defined the American Dream as the hope for “a better, richer and happier life for all our citizens of every rank.” Collectively, though, people in […]
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Zentist Pilots Real-Time Dental Claims Payments
Automated dental insurance claims processing platform Zentist has rolled out a financial pre-funding pilot program for the U.S. dental industry, the company announced Monday (Nov. 8). The program applies machine learning models to dental insurance claims data, and will allow dental service providers with several locations to be paid on […]
Vendor profile: Podium aims to be the SMB tech stack across messaging, payments
Podium CEO Eric Rea thinks local merchants have been largely ignored, but if he has his way they’ll be modernized with seamless messaging and payments. The company is focused on enabling small businesses ranging from tire shops to car dealers to dentists message customers and process payments seamlessly. We caught […]
IRS gets more relief payments out after delays
The IRS said that after initial problems, it is getting more of the second round of relief payments to taxpayers. The government began distributing the payments, worth $600 per eligible adult and dependent, at the end of December. However, many people who filed their taxes with an online preparation service […]
Cambridge becomes first university to confirm it will freeze rent payments
Cambridge has become the first university to confirm it will freeze rent payments for students who are unable to take up their room in College accommodation due to official advice to remain at home. The Government has told students that unless they are taking a select group of subjects where face-to-face […]
Second stimulus check update: New payments could go to some families of undocumented residents
Some of the 722,000 New Jersey residents left out of pandemic relief funds due to citizenship status could be eligible for the latest round of $600 stimulus checks under the new coronavirus relief package. Previously excluded from stimulus relief checks, U.S. citizens who filed taxes with their undocumented spouse will […]
Health-Care Industry Faces Greater Scrutiny Around Payments to Doctors to Promote Products
The health-care industry’s longstanding practice of paying doctors to explain and promote products is under review after a government watchdog last month issued a rare warning. The special fraud alert by the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—its first in six years—will at […]
Industry payments consistently linked to physician prescribing
(HealthDay)—Industry payments are associated with physician prescribing patterns, according to a systematic review published online Nov. 24 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Aaron P. Mitchell, M.D., M.P.H., from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and colleagues examined whether receipt of payments from the drug industry […]
7 Predictions for the Future of Payments in a Covid World
November 3, 2020 12 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Old habits are hard to break, and innovation in the payments industry is usually slow, hard-fought, and met with resistance from all fronts. Look at Visa and Mastercard’s shift to Chip & PIN payments in the […]
World e-Commerce and Online Payments Market Q3 2020 Review and the Continued Impact of COVID-19 | News
DUBLIN, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The “Q3 2020 COVID-19 Impact on Global e-Commerce and Online Payments” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This study reveals continuing interest of merchants and global markets in online retail as well as growth of online payment companies. The publication indicates that consumers […]
Merchants, FIs Have Designs On Retail Payments
Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email A return of physical retail in a recognizable form depends on how people feel. At present there’s a guarded optimism going around, but it’s delicate and could easily be lost. Intellectually understanding that “something’s different” isn’t the same as dealing with that feeling. […]
Securing Online Debit Payments | PYMNTS.com
Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email Merchants were largely taken aback by the volume of consumers flocking to online channels during the early months of the pandemic. Consumers turned to their mobile phones or social media apps to make unexpected amounts of purchases with their preferred eCommerce retailers. The […]
U.S. Treasury Warns Cyber Insurers Payments to Hackers May Violate Sanctions | Investing News
(Reuters) – Cyber insurers and other financial institutions that facilitate payments to hackers to end cyberattacks risk running afoul of sanctions rules, the U.S. Treasury Department warned on Thursday. The warnings, which referenced malicious programs known as ransomware, came in advisories from Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)and Financial […]
More Wells Fargo customers say the bank decided to pause their mortgage payments without asking
In March, Tammi Wilson was checking on her family’s mortgage online at Wells Fargo, when she saw a link to information about COVID-19 on the bank’s website. After clicking through, she provided contact information so she could receive materials on programs at the bank. Days later, she said she returned […]