Opinions

Businesses should not only focus on securing payments that come through, but also pay attention to account creation and logins to prevent them from becoming additional vulnerable points of exploitation, writes Justin Lie, CEO of CashShield.

The economy is ripe for another downturn in the months or years to come, and banks shouldn’t be lulled into a false sense of security.

In a relationship-based business, it’s not enough to sell your customers a sharp tool to pay for things. You also have to help them avoid cutting themselves with it.

Bandwidth, sophisticated content and store locators can all help retailers draw and keep consumers as digital shopping and payments become mainstream, writes Herman Yau, CEO of Tend.

The key to safety is not just the proliferation of investment options, but also the knowledge that hopefully accompanies it, writes Stephen Bielecki, a lawyer at Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen.

Millennials aren’t the only ones who want convenience — everyone, regardless of age, wants it. Where age comes into play is just how someone defines what ‘convenience' is.

SMBs are choosing virtual cards as their preferred form of electronic payments because they solve many of their payment challenges, while also helping them avoid the costs associated with custom software solutions designed for larger businesses, writes Blair Jeffery, COO of Noventis.

As shopping habits evolve, e-commerce and m-commerce methods such as in-app and one-click ordering are becoming increasingly popular. In addition, the exponential growth of the IoT is introducing a wealth of new payment use-cases, such as connected cars, writes André Stoorvogel, Director, Product Marketing in the Payments Group at Rambus.

What's an industry challenger to do when it gets a lot of competitors of its own? Ally's Diane Morais has a plan. Heather Cox has inserted technologists into USAA's business lines, and outgoing Fed Chair Janet Yellen has achieved rock star status.

With the holidays fast approaching, the attention of watchdogs, regulators, merchant acquirers and processors needs to be on both the bottom line and the more sophisticated forms of online fraud like transaction laundering, writes Ron Teicher, CEO and founder of EverCompliant.