Opinions

Compliance can't be a bolt-on solution. It's critical to build it in from the start, across your people, technology and partnerships, says Hummingbird's Joe Robinson.

With face-to-face service altered, banks need to improve their data game to build new payment services, says Tealium's Heidi Bullock.

Most organizations simply can’t afford slow processes that are riddled with bottlenecks, says Kofax's Michelle Trapani.

Alipay’s assembling a portfolio to stitch together a multinational financial services ecosystem. The mobile payments titan’s IPO will provide an enormous war chest to develop new services, turbocharge international expansion, and fund acquisitions, says Intrepid Ventures' Eric Grover.

Synthetic data represents a direct one-to-one transformation of the original data that reveals true insights into consumer spending, says Facteus' Lorn Davis.

In too many places, identity verification and other vetting is still done manually, says Signicat's John Erik Setsaas.

We’re just at the beginning of what will be a period of significant, lasting changes to the world of real-time payments, says FIS' Raja Gopalakrishnan.

With the realities brought on by COVID-19, going digital is no longer optional—it’s necessary.

The European Payments Initiative sets up a unified and harmonized pan-European payment solution, providing major benefits to both consumers and merchants, says FIME's Arnaud Crouzet.

The buy-in from Apple proves contactless payments are on the rise, but should also act as a warning sign for banks to promptly restrategize if they want to uphold their position in the industry, says Tealium's Heidi Bullock.