Technology

Jobs will be harder to find for graduates, and there are new underwriting platforms that can better predict students' future income in their chosen field.

Mastercard says it has been notified the Department of Justice has approved its planned acquisition of data aggregator Finicity, putting the card brand on track to close the deal before the end of the year.

With the increased shift toward digital payments, which has only been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, manual data analysis and threat detection methods have failed to stop the fraudsters, says The ai Corporation's Oliver Tearle.

As futuristic as real-time digital payments can be, the concept is almost like a blast from the past for FIS’ Raja Gopalakrishnan.

With time running out, industry actors are looking for ways to maintain the integrity of the infrastructure while recognizing a new banking framework following a no-deal Brexit, says GlobalSign's Arvid Vermote.

The forthcoming measure could override staff opinions that helped certain deposit-gathering companies partner with banks.

Replacing the traditional POS model will be a cloud-focused and software-defined model that gives shoppers their choice of checkout and reimagines the store experience, says Zynstra's Brian Buggy.

Our collective work on the real-time payments front is not for naught. That is because the consumer and business needs are evolving, says Bottomline's Jessica Cheney.

Real-time payments carry a trove of valuable data for supply chains, and a way for card networks to grow beyond card-dependent revenue. The collaboration between Payments Canada and Mastercard’s Vocalink will go a long way toward both ends.

The fintech startup, which originally helped users cancel duplicate subscriptions, now wants to encourage healthier financial practices.