Technology

WeWork has gotten its share of bad news this year, but parts of its concept are filtering into small business retail, providing one clue of what the next wave of shopping and payments will look like.

The new decade will see Generation Z become adults, and they will expect more services and activities to be facilitated by their device of choice, says Zoomd's Omri Argaman.

If your current program incurs a high number of false declines; blocks orders from specific countries or entire regions based on fraud; or blocks deliveries to specific countries or regions for fear of fraud, then that fraud prevention strategy is hindering your sales and growth. says ClearSale's Rafael Lourenco.

Traditional rules-based platforms are insufficient to protect real time payments. Using historical patterns can predict some fraud but will not prevent new evolving patterns as they emerge for the first time, says Deep Labs' Michael Lynch.

Making the case for process optimization is a lot harder, however, because the costs are hidden and hard to measure, says Nvoicepay's Kristin Cardinali.

Todd Gibbons, who succeeded Charlie Scharf in September, said tech investments give the custody bank a competitive edge and make it more efficient.

Radius Bank is letting consumers open accounts through NerdWallet as part of its banking-as-a-service offerings to reach customers through third parties.

Indonesia’s ride-hailing giant Gojek is close to acquiring a mobile point-of-sale startup called Moka for at least $120 million, as it aims to become a leading player in the country’s digital payments industry, according to people familiar with the talks.

Three men were charged by U.S. prosecutors with helping run a $722 million cryptocurrency fraud that amounted to a “high-tech Ponzi scheme.”

Going contactless has been a bigger challenge in New York because of the size and complexity of its transit systems.