Digital payments
Digital payments
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Self-sovereign identity and blockchain are just two examples of how authentication can be better managed in an online environment, says Adara's Nguyen Nguyen.
August 21 -
Unicomer Group, Latin America’s equivalent of Best Buy, has teamed up with YellowPepper to develop a digital credit app that acts as a financial services center for underbanked and unbanked consumers.
August 21 -
Fintech software provider Rapyd and LytePay, a payments provider for self-employed workers, are partnering to launch a digital business wallet and accompanying Mastercard for real estate agents in Singapore.
August 20 -
Retailers and banks must cater to local purchasing preferences if they seek to meet the changing needs of their domestic consumers or conduct business across borders, which includes growth opportunities and innovation, says SafetyPay's Gustavo Ruiz Moya.
August 20 -
The COVID-19 pandemic has teed up a growth opportunity for the buy now, pay later (BNPL) financial industry, as recession worries made people receptive to entering short-term payment plans that can fit in a budget.
August 20 -
7-Eleven’s not a quick serve restaurant chain or an e-commerce marketplace, but it still found substantial use for its app as a way to quickly address the health worries of its customers.
August 20 -
U.K. consumer spending jumped the most since 2016 last month, led by a surge in Internet purchases as bars and restaurants continued to suffer.
August 19 -
Providing core payment capabilities, like debit and credit or P2P, are a business necessity. But you must also have a host of complementary services and capabilities that surround these services, says Fiserv's Himanshu Patel.
August 19 -
Dutchie, an online cannabis delivery service for dispensaries, has raised $35 million by attracting rapper Snoop Dogg, basketball star Kevin Durant and former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz as investors.
August 18 -
Non-card APMs are no longer an option but an absolute necessity. If they are not available, businesses face a “transaction declined” scenario where their customers will simply go elsewhere, says gaming payments expert James Ashton.
August 18 -
Jack Ma’s Ant Group is planning to create a new consumer finance company to bolster its market share in the country’s fast growing online lending industry.
August 18 -
Crypto provides a new tool for underbanked consumers, Marc Grens of DigitalMint writes.
August 18 -
The Fed's faster payments platform may well roll out in three or four years, but by then it will already be outdated.
August 17 -
Crypto provides a new tool for underbanked consumers, says DigitalMint's Marc Grens.
August 17 -
The decentralizing of accounts payable and supply chains is a chance to turn to virtual cards, says Nvoicepay's Kristin Cardinali.
August 17 -
The seemingly positive embrace of contactless payments raises important questions about how we can safeguard access to cash, especially for the most vulnerable members of society, says Moorwand's Luc Geuriane.
August 14 -
Epic, the maker of Fortnite, is suing Apple and Google for forcing app makers to hand over a 30% cut of their revenue to the tech giants. The grievance against Apple is pretty clear-cut; the attack on Google is more nuanced, and could have major consequences for the payments industry.
August 14 -
The massive shift to digital has created new challenges in cross-border payment processing, says Tipalti's Manish Vrishaketu.
August 14 -
Appearing to support decentralized systems, the acting comptroller of the currency said on a podcast that "the ultimate public ownership of the payment rails is when you have a network, like the internet, of interconnected institutions and computers."
August 13 -
The rapid move online boosts false positives, false negatives and actual fraud, says Adara's Nguyen Nguyen.
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