Mobile payments

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

Banks are increasingly sharing data and must brace for new regulations protecting that data.

In many nations, transit fare payments are seen as a key first step toward the adoption of mobile and wearable payments. In the Netherlands, this wasn't the case.

The region is technologically advanced, but still has a large percentage of underbanked consumers, says PPRO's Javier Vallaure.

Payments technology operator Nets’ Creation Lab has launched a pilot that uses facial recognition alone to authorized payments with one merchant in Copenhagen.

As more industries explore the potential of providing faster access to wages, restaurant management software provider Delaget has partnered with financial wellness mobile app provider Branch to expand the reach of instant earned wage access availability.

With customers now having the opportunity to onboard across multiple devices and channels, or even through a call center, the likelihood of an inconsistent experience is drastically increased, Neal Keene of Intelledox says.

Denise Leleux has worked in financial services for more than two decades, but it’s a detour to Tesla’s marketing department that sparked an idea as to how accounts receivable and supply billing can take lessons from the transportation market.

The number of downloads for alternative lending apps that allow users to pay for purchases over time skyrocketed by 285% during the Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday period for 2019, compared to the same period in 2018.

With customers now having the opportunity to onboard across multiple devices and channels, or even through a call center, the likelihood of an inconsistent experience is drastically increased, says Intelledox's Neal Keene.