Payment processing

By intelligently applying friction, where the entry of a PIN or a swipe of the screen can be used to correlate against known data, we can better prove that the correct user made the transaction and avoid the costs and disruption associated with fraud and disputed claims, writes Zia Hayat, CEO of Callsign.

The U.K.’s Rural Payments Agency has long been renowned for its inefficiencies in processing timely and accurate financial support payments to farmers across the country. But now industry figures expect Brexit will lead to an improvement in performance due to a loosening of the EU-driven bureaucratic regulations.

Nanopay is planning to add bank, processor and accounting software partners for a B2B cross-border and domestic transfer service which it says exceeds the performance of blockchain-based systems.

International banks are also having to adapt to a raft of regional payment and data regulations that impact their operations in certain territories significantly but in others only negligibly, according to Russell Bennett, chief technology officer of Fraedom.

In this highly competitive environment, catering to the unique needs of each customer is more important than ever, writes Matt Clark, president and COO of Corcentric.

Machine learning and voice recognition can ease the many pain points of drive-thru ordering.

Hotels have elaborate systems to capture lodging fees and other purchases charged to rooms, but when customers book special events such as weddings or conferences, payment security can be more of a problem.

Nonlisted encryption solutions are designed for easier deployment, but often lack many of the key attributes of PCI-listed point-to-point encryption products, writes Ruston Miles, founder and chief strategy officer of Bluefin.

As data breaches mount in the "Equifax era," CFOs have a broad vision of enterprise data that can prove helpful in mitigation, according to Lauren Ruef, a research analyst for Nvoicepay.

Toronto-based Mint Corp. is taking advantage of the UAE government’s ambitious plans to develop a digital, cashless society.