Payment processing

Cryptocurrencies bring truly worldwide reach and a single set of rules and fees for the whole globe, writes Kirill Radchenko, CEO of Paygine.

As the names pile up — Equifax, Target, Home Depot, TJ Maxx, etc. — there's one thing all of these brands have in common. They all disclosed a major data security breach, and they all remain in business despite what happened.

Quick service restaurant and other small business owners are warming up to new technology, giving Verifone and Paysafe a chance to sell their collaborative payment products.

Banks and payment companies have long been wary of the political and reputational risks of supporting gun sellers. But gun sellers know their customers better than most other merchant categories.

To detect and combat transaction laundering — the practice of hiding illegal activity behind a business that appears legitimate — American Express' investment group took a minority equity stake in EverCompliant.

As Diebold Nixdorf continues its evolution from decades as a leading manufacturer of standalone ATMs to a maker of omnichannel-connected banking, it’s created a new service leveraging the Internet of Things.

Patty Watson had a tenured career in the banking and payments industry before becoming a senior executive with TSYS. Her path included a 15-year stint with a financial institution that she found to be instrumental in developing her career as an innovator.

Debra Rossi has been on the front lines of payments innovation since the late 1990s, when the world of e-commerce was still in its infancy.

They laughed at her. Now she's taking their customers.

Stephanie Ferris has had two pivotal experiences in her career at Vantiv — first, leaving a 20-year career in finance to become general manager of Vantiv’s bank referral business; and second, becoming CFO of Vantiv (now Worldpay) in March 2017.

Kim Schwendeman's story is one of toughness, learning, perseverance, and the special job that teachers perform every day.

To hear Archie Puri tell it, the technology changing the payments market is every bit as dramatic as laser eye surgery is to someone with poor vision.

This year, as PaymentsSource honors The Most Influential Women in Payments, a new pattern has emerged. This year's list recognizes the contributions of entrepreneurs who took their ideas directly to market, showcasing new ways of handling business in an industry that is forced to quickly adapt to rapid changes in technology and global culture.

Countries all over the world are embracing faster payment processing, and Di Challenor is one of the major forces behind the movement in Australia.

Against the backdrop that is the contentious immigration debate in the U.S., Louise Pentland can say she has a passion and firsthand experience for improving the lives of those navigating the process of being accepted into this country.

It still surprises Debbie Gamble that a chance summer job she took at a bank turned into nearly a 30-year career leading to her current post influencing Canada’s payments technology at Interac, the national debit system.

Total System Services is implementing software at Walmart and Sam's Club locations nationwide to link loyalty rewards to health care payments, while also recognizing qualified purchases from a consumer's health plan.

Ripple, the U.S. digital payments company, is working with 61 Japanese banks on an application that will enable customers to settle cash transfers instantly around the clock, the latest effort to apply blockchain technology in finance.

Comdata, a major issuer of fuel cards in North America, has established a partnership with payments processor Noventis to expand the range of Comdata’s suppliers that can accept payments through virtual cards to further reduce reliance on paper checks.

Fiserv is rolling out a fraud-detection and decisioning service for issuers from Mastercard that aims to increase the accuracy of card transactions they approve or reject based on potential fraud.