Payment processing

Apple Inc.’s digital wallet is expanding in Europe just as regulators crack down on the tech giant’s move into financial services.

In order to overcome this digital payment inertia we need to design solutions that allow buyers and suppliers to focus on a more critical aspect of the transaction experience—the sale itself, says Billtrust's Nick Babinsky.

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.

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.

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.

Visa has formed a strategic partnership with Global Processing Services. It also announced its Visa Direct debit push service will power real-time cross-border payments in Europe via TransferWise.

B2B global payments provider Payoneer is acquiring German fintech Optile to expand its services to include consumer-to-business payments acceptance.

The Fed's real-time payments system won't be up and running for years, but consumers and businesses demand faster payments today.