Payment processing

Proponents of real-time payments systems say banks must embrace them given consumer demand for more immediacy and transparency, even if criminals will try to exploit them.

Blockchain may have received its most exposure as the distributed ledger technology at the foundation of cryptocurrency exchanges, but its use cases are advancing into other data-driven or supply-chain industries pursuing the Internet of Things.

Traditional screening solutions are not able to process such a huge influx of records quickly enough, creating a queue that the system has to work through, slowing down the customer experience, writes Vincent Gaudel, a compliance expert at Accuity.

Atlanta-based Global Payments is working with startup InVision, a design company that works with companies like Google and Netflix, to design a portal that will allow merchants to quickly work with banks or customers to reconcile and troubleshoot transactions, including addressing disputes and chargebacks.

As U.S. banks move toward faster payments, they should heed the lessons U.K. banks learned about criminals after launching their real-time transaction system, says Varo Money's fraud strategy leader.

The continued trend of “spear phishing” and “catfishing” only serves to highlight the complex work required to identify genuine from fraudulent, writes Steven Goddard, product manager for risk at The ai Corporation (ai).

Payments processor Elavon has agreed to provide Belgium's leading postal operator with payment acceptance services at more than 650 locations.

An international move or a business expansion can bring on unexpected challenges that existing processing relationships can’t handle, according to Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap.

A year after its launch, Zelle’s P2P payment volume has rapidly expanded through usage at the nation’s largest banks. But enabling smaller institutions to offer it to their customers is proving to be more challenging.

More innovative thinking will be needed to achieve competitive advantage and differentiation without breaking the bank, an gaming is an emerging option, according to Simon-Kucher & Partners’ Wei Ke and Wenbo Li.

There's never a good time to expose customer data, but the incident Amazon disclosed Wednesday could upend two major events: Black Friday/Cyber Monday and a reported effort to get merchants to accept Amazon at the point of sale.

When companies cling to outdated methods of payment processing, the results is a highly fragmented consumer experience. It also adds unnecessary administrative costs and decreases efficiency, writes Jeffrey Brown, president of VPay.

New payments technology and rising demand for services are expanding the scope and reach of most of the world’s leading domestic payment schemes. But challenges from Visa and Mastercard loom large.

Using machine learning to analyze payment data, the latest technology automates workflow and decisions, making fraud detection quicker and more efficient, writes Steven Goddard, product manager for risk at The ai Corporation (ai).

Part of the issue is that in the U.S., contactless cards didn't pave the way for mobile as they did in other regions. Without widespread acceptance of contactless cards, merchants were put in the position of being asked to upgrade their terminals for mobile without any promise that the investment would pay off.

As issuers make rewards more personalized and proactive, a balance between savvy and privacy must be maintained, according to Kevin Grieve, North America payments lead for Accenture.

Data from real-time payments creates powerful opportunities for upselling and cross-selling because it reveals what, when, and how people and businesses actually consume, writes Michael J. Alfonsi, senior vice president of digital solutions and strategy at Exela Technologies.

Standard Cognition raised $40 million in a Series A funding round among five different venture capitalists to expand its cashierless checkout footprint.

Standards are important to push blockchain payments, but the systems also need dynamic scale, according to Byung Ik Ahn, CEO of Fantom Foundation.

China has been promising openness to outside payment companies for more than a decade. So far it hasn’t delivered, according to Eric Grover, a principal at Intrepid Ventures.