Payment processing

Data connectivity is key to adding products and addressing customers, says Flinks' Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf.

Building the processing tech was the easy part. Finding the right mix of users and transactions posed many challenges.

Linking a variety of services to a payment account opens a new more flexible world of financial services, says Tribe Payments' Alex Ressish.

COVID-19 has pushed an increasingly popular, non-traditional POS lending product into the mainstream.

Challenger banks and fintechs can't be considered rivals, says Episode Six's John Mitchell.

Building the processing tech was the easy part. Finding the right mix of users and transactions posed many challenges.

The mass shift to remote work has blurred lines between consumer and business pay, creating a greater push for digitization, says Billtrust's Justin Main.

There's no overstating the impact the pandemic has had on travel, but there are innovative products that can help the recovery, says Nuvei's Yuval Ziv.

More people are joining the gig economy, and a major driver of this trend — particularly for those working multiple gigs — is a need for faster access to cash to meet expenses.

The COVID-19 pandemic led many locked-down consumers to stream or download more movies and video games, and this trend is leading to a rise in demand for faster data services such as 5G — a potential driver of payments innovation.

The buy now/pay later pioneer's new card does not require sellers to opt in if they already accept debit cards.

The buy now/pay later pioneer's new card does not require sellers to opt in if they already accept debit cards.

Private equity firm Advent International is merging portfolio companies Transaction Services Group and Clearent, paving the way to another payments giant.

Early Warning's person-to-person payment network predicts that real-time settlement through The Clearing House's RTP network will enhance its appeal.

Early Warning's person-to-person payment network predicts that real-time settlement through The Clearing House's RTP network will enhance its appeal.

The shift from cash has boosted digital and called attention to the importance of standards, says EMVCo's Brian Byrne.

The Federal Reserve’s system for interbank payments went down Wednesday afternoon, according to a website for payment services operated by the U.S. central bank.

The U.K. got an earlier start on open banking implementations, prompting European merchants and fintechs to turn to payments-as-a-service providers for rapid deployment.

Kate Fitzgerald, senior editor at PaymentsSource, talks to Barry Baird, head of payments capability and delivery at TD Bank, about how technology has transformed the way people make P2P payments and handle other day-to-day interactions with the bank.

The lack of federal legalization creates processing challenges, but there are emerging solutions, says Fincann's Nathaniel Gurien.