Payments

September 24-26, 2018, Austin, TX PayThink is focused on the rapidly changing, inter-connected markets of debit, credit, mobile, prepaid and digital payments. With new participants and emerging technologies flooding the market and changing the dynamics of the industry, the right path forward is unclear to many. As the payments industry strives for faster innovation to launch new products ahead of competitors, PayThink provides insight from market participants and innovators leading the way. PayThink is designed for executives looking to stay relevant in the ever-changing payments ecosystem by finding and honing their competitive edge.

The company says several banks and credit card issuers are interested in data sharing; rates may go even higher when corporate borrowers need to refinance.

Goldman’s new CEO is expected to instill more corporate discipline; second quarter earnings jumped nearly 40% compared to a year earlier on higher revenues.

Citigroup and Mastercard replace Barclays and Visa as the card partners for the Maine apparel retailer.

Deutsche Bank failed and Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley restrained; antitrust lawsuit brought by retailers may be near a resolution.

The Cincinnati company sold 5 million shares in the payment processor, as it continues to scale back its ownership stake.

Pass/fail may be replaced by public capital ratio; high court allows company to prevent merchants from favoring other cards.

No surprises expected from the annual Fed reviews; Elad Roisman is seen as the pick to replace Michael Piwowar on the panel.

What does holistic digital transformation look like? Tim Spence is busy figuring that out.