Payments

Hackers are flocking to loyalty and rewards programs, pushing marketers to embed extra fraud technology to stem financial losses.

Today’s employees bring their own devices to work, split their time across multiple screens, and can conduct their jobs from anywhere. Business pay has to match that reality, says Billtrust's Flint Lane.

There’s a long list of reasons traditional lenders haven't kept up with the needs of entrepreneurs, says Judith Erwin, the head of Grasshopper Bank in New York. One is not asking for enough feedback.

Both are useful, but each has specialties in protecting different types of transaction processes, according to Rambus Payments' Andre Stoorvogel.

Investment in B2B fintech startups has been ramping up for the past couple of years, and in the next year we’ll start to see businesses reaping the benefits of the fintech wave, says Nvoicepay's Karla Friede.

As both large payment processors and fintechs are attracted to the market opportunity presented as B2B transactions start to digitize, one vendor hopes to stand out with an AI-based workflow.

The technology is too geared toward consumer use and leaves businesses out of the mix, argues Matt Johnner, president and co-founder of BankLabs.

Public-sector development of a speedier settlement service, to operate alongside the one being developed by The Clearing House, is crucial for seeing that institutions of all sizes are able to take advantage of this technology.