Payments

The Women in Payments Leadership Exchange is a platform for prominent female executives to share not only their expertise and advice for their peers, but also to share the defining moments in their own careers.

While some of the biggest institutions are already rapidly developing new technologies, it’s important that community banks also tap the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Payment industry mega-mergers continue with $21.5B deal; the cryptocurrency is up 140% this year, including 70% this month.

Large U.S. financial institutions converting their credit and debit portfolios to contactless technology this summer are betting that transit agencies like New York shifting to open-loop NFC will help drive mass adoption.

Fintechs that offer installment loans are having a major impact on credit card lending — and many card issuers are ill equipped to compete.

The digital banking provider Simple has been part of BBVA for five years, and its reputation as an easy way to handle and transfer digital money has only grown in that time frame through the addition of faster payments and P2P services.

Payments technology provider AscendantFX has added an international payment scheduling service to its APay online payment platform to help corporations automatically schedule and submit batches of cross-border transactions in advance of due dates.

JPMorgan tells OxyContin maker to take its business elsewhere; reelection tallies are smaller than last year’s.

Online lenders now have close to 40% of the unsecured personal loan market, much of which is refinanced credit card debt. Some financial institutions' card portfolios are taking a hit.

Payment solutions that lower the cost of electronic payments through exchange rate transparency ultimately improve the buyer’s relationships with their suppliers, writes Nvoicepay's Alyssa Callahan.

Online lenders now have close to 40% of the unsecured personal loan market, much of which is refinanced credit card debt. Banks' card portfolios are taking a hit.

Cloud-based treasury software provider Kyriba is partnering with JPMorgan Chase to launch a real-time payments API integration for its mutual corporate finance clients.

At first blush, Netflix may seem to have a fairly simple payment process: Collect a card number once, and keep charging it every month until the customer cancels. But even this process can be demanding.

New Yorkers won’t have to worry much longer about perfecting their subway swipe.

Avidia Bank joins the network even as other community banks call on the Fed to create its own real-time payment service to compete.

The Apple Card takes a more aggressively digital approach to credit card relationships than most other products on the market — but the technology behind it isn’t exclusive to Apple.

Most women who reach the executive level in the payments industry didn’t get there alone. Finding the right mentor, developing a voice and taking positive lessons from negative experiences often are keys to success.

TransferWise Ltd. leapfrogged fintech startups, more than doubling its valuation to $3.5 billion in a fundraising round that pushes back the need for an initial public offering.

Interac is adding Mastercard Send to support a $24.5 billion market for cross-border payments that originate in Canada.

Apps need to give customers confidence in ease of use, speed, aesthetics, credibility and user experience, as well as the ability to receive tailored communications through favored channels from their financial institution of choice, writes James Brown, CEO of Smart Communications.