Payments

Payments services provider INTL FCStone is offering a real-time exchange rate feed for its corporate customers to better calculate the cost of cross-border payments.

The digital era is changing a lot of habits, including dining. Mobile devices and other technologies now play a vital role in bringing patrons into coffee shops, fast food restaurants and sit-down establishments.

Cloud technology has made it possible to leverage APIs so that two pieces of software talk to each other and stay updated in real time, which dramatically improves the user experience, writes Sanjeev Kriplani, senior vice president of product at Bill.com.

Giving away its speaker to Pixel devotees isn't just about getting these devices into homes; it's about getting them to the users most likely to favor Google over Amazon, writes Daniel Wolfe, Editor in Chief at PaymentsSource.

With AT&T dropping out of the program and Macy's focusing more on its own loyalty scheme, American Express is absorbing the first serious blows from key members in its multi-merchant Plenti Rewards Program.

Singapore and Thailand are in discussions about connecting their national digital payment systems to forge an unprecedented regional alliance, as officials step up efforts to curb the use of cash.

Many bank-driven responses to fintech startups are "force fitting" traditional services, and don't fully meet new consumers' demands for social interaction, writes Ted Bissell, global director for digital consulting at Axis Corporate.

At 1.56%, the delinquency rate on consumer loans remains well below historic averages, the American Bankers Association said Thursday.

Like all major and some tier-two U.S. payment processors, TSYS wants to participate in less competitive and higher growth markets overseas to sustain long-term growth, writes Eric Grover, a principal at Intrepid Ventures.

Workers CU is the latest to make direct deposit funds available to members before the the electronic funds transfer is complete.

Adyen says it has developed a platform that will simplify and speed up payments, seller onboarding and other tasks for the e-commerce global marketplaces using its payment processing services.

In service now for a decade in Africa, India and parts of Europe, M-Pesa is expanding its telco-driven mobile money service to include tap-and-go payments through wristbands, stickers or cards.

The e-signature and invoicing regulations, which sought to simplify e-invoicing to enhance adoption rates, have caused uncertainty, writes David Cocks, CEO and founder of CloudTrade.

Verba's two-decade career at one of the East Coast's fastest-growing banks began with an old-fashioned letter to a local bank when she was in her late 40s and an epiphany about work-life balance.

Bank of Ireland's quest to offer a faster path for cross-border payments has fed the sort of collaboration that's becoming more common as issuers seek to advance their technology.

Users of Facebook's social image sharing network Instagram are getting more access to one-click purchases directly from the app through new integrations this week with Shopify and Bigcommerce.

What makes Shake Shack's cashless store so potentially powerful — even if it's only one location in Manhattan — is what the burger chain can do when every customer is known to it.

No matter how good a company's e-commerce strategy is, the customer experience can still fall apart on the checkout page — especially when introducing new features.

When it comes to credit card profitability, consumer loyalty to a single card may not be such a virtue after all, according to a new study by Oliver Wyman.

Competition between card networks, tech titans Facebook and Google, Chinese fintech proxies Paytm and Hike, and M-Pesa will be fierce, and offer signs how other large emerging payments markets may evolve, writes Eric Grover, a principal at Intrepid Ventures.