July 22, 2024
Fending Off Fraud in Digital Banking

Fraud’s continued predation of digital banking has been nothing short of alarming. Financial institutions (FIs) are exhausting millions in a determined bid to stay one step ahead, with trust, money...

July 18, 2024
Small Business-Focused FinTech Wamo Raises $5 Million

London-based FinTech wamo has raised $5 million to develop small to medium-sized business (SMB)-focused banking solutions. In addition to the growth investment, CEO and founder Yanki Onen said on the company blog Thursday (July 18), wamo...

July 18, 2024
This Week in B2B: Embedded Payments, Digital Tooling, Small-Business Success

Innovation and competition are constantly reshaping the B2B landscape. The pace of transformation has financial institutions (FIs) and corporations increasingly seeking ways to bring their B2B payments processes up to...

July 18, 2024
Vera Bradley CEO: Customization and Interactive Experiences Transform In-Store Journey

As Vera Bradley transforms to meet consumers’ evolving omnichannel expectations, the brand is upgrading its stores to better fit how consumers want to shop. In an interview with PYMNTS following...

July 18, 2024
Physical Cards: The Unexpected Frontier in Digital Security

Dr. Adam Lowe, chief product and innovation officer at CompoSecure, hears it all the time from banking executives when the topic is securing payments: “We cannot introduce friction.” But the...

July 18, 2024
Visa Sees Embedded Finance as Key to B2B Commerce Evolution

As businesses of all sizes across a multitude of verticals seek more efficient ways to manage payments and working capital, embedded finance is emerging as a transformative force in B2B...

July 17, 2024
Report: State Street Considering Several Blockchain-Based Projects

State Street is reportedly looking at a number of options for settling payments on blockchain. The financial services and banking firm is considering creating its own stablecoin, creating its own...

July 17, 2024
Web3 This Week: BlackRock CEO Calls Bitcoin ‘Legitimate,’ Mainstream Off-Ramps...

Traditional financial operations are centralized, regulated and audited. Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are, well, pretty much the opposite, relying instead on cryptographic algorithms and decentralized consensus mechanisms to secure transactions....

July 17, 2024
Japan Fair Trade Commission Investigates Visa Japan for Anti-Monopoly Law...

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has launched an onsite inspection of Visa Worldwide Japan Co. in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward, investigating allegations that the company violated the Anti-Monopoly Law. The...