June 03, 2024
Use Cases for Blockchain Gain Momentum as User Experience Simplifies
End-users of technologies don’t want to think — they just want to use. And out-of-the-box usability is particularly essential when it comes to next generation innovations disrupting payments and commerce....
June 03, 2024
Neobank Bunq Looks to Court UK’s Digital Nomads
Dutch neobank Bunq is reportedly aiming to return to the U.K. Founder and CEO Ali Nikham told CNBC in a report published Monday (June 3) that the company is hoping to obtain a banking license from...
May 31, 2024
Fiserv GM on the Pot of Gold at the End...
As payments shift from traditional and manual workflows to automated, digital ones, everything will change. And that’s a good thing for global commerce. “Across the global landscape, three things are...
May 30, 2024
This Week in B2B Innovation: Embedded Experiences, AI and Leverage
Digital is a one-way street. And that street is being populated by B2B firms who aren’t looking back after embracing digital innovation to both compete in new markets while at...
May 30, 2024
Swift Turns to AI to Battle Cross-Border Payment Fraud
Swift is partnering with a group of banking giants to combat cross-border payment fraud. The global messaging service announced in a news release Thursday (May 30) that it is launching...
May 30, 2024
Can Blockchain Solve the Cross-Border Payments Puzzle?
With a market projection of $290 trillion by 2030, cross-border payments are the backbone of global commerce. Despite their critical importance, however, these transactions are frequently riddled with friction. According...
May 30, 2024
Credit Union Innovation Hinges on Payment Speed and Security
In an era of rapid technological advancement, there remain certain immutable aspects — particularly for payments. When it comes to the way businesses and consumers transact, speed, security and convenience...
May 29, 2024
Mastercard Unveils P2P Pilot for Crypto Credential Tool
Mastercard has introduced what it calls a “milestone” update to its Crypto Credential tool. For the first time, the company announced Wednesday (May 29) crypto exchange users can send and...
May 29, 2024
CBDC Scrutiny Underscores Role of Compliance in Scaling Digital Innovations
The technology for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) already exists. And as dozens of countries around the world have proven, in less time than it took to read this sentence,...
Real-time payments in the EU are on the verge of achieving their instantaneous promise, with a new rule from the European Council requiring instant fund transfers to be available within 10 seconds. In this edition of the “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, PYMNTS explores this development along with other advancements unfolding across the global real-time payments landscape.
Many eCommerce merchants in the United States seek growth in international markets but encounter significant friction in cross-border transactions. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study, “Cross-Border Sales and the Challenge of Failed Payments,” a collaboration with Nuvei, draws on insights from 300 executives to identify the key challenges of cross-border payments and how to solve them.