March 17, 2017
Illinois Regulator First In US To Join R3 Blockchain Consortium
As the underpinning technology to the digital currency bitcoin, blockchain technology is still in its infancy stage. While companies learn more about the technology, various financial institutions are dipping their...
March 17, 2017
Second Day, Second Wind On Innovation Debates
IP 2017 is now slightly in the rearview mirror, but the debates over everything from cross-border remittances to the role of the private sector in cybersecurity to digital identities live...
March 16, 2017
Alphabet Tracker: Future Moves
Stock of Google’s parent company Alphabet (GOOG) continued its upward trend through the first two weeks of March, reaching a new high of $847.35 during Monday (March 13) morning trading....
March 16, 2017
Cross-Border Shopping Patterns Vary in Asia-Pacific
People from the same country, state or even the same city shop for different items at different times. While there can be some similar patterns within various areas of the...
March 16, 2017
X-Border Commerce Enabler Flow Sees $13M Series A
Cross-border commerce solution provider Flow recently announced the close of a $13 million Series A investment from Bain Capital Ventures. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
March 16, 2017
Flywire Lands In The B2B Payments Market
Cross-border payments company Flywire is stepping into new territory: B2B payments. The company announced today (March 16) that its B2B payments processing and receivables solution, which has so far been...
March 16, 2017
Removing ‘Sticker Shock’ From Cross-Border Shipping?
How can cross-border eCommerce merchants avoid delivering post-order sticker shock to customers? One option is to offer accurate precalculations that include all relevant taxes and fees. For the March X-Border...
March 15, 2017
Brexit Tracker: Scotland Seeks Independence, B2B Payments Shakeup, And Britain’s...
Britain is moving closer and closer to the reality of operating in a post-Brexit world as the “Brexit bill” proceeds for Royal Assent. In this week’s Brexit Tracker, Scotland makes...
March 15, 2017
NEW REPORT: Is The X-Border eCommerce Fee-For-All Shipping Out?
Merchants engaged in cross-border commerce and logistics continue to produce solutions and products aimed at helping merchants strengthen relationships with their consumers and improving the pace of global business. Get...
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.
Credit is moving from rigid rules to real-time intelligence as AI agents act on transactions at the speed of signal. The inaugural “ABCs of AI Credit: A Playbook for Issuers,” a collaboration with Thredd, shows issuers how to put agentic decisioning to work to lift approvals, cut friction and control risk.