February 03, 2017
Visa Surges On Visa Europe, Strong Cardholder Spend
On his first earnings call with investors and analysts, Visa CEO Al Kelly had good news to report. Visa beat Wall Street expectations for both quarterly profit and revenue, and...
February 03, 2017
One Of The Biggest B2B FinTech Funding Weeks In Months
It was one of the biggest weeks for B2B FinTech investment in months. Alternative lending, eProcurement and cross-border payments innovators all saw impressive activity (though several funding values remained private),...
February 03, 2017
Innovative Bank Software Is Only Valuable If It Works
Tricentis just scored one of the biggest funding rounds for a B2B startup in a while — raising $165 million — for its software testing solution. According to Sandeep Johri, CEO...
February 02, 2017
Abu Dhabi Bank Implements Blockchain
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) announced that it has become the first bank in the Middle East and North Africa to introduce real-time, cross-border payments on blockchain, thanks...
February 02, 2017
Retailers, Energy, Auto Companies Gearing Up To Fight US Tax...
A group of retailer lobbyists, energy companies and the auto industry is gearing up to fight against a proposed U.S. tax on imports. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
February 01, 2017
Seedcamp Divests From Its TransferWise Stake
Seedcamp, which was an early investor in London money transfer startup TransferWise, has sold off a piece of its stake in a secondary offering. Get the Full Story Complete the...
January 31, 2017
Tapping Into The Trump Trade Wars
Roughly 10 days into the Trump presidency, and the world is changing. Significantly. To grind that statement a but finer, the way the U.S. is interacting with the broader world...
January 31, 2017
PayCommerce Makes First Real-Time, Cross-Border B2B Payment
B2B payments company PayCommerce announced Monday (Jan. 30) it completed its first real-time, cross-border B2B payment using blockchain technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
January 30, 2017
MoneyGram CEO On Ant Financial — And The Transformation of...
In 2015, $582 billion was sent by migrants to relatives in their home countries. Of that total amount, nearly a quarter (23 percent), or $133.5 billion, originated from the United...
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.