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Breaking Down The Faster Payments Construct
Breaking Down The Faster Payments Construct
September 21, 2016  |  Faster Payments

The term “faster payments” brings many things to mind — Same Day ACH, real-time payments and even blockchain. But do all these initiatives serve the...

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Embracing The D-Word In The Omni Era
Embracing The D-Word In The Omni Era
September 20, 2016  |  Omnicommerce

Like it or not, it’s all about the data. Retailers want to measure everything that happens inside their stores, but doing so could be a...

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Running The Global Payments Compliance Playbook
Running The Global Payments Compliance Playbook
September 20, 2016  |  Cross Border Commerce

In a perfect world, there would be a global compliance payment standard making it easy to securely send and receive money all over the world....

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Mr. Stumpf Goes To Washington
Mr. Stumpf Goes To Washington
September 20, 2016  |  Banking

With the NFL back in season (Pats 2-0 for those keeping count at home), the term “Greatest Show on Turf” is getting thrown around an...

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Businesses Aren’t Using Accountants To Their Full Potential
Businesses Aren’t Using Accountants To Their Full Potential
September 20, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Corporate money managers are evolving into strategic players within the enterprise, but this trend is often cited in reference to C-suite executives, like treasurers and...

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Fraud, In A Factory Setting
Fraud, In A Factory Setting
September 19, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

You’ve seen the pictures: rows of workers, in what could be termed “fraud factories,” armed with laptops, launching unsophisticated attacks on merchants. In the latest...

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One Year In, Removing The Masking Tape From EMV
One Year In, Removing The Masking Tape From EMV
September 19, 2016  |  PYMNTS Topic TBD

Lapping its one-year anniversary, EMV adoption in the U.S. has had its share of triumph and challenges that still remain. In the latest installment of...

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Interesting Answers Edition: Wells Fargo, EMV And Millennial Card Usage
Interesting Answers Edition: Wells Fargo, EMV And Millennial Card Usage
September 19, 2016  |  Data Dive

There were more questions than answers in the news last week. Are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump each healthy enough to be president? Who planted...

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Samsung And DeLorean
Samsung And DeLorean
September 16, 2016  |  Mobile

What does a 1980s Irish car company have in common with Samsung? We take a look at the history of the doomed Samsung Galaxy Note...

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