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Boosting Accuracy: How Music Can Help Payment Professionals Stay Sharp
Boosting Accuracy: How Music Can Help Payment Professionals Stay Sharp
October 05, 2024  |  Personnel

Can music enhance productivity, or does it distract from deep focus? New insights suggested the impact may depend on the balance between familiarity and surprise....

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Thredd CEO: Unbundling of Banking Changes the Merchant Acquiring Game
Thredd CEO: Unbundling of Banking Changes the Merchant Acquiring Game
October 03, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

For decades, the “classic” four-party model dominated card payments — where the quartet was comprised of the cardholder, the merchant, the acquirer and an issuing...

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Missing Pieces: What the Pundits Get Wrong About the DOJ Debit Interchange Lawsuit Against Visa
Missing Pieces: What the Pundits Get Wrong About the DOJ Debit Interchange Lawsuit Against Visa
October 01, 2024  |  VISA

After listening to and scrolling through days of “expert” commentary about the lawsuit filed by the DOJ against Visa over debit interchange, I feel compelled...

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Fraudsters Attack B2B Payments as Supply Chains Prove to Be Vulnerable
Fraudsters Attack B2B Payments as Supply Chains Prove to Be Vulnerable
September 30, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

As the world of business payments continues to grow, so does the threat of fraud. While to the rest of the world, B2B payments represent...

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Custom 3D Cookie Cake Builder Takes Cue From Nike
Custom 3D Cookie Cake Builder Takes Cue From Nike
September 28, 2024  |  Retail

As consumers expect interactive, customized eCommerce experiences, Great American Cookies is learning from sneaker brands and auto companies how to create an immersive, engaging ordering...

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Visa SVP Talks Legacy Systems and Banking’s ‘Innovation as a Luxury’ Syndrome
Visa SVP Talks Legacy Systems and Banking’s ‘Innovation as a Luxury’ Syndrome
September 27, 2024  |  Innovation

Think back to an old episode of the hit show “Homeland,” the mini-series that seemed to put main character CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes)...

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Shifting Digital Payment Trends Prompt New Visa Credential System
Shifting Digital Payment Trends Prompt New Visa Credential System
September 26, 2024  |  VISA

For decades, different payment cards existed to serve different purposes: Credit cards have offered the option to pay in full or revolve and pay the...

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Instant Payroll Could Cut Costly Employee Turnover
Instant Payroll Could Cut Costly Employee Turnover
September 24, 2024  |  Money Mobility

Workers are growing increasingly frustrated with the slow pace of traditional payroll and outdated biweekly pay periods, especially in today’s economic climate, where many live...

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Update: UK Adoption of Embedded Lending Falls Short of Potential
Update: UK Adoption of Embedded Lending Falls Short of Potential
September 23, 2024  |  SMBs

Embedded lending promises convenient, streamlined access to financing within merchant and business platforms. This proves especially impactful for individuals and microbusinesses and small businesses (MSBs)...

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