Interview news and trends

Billtrust Cures Virtual Card Headache
B2B Payments // March 02, 2017

Innovations on one end don’t always lead to smooth sailing down the chain. Sometimes one department’s upgrade is another one’s headache. This is clear in the case of accounts payable (AP) shifting spend to digital or virtual cards as Flint Lane, CEO of payment cycle management...

Feelter Sources, Curates Social Sentiment For Brands
Data // February 17, 2017

Social media is fast becoming a significant influence on the path to purchase. Businesses are taking notice and looking for ways to source crowd insights, sentiment and authentic user experiences to leverage the sway social content has over prospective buyers. But there’s no effective social...

Transaction Laundering’s Newest Art Form
Security & Fraud // January 26, 2017

The good news is that risk and compliance solutions work. The bad news is that, in response, criminals have taken the payments path of least resistance, shifting into systems with less oversight and more anonymity. “Transaction laundering is mutating,” said Dan Frechtling, CPO at G2 Web...

Cheerfy Merges On- And Offline Worlds, Eyes POS
Innovation // January 19, 2017

In the online world, consumers are used to experiences — in eCommerce, social networks and media experiences — that are personalized, consistent and contextual. Carlos Gómez, cofounder and CEO of consumer recognition system Cheerfy, called these “perfect experiences” in a recent interview with PYMNTS’ Karen...

Interviews & Exclusives
Mastercard’s New President Of Operations And Technology On Payment’s ‘Third Wave’

May 02, 2017
Mastercard today announced the appointment of CIO Ed McLaughlin to president, Operations and Technology. In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, McLaughlin spoke to the developments and challenges in the latest payments industry shift toward device-based and contextual commerce, the role of operations and technology in meeting consumer demand and what’s next for payments on […]

Billtrust Cures Virtual Card Headache

March 02, 2017
Innovations on one end don’t always lead to smooth sailing down the chain. Sometimes one department’s upgrade is another one’s headache. This is clear in the case of accounts payable...

Transaction Laundering’s Newest Art Form

January 26, 2017
The good news is that risk and compliance solutions work. The bad news is that, in response, criminals have taken the payments path of least resistance, shifting into systems with...

CloudTags: Digital Insight In Physical Stores

January 13, 2017
They say that knowledge is power — and for physical retailers, it is a matter of survival. It’s also the inspiration for in-store marketing technology provider CloudTags, whose mission is to make...

Quick Reads
Cheerfy Merges On- And Offline Worlds, Eyes POS

January 19, 2017
In the online world, consumers are used to experiences — in eCommerce, social networks and media experiences — that are personalized, consistent and contextual. Carlos Gómez, cofounder and CEO of consumer recognition system Cheerfy, called these “perfect experiences” in a recent interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. “You go to Amazon or Netflix,” Gómez said, “and […]