Payments infrastructure firm Episode Six (E6) has joined the Visa Ready for Government Disbursements program and teamed up with Secupay to deliver government disbursements in Germany. This partnership brings together Episode Six’s enterprise-grade card issuance and transaction processing technology, the Visa Ready for Government Disbursements...
There are two sides to any commercial transaction. Within B2B, buyers and suppliers find one another and agree on terms, funds flow, and accounts payable and receivable departments interact. On that last point, where back-end offices trade payments and invoices, the traditional way of doing...
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has proposed reducing the fees the country’s businesses pay for accepting Mastercard and Visa payments. The Commission issued its draft decision Wednesday (Dec. 18) and is seeking feedback on it from consumers and businesses by Feb. 18, 2025, it said in...
Visa’s artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities enabled it to block 85% more suspected fraud globally on Cyber Monday compared to a year earlier. It did so at a time when suspected fraudulent transactions at physical and digital stores rose by 200%, due in...
December 19, 2024
There are two sides to any commercial transaction. Within B2B, buyers and suppliers find one another and agree on terms, funds flow, and accounts payable and receivable departments interact. On that last point, where back-end offices trade payments and invoices, the traditional way of doing things has been riddled with friction and pain points. Paper […]
December 16, 2024
What goes up must come down — and after three straight weeks of rallies, the CE 100 wound up snapping a long streak of wins, declining 2.2% in the penultimate...
December 12, 2024
Retailers face the daunting challenges of managing inventory, staff, storage, shelf space — and, in most cases, a digital storefront — all while gauging consumer demand, which can be seasonal....
December 10, 2024
“Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it’s the lifeblood of business,” British businessman Richard Branson has been quoted as stating. And the sentiment rings true no matter...
December 19, 2024
Visa said it completed its acquisition of financial crime/payments fraud prevention provider Featurespace. “Visa will add Featurespace’s capabilities into its range of fraud prevention and risk-scoring offerings,” the payments giant said in a Thursday (Dec. 19) news release. “By combining the two companies’ highly complementary products and tools, customers will have access to enhanced fraud […]
December 19, 2024
Payments infrastructure firm Episode Six (E6) has joined the Visa Ready for Government Disbursements program and teamed up with Secupay to deliver government disbursements in Germany. This partnership brings together...
December 18, 2024
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has proposed reducing the fees the country’s businesses pay for accepting Mastercard and Visa payments. The Commission issued its draft decision Wednesday (Dec. 18) and is...
December 17, 2024
Visa’s artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities enabled it to block 85% more suspected fraud globally on Cyber Monday compared to a year earlier. It did so at a...
