Payments Dive
JANUARY 4, 2019
What's holding the blockchain back? What can make it more secure? Panelists at Financial Services Data Security Summit, sponsored by Thales and Networld Media Group, shared thoughts on these issues.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 2, 2019
For quite a long time, traditional brick and mortar banks only had to worry about making money and being profitable. All that is changing due to emerging technologies. The banking industry is facing many unprecedented challenges due to the rise of financial technology companies. Industry-leading operators, as well as ambitious startups in the banking scene, […].
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PYMNTS
DECEMBER 31, 2018
So far this year (and there’s still one more day), Verizon reported that there have been 2,216 confirmed data breaches across 65 countries. Even more disturbing, perhaps, is that 68 percent of those breaches took months for the breached companies to discover. If that’s not disturbing enough, 28 percent of those incidents were perpetuated by insiders.
Payments Source
JANUARY 2, 2019
As consumers grow more attached to mobile devices for e-commerce and payments, fraudsters are intensifying their focus on handsets with new phishing, vishing to SIM-swap tricks.
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Payments Dive
DECEMBER 31, 2018
As we close out the year 2018, we present a look back at the most read articles and contributor pieces related to the mobile payments industry.
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PYMNTS
JANUARY 1, 2019
Tech companies are taking more time to reach their initial public offerings, with the median gap between their early financing and their IPOs hitting 10.1 years in 2017, up from 6.9 years in 2013, according to a recent estimate. A robust supply of private capital reportedly is one of the main reasons for that, along with corporate cultures that are averse to public markets.
Payments Source
DECEMBER 31, 2018
Despite years of advancements in mobile and online payments, the physical point of sale remains still ripe for disruption.
Payments Dive
JANUARY 3, 2019
The variety of payment methods is expanding dramatically, fueled by significant consumer adoption on a global level. Download this infographic from TNS to gain vital insights into key developments which could shape the payments industry in 2019.
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 31, 2018
It was a tough year for cryptocurrencies. Over the past 12 months, Bitcoin – the most popular cryptocurrency – lost more than 70% of its market capitalization and Ethereum lost more than 80% of its value, according to digital currency exchange Coinbase. Bitcoin, specifically, which was trading at almost $20,000 at the beginning of the […].
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PYMNTS
JANUARY 2, 2019
With the global mobile point of sale (mPOS) market projected to experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.8 percent from 2017 to 2026, many solution providers are looking to use partnerships as a boost to snag a bigger share of the growing market. Around the mPOS space, providers are teaming up, merging or making acquisitions. In the January mPOS Tracker , PYMNTS charts the latest developments.
Bobsguide
JANUARY 4, 2019
Partnerships with fintechs is necessary to create the “best of both worlds” approach - which customers will demand in 2019, according to Currencycloud’s CMO and head of product, Todd Latham. “Customers expect a broad range of services from their bank, and they trust them.
Ron Shevelin
JANUARY 1, 2019
The failed Robinhood checking/savings account was out of touch with how consumers manage their money these days. It would have failed if it had been launched.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 4, 2019
Citizens Bank‘s Matt Richardson, head of product solutions, is speaking at Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 in March. The event will take place March 11-12 at Seattle’s Hyatt Olive 8 Hotel. You can join the event by registering here. On the New Interactions in Payments panel, Richardson will be addressing the role that voice, text and image […].
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PYMNTS
JANUARY 2, 2019
While commercial card innovation certainly accelerated in 2018, progress can always continue. One area of development that J.P. Morgan Managing Director and Head of Commercial Card Product Management Naney Pandit says should be a focus this year is in mobilizing the corporate card. It’s not altogether an unfamiliar concept, of course. Much attention has been paid to mobile business payments in the fleet sector in particular, with Comdata launching its mobile app, Comdata OnRoad, that links
Insights on Business
JANUARY 3, 2019
For financial institutions, the benefits of moving away from legacy in-house systems to the cloud are obvious. A cloud environment offers financial institutions greater speed and agility than their current environments. But while mobile devices give us great power and convenience, they also create new security and privacy challenges. Financial institutions face a similar dilemma – while moving to the cloud makes sense for a number of reasons, it also presents a new set of challenges.
Payments Source
JANUARY 3, 2019
A digital exchange opening next week will enable investors to trade in companies including Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Tesla Inc. outside of the U.S. even when the stock markets are closed.
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 31, 2018
Bank Innovation’s five picks for companies that made noise in fintech this year may not include any banks, but it does include a company owned by a collection of them. Indeed, as far as innovation is concerned, 2018 was the year of the fintechs and nonbanks -- some friendlier to the traditional players than others. […].
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PYMNTS
JANUARY 2, 2019
In a recent report published by Protiviti and North Carolina State University, analysts found just how important technology and innovation are becoming for corporate executives. Their December 2018 survey found “digital readiness” to be the c-suite’s top priority for 2019, with executives also reflecting their concern that the biggest risks their companies face are intensifying.
Bobsguide
JANUARY 3, 2019
In this Fintalk podcast, Transact Payments, W2 Global Data and Global Processing Services (GPS) discuss the challenges of launching a prepaid e-money programme. Listen to the podcast or read the full transcript below. Transcript. Hello and welcome to this Fintalk podcast. Today.
Payments Source
JANUARY 3, 2019
The payments process isn’t about just checking a box or signing a check anymore; it’s about cultivating genuinely beneficial relationships for all involved that build trust and drive growth, writes Ravi Thakur, senior vice president of business acceleration at Coupa.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 4, 2019
A new study by software provider VisibleThread found that 58% of nearly 5,000 pages of website content for 50 U.S. banks is “inaccessible” to the average American. Even the most readable websites studied were more difficult to read than Moby Dick, the report said. Jargon, complex language, long sentences, and excessive use of passive voice […].
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PYMNTS
JANUARY 1, 2019
Here’s a 2019 prediction that we guarantee will come true: There will be no human being or business adamantly hoping to be paid slower in 2019 than they were in 2018. We also guarantee that this prediction will hold, regardless of who one is talking about or the use case to which it pertains. That could be the small merchant wanting access to their daily sales on the same day instead of seven days later, the dad who just sent $100 to his college-age kid to buy food for the weekend, an Uber drive
CFPB Monitor
JANUARY 2, 2019
The CFPB and the federal banking agencies—the FDIC, Fed, and OCC— remain open during the government shutdown as their funding does not come from congressional appropriations. However, the shutdown has resulted in the closing of the FTC. Also closed during the shutdown are many HUD operations and activities. Certain lending-related operations will continue during the shutdown such as the endorsement of FHA-insured loans (with the exception of Home Equity Conversion Mortgages and Title I loans)
Payments Source
JANUARY 3, 2019
By adopting faster payments, businesses have more flexibility to make last-minute payments and emergency payrolls, or gain a larger window for early-payment discounts.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 3, 2019
Acquisitions, partnerships and the roll-out of various new products and services made 2018 a very active year in banking and fintech. But was it all just setting the scene for an even busier 2019? Here are Bank Innovation's 5 companies to watch this year, selected by editors' choice, in no particular order: PayPal This payments […].
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