April 24, 2024
CFPB Head Wary of Big Credit Card Mergers
America’s leading consumer finance watchdog is skeptical about giant mergers between credit card companies. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra expressed these worries in a Wednesday (April 24) interview with the Financial Times...
April 24, 2024
PayU Vet Mario Shiliashki Picked to Lead myPOS
Small-business-focused payments/card solutions company myPOS has named Mario Shiliashki as its new CEO. Shiliashki, the company announced Wednesday (April 24) in a news release provided to PYMNTS, “brings a global...
April 24, 2024
Mastercard Takes AI-Driven Fraud Defense to Next Level
Mastercard is bringing an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, partnership approach to detecting and preventing identity and payments scams before they can result in victimizing consumers. The company announced on Wednesday (April 24)...
April 23, 2024
Virtual Cards Set to Transform Buyer-Supplier Relationships
Management guru Peter Drucker once said that “wherever you see a successful business, somebody made a courageous decision.” That’s the spirit behind the Certainty Project, a study from PYMNTS Intelligence highlighting...
April 22, 2024
Pomelo Officially Launches Product Combining Credit and International Money Transfer
Pomelo has announced its official launch after several months of private beta. The company is launching with $70 million in seed financing that includes $20 million in venture capital and $50...
April 22, 2024
This Thirty-Year AI Expert Challenges the Notion That AI Can...
There are people who say they are an AI expert and there’s Akli Adjaoute. He was on the case early in the technology’s lifecycle and brings a unique, grounded perceptive...
April 19, 2024
Senators Press Banks for Better Defenses Against Wire Fraud
The looming specter of wire fraud has spurred lawmakers to press big banks for better defenses against bad actors — and a detailing of the impact the scams have had on consumers....
April 19, 2024
CFOs’ Top 4 Concerns Reveal Importance of Controlling What’s Controllable
The concerns keeping CFOs awake at night help define their business strategies in the morning. And with the news this week that B2B credit card platform Pliant is planning to expand, while Mastercard...
April 19, 2024
This Week in B2B: Lending Innovations, AI and Digital Payments
The B2B landscape is on the cusp of the next era in payments innovation. As PYMNTS readers already know, this new and exciting era is being driven by an ongoing...
