In a Q4 LendingClub earnings call, CEO Scott Sanborn laid out the company’s vision for 2022, to keep building its on-balance-sheet loan portfolio and moving more into mobile-first, cloud-based platforms. “We also intend to invest in infrastructure to further integrate banking data and move forward...
In a move designed to expand its reach in Europe, payments network EMQ says it has added SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) instant credit transfer capabilities to its network. EMQ announced the change Wednesday (Jan. 26), saying it lets global enterprises send funds instantly in...
Spanish entrepreneurs now have access to Square, the FinTech which provides payment solutions for consumers and businesses, the company announced Tuesday (Jan. 25). Alyssa Henry, head of Square, said Spanish businesses can use its integrated ecosystem of products and services including software, hardware and payment...
Credit cards may be consumers preferred way to pay, but contactless methods are waiting in the wings. The latest installment of PYMNTS’ Next-Gen Debit Tracker, done in collaboration with PULSE, shows that while 42% of people surveyed said they preferred making transactions by credit card,...
Global technology platform Intuit — which makes TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint, Credit Karma and Mailchimp — announced Wednesday (Jan. 19) that it has created a new Bill Negotiation tool in Mint, helping to cut users’ monthly bill and subscription payments. Mint’s Bill Negotiation feature, which teams...
The City of Syracuse in New York partnered with EngageSmart’s InvoiceCloud to launch an online billing and payment system for Syracuse residents to make tax payments, according to a press release on Tuesday (Jan. 18). The new online tax portal officially began taking payments on...
Business texting software provider Text Request on Tuesday (Jan. 18) announced it has partnered with conversational commerce platform Authvia to provide text-to-pay services through the Text Request platform through a new offering called Payments. Payments is available on all Text Request plans in the U.S....
It’s a new year — time to turn over a new leaf as the problems of 2021 fade fully into the background. Wishful thinking, indeed. As the calendar shifted fully into 2022, many of the challenges and problems bedeviling small- to medium-sized business (SMB) owners...
Paying bills is a stubborn holdout in the digital shift, as bills come in paper form by snail mail or via email. Often, there aren’t many digital payment options, and even when there are, interfaces can be clunky and friction-filled — all adding to the...
