Payments Innovation

Payments Innovation
‘What’s Next’ for Payments in 2024 and Beyond? Citi Says Invisible Payments (Finally)
October 26, 2023

With 2024 right around the corner, Vineeth Subramanyam, managing director and global head of Spring by Citi, told Karen Webster that the unstoppable push toward personalization and automation in payments will take a cue from innovations stretching back into the early days of the millennium. “The magic,”...

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Payments Innovation Starts With Infrastructure and Ends With Personalized Experiences
October 26, 2023

No one (other than PYMNTS readers) wakes up thinking about payments or money movement. Rather, it is what’s on the other side of the transaction — typically goods or services — that is top of mind. And it’s across the infrastructure enabling that transaction and...

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Link Money CEO: Payment Innovations Win on Cost, Not Capability
October 26, 2023

Innovations in payments have paved the path to progress throughout history. And while the journey has not been a linear one, it is increasingly becoming a digital one. “The technology and payments infrastructure is there in most global markets,” Eric Shoykhet, co-founder and CEO of...

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French Hill Says Lawmakers Must Balance Consumer Protection and Innovation
October 25, 2023

FinTech firms’ products and services provide benefits that far exceed the risks they pose. So said Rep. French Hill of Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion, during opening remarks delivered Wednesday (Oct. 25) before the hearing,...

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Payment Rail Innovations Help Businesses Embrace the Always-On Economy
October 25, 2023

When it comes to innovation in payments, there’s no more exciting time than right now. Historically, the U.S. businesses heavily relied on checks, Automated Clearing House (ACH) and wires to make payments. However, this changed significantly in 2015 when the Federal Reserve issued a white...

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Generation Z Will Help Shape Payments Innovations for Years to Come 
October 25, 2023

Jacqueline White, president at i2c, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that “what’s next” in payments may be determined by demographics. Among the overarching trends dominating the last year of payments innovations — and the innovations that will be hallmarks of 2024 — are generational ones,...

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Payments Innovation Is About Keeping Top of Wallet to Top of Mind
October 24, 2023

The borders delineating digital technologies and payments are becoming increasingly blurred. And that’s a good thing. “We see payments moving up the funnel,” Rachel Moore, senior vice president and head of incubation at Synchrony, told PYMNTS as part of the “What’s Next in Payments series:...

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Two Tiers of Payments Innovation Will Shape Industry’s Future
October 24, 2023

The innovations shaping the payments industry are moving in real time. And increasingly so, too, is money itself. “What we’re seeing from a product perspective is a lot of focus on faster payments,” Keith Vander Leest, head of payments at Cross River, told PYMNTS as part of...

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TodayPay Gives Consumers Instant Refunds and Helps Merchants Avoid ‘Rocks in a Box’
October 23, 2023

It’s easier than ever to buy online, offline, to pick up in store or have things delivered. It’s easier than ever to check out, using all manner of payment options, from Apple Pay to Tap to Pay, Scan and Go and everything in between. But...