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Watch more: Need to Know: i2c’s Marjorie Tart Real-time payments are becoming a baseline expectation in a digital economy where consumers and businesses want money to move instantly, predictably and transparently, ...

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments: i2c’s John Bresnahan Businesses are finally (and finely) honing their 21st-century competitive edges. The result? Advancement across the marketplace today is becoming increasingly dependent on operating ...

Business credit for large enterprises operates at arm’s length, guided by formal procurement flows and rigid financial controls. Everything is mediated through procurement teams, finance departments and policies. But small and ...

Credit cards remain central to how consumers navigate everyday financial demands, especially when prices, income cycles and needs do not always align. The latest PYMNTS Intelligence research, done in collaboration ...

Watch more: The SMB Fast Lane: Big Credit Needs, Bigger Growth Small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) rely on credit as a safety net and catalyst for growth. They need cards that match ...

For many consumers, smart credit use is more than convenience, it’s a way to unlock financial opportunity. As shown in “Consumer Credit Economy: Strategy vs. Spontaneity — Navigating the Great ...

For small and mid-sized companies, credit has evolved from a safety net into a growth engine, and what businesses want from it is changing fast. The November 2025 “SMB Growth ...

In financial services, milliseconds can make or break both transactions and relationships. The tension between speed, security and customer experience has long been the defining paradox of digital payments and ...

Watch more: WNIP: i2C, Matthew Pearce The fraud landscape in payments is evolving faster than many financial institutions can adapt. For Matthew Pearce, vice president of Fraud Risk Management and Dispute Operations ...

Global financial technology company i2c Inc. announced in a Wednesday (Oct. 22) press release that it achieved certification from Visa for global enablement of Click to Pay. According to the ...

Watch more: Need to Know: i2c, Matthew Pearce The fraud landscape is changing faster than ever — and increasingly, the bad actors are using artificial intelligence. As deepfakes, synthetic identities and ...

Watch more: What’s Next: i2c, Seth Perlman When it comes to the future of payments, the stakes are high and unforgiving. Consumers expect services to be available around the clock, fraudsters are ...

Watch more: The Credit Race: Closing the Perception Gap to Win Credit remains an essential tool for consumers managing both everyday spending and big-ticket plans. But getting the right card in ...

What if the biggest risk to your credit portfolio isn’t economic, but psychological? “Consumer Credit Economy: Strategy vs. Spontaneity—Navigating the Great Credit Divide,” a new report from PYMNTS Intelligence in ...

Watch more: Fueling Payments Innovation with Traditional and Alternative Data Power In the payments industry, data isn’t just a tool; it’s the bloodstream of operations. From credit risk models to customer loyalty ...

In the complex world of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), financial and operational agility is often the key to survival and success. Against this backdrop, credit cards are emerging as ...

Forget the bells and whistles — for a significant portion of small to medium-sized businesses, the ultimate credit card perk isn’t points or airport lounge access, but simply a higher ...

Generation Z and millennial consumers are rewriting the rules of engagement when it comes to credit cards. Unlike previous generations who may have stuck with one or two financial institutions for ...

Watch more: i2c: Client Engagement and ‘Thoughtful Acceleration’ Key to Navigating Uncertainty In times of uncertainty, there’s often only one acceptable direction for businesses: forward. “Money must keep flowing,” David Durovy, senior ...

Watch more: i2c: It Takes Capital Plus Context to Rethink SMB Lending Strategies When it comes to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the conversation around financial empowerment is overdue for an ...

Small businesses run on big decisions—but when it comes to credit card usage, many are blending business and personal finance in ways that reveal shortcomings in today’s financial products. That’s ...

Technology is swiftly transforming the payments industry, but true disruption is a long game, i2c founder and CEO Amir Wain writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Halftime 2025: Charting the Future ...

Watch more: Banks and Credit Unions Battle for Digital Wallet Dominance as Gen Z Demands Instant Control Banks and credit unions have long chased “top-of-wallet” bragging rights, but as consumers swap ...

The payments industry stands at a crucial crossroads as we reach the midpoint of 2025, where the strategic decisions made now will define the trajectory for businesses and consumers alike ...

Watch more: Agentic AI Is Redrawing the Org Chart for Smarter Businesses The business world watched generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) advance in 2024, as it churned out human-like text, code and ...

For decades, credit cards have remained remarkably unchanged in their core functionalities: swipe, spend, earn points. But what was once revolutionary may have now reached a saturation point. Nearly every major ...

When it comes to tech innovations, flash can often overshadow function. Yet when it comes to payments and banking, artificial intelligence is starting to prove that it doesn’t need to ...

In an age where consumer expectations evolve at the speed of a TikTok trend, financial institutions and payment providers face an increasingly complex question: how do they build systems, strategies ...

Nearly 8 in 10 U.S. consumers with credit cards have multiple cards. For issuers, this makes “top of wallet” status — being a consumer’s favorite way to pay — crucial ...

Banking/payment solutions provider i2c has teamed with Bulgarian FinTech Access Finance. The collaboration, announced in a news release Monday (April 7), will help Access introduce the next phase of its Juzt ...

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) has become more than a buzzword in a very short period of time. One reason for its progress into legitimacy is its real potential to redefine how ...

For credit unions, the move toward becoming “smarter” digital financial service providers entails embracing several strategic and technological shifts.  David Durovy, senior vice president of transformation at i2c, told PYMNTS that ...

Financial services software provider Finastra has launched a collaboration with banking/payment solutions firm i2c. The partnership, announced Wednesday (March 5), is aimed at bringing payment issuance solutions to North American banks ...

 When it comes to FinTechs, change and transformation are often the only constants. That makes the question of what it means to be a FinTech in 2025 more than a theoretical ...

Banking and payments technology provider i2c said Wednesday (Feb. 26) that it signed on to be one of the first issuing processing partners for the recently announced Mastercard One Credential, ...

Across the financial services landscape, digital transformation has changed everything. This fundamental and technological shift has led to an ongoing recalibration of the relationships small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have with ...

Technology plays a vital role in enabling innovation in banking and payments, i2c Global Head of Product Seth Perlman writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “The Innovation Mindset: How to ...

For banks and credit unions looking to modernize, the timing has never been better. “Banks want to offer more competitive products, increase profitability and, critically, own the customer experience — especially ...

Innovation is no longer optional; it’s a necessity. Change is constant, spurred by technological advancements, shifting consumer expectations and global challenges. The financial services industry must embrace a new mindset to ...

As we wrap up 2024, PYMNTS’ “What’s Next in Payments” series has provided insights from industry leaders on the current and future state of play for banking, payments and the ...

Business-to-business (B2B) payments are undergoing a period of upheaval and reinvention. Businesses are seeking faster, more efficient and secure payment solutions, and a wide range of players are stepping up ...

If banks can’t give their customers the financial services they want or the experiences they expect, those customers will go and look for them elsewhere. In an increasingly digital-first economy, community ...

Digital banking and payments firm i2c launched a partnership with Texas-based Vantage Bank. The collaboration will allow Vantage to use i2c’s solutions to support its card payment operations for its customers, according ...

Keeping pace with innovation can be daunting. For small- to mid-sized banks, credit unions and FinTechs, implementing the latest money movement integrations like real-time payments and more can be a steady ...

Ask 10 people what the concept and execution of “digital engagement” mean, and you’ll get 10 different answers. For Serena Smith, chief client officer of i2c, it means digital-first customer engagement. Individuals ...

The rise of technology requires a careful balance between innovation and risk management, i2c Chief Client Officer Serena Smith writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Beyond the Horizon: How to ...

  It’s not just the known challenges that companies must be wary of — it’s the unexpected threats that can suddenly appear and disrupt even the most well-laid plans. The new ...

It was a week that saw a presidential campaign end, the Summer Olympics begin and the start of banking and payments earnings season. We were focused on our usual insightful ...

A year after its launch, the FedNow® Service, the instant payment service introduced by the U.S. central bank last July 20, has seen 900 banks sign up and connect to the ...

Digital banking/payments firm i2c has launched a partnership with Beyon Money Business. The collaboration, announced Monday (July 22), will see the firms launch a corporate expense card program for the small to midsize enterprise (SME) sector, ...

As open banking takes root in the United States, the role of application programming interfaces (APIs) will become more widely known and appreciated. That’s one of the predictions and insights ...

i2c and Affiniti Finance said Monday (June 3) that they are providing trade associations with credit programs that include features and rewards specific to each industry. Their offering, which was launched ...

When it comes to payments innovations, banks and payment companies have held up their end of the deal. Instant payments, pay-by-bank, digital wallets, artificial intelligence and tokenization all have been pushed forward from the supply ...

Back in October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) made public a new rule about data and data sharing. And it wasted no time signaling the intent behind it. In a press release issued Oct. 19, the ...

More than 80% of credit card users now receive reward offers from their card issuers and, on average, 72% of those rewards get used within 90 days. Meanwhile, 71% of ...

Companies can leverage customer data and use technology to prosper in uncertain times, i2c Global Head of Operations John Bresnahan writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty.”   The ...

As global head of product at payment processor i2c, Seth Perlman has seen his share of headwinds and tailwinds in the banking business, including stints at Visa, Fiserv and PayPal. ...

As consumers save for big purchases, Gen Z is proving to be the only generation that would rather save up for an object they will get to keep than an ...

Jacqueline White, president of i2c, told PYMNTS in an interview that financial services have undergone a seismic shift in recent years. When the pandemic hit, banks of all sizes were already on ...

Generation Z consumers, those often digitally savvy 18- to 25-year-olds, have emerged as an important target market for financial institutions (FIs) seeking to expand their customer base. One way FIs hope ...

While the vast majority of consumers are highly satisfied with their buy now, pay later (BNPL) experiences, PYMNTS Intelligence research finds that many Gen Z users believe that there is ...

One of the biggest fraud threats facing enterprises is also one of the oldest. And it, unlike the rise of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven attacks, comes from within their own company walls. That’s ...

Many buy now, pay later (BNPL) users alter their purchasing when the payment method is not available, with PYMNTS Intelligence research revealing that millennials are disproportionately likely to trade down ...

Adapting to the evolving preferences of the increasingly influential young consumer demographic has ushered in a transformative era for financial institutions (FIs), challenging the conventional approaches to fostering loyalty. Take credit ...

Generation Z has emerged as a pivotal demographic for financial institutions (FIs), even as they challenge traditional loyalty strategies. The generation, whose adult members are 18 to 25 years old, ...

i2c and The Bank of Missouri (TBOM) have partnered to help FinTechs accelerate their launch of digital banking products. With this five-year partnership, TBOM, a community bank with digital banking initiatives, will leverage i2c’s ...

PYMNTS asked industry executives across the payments and digital commerce landscape to give us their take on the pivotal shifts, technological advancements and strategies that have shaped business in 2023. ...

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has gone mainstream. So much so that if businesses don’t provide this payment option, they might lose out on sales at checkout. This is especially ...

Nearly a quarter of British buy now, pay later (BNPL) users have been charged late fees. These fees for late repayments hit younger consumers the hardest, the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday ...

Just a few years ago, buy now, pay later was a relatively new concept — one that’s now gone mainstream, Jacqueline White, president of i2c, told Karen Webster. In 2024, BNPL ...

The younger the consumer, the less likely they are to use credit cards. Only 42% of Generation Z consumers and 62% of millennials said they used a credit card in the ...

Where a business spends money tends to define its go-forward strategy. But often where enterprise spend disappears to is opaque, with some departments sending checks to their vendors, others using electronic ...

Nothing is harder to break than an established habit. But even the most entrenched behaviors often shift or evolve. Just look at the movement of money, which has undergone many transmutations ...

Serena Smith, chief client officer at i2c, told PYMNTS that the shift to faster payments and open banking will spur financial institutions to take a close look at their technology ...

The average holiday shopper anticipates spending roughly $860 this year on non-gift holiday purchases such as live entertainment or retail products for personal use — compared to $1,160 in 2022. ...

Despite economic uncertainty and financial concerns, Americans have chosen to prioritize travel over savings this year. This trend applies to all generations, but it’s Gen X and millennial consumers who ...

Banking and payments solutions provider i2c has announced the expansion of its partnership with Payfare, a global FinTech company, to enhance financial access and empower gig workers. This move will enable Payfare ...

Baby boomers and seniors — consumers born before 1965 — were the first generations to have access to credit cards, back to the 1960s and ‘70s. That is the reason ...

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 ...

In today’s corporate landscape, as companies navigate the challenges of hybrid work arrangements and business travel, the demand for virtual cards has surged. These innovative payment solutions offer a range ...

As the holiday season and festivities draw near, consumers, particularly those living paycheck to paycheck, are bracing themselves for the added financial stress that accompanies this time of year. As noted ...

Summer’s over. Beach getaways are a thing of the past. And now the holidays approach. Jacqueline White, president at i2c, and Ray Chalub, COO of Inter & Co., told PYMNTS that the ...

Payments platform Thredd has named Visa and i2C veteran Jim McCarthy as its CEO. McCarthy, who joined the London-based company earlier this year, will replace Kevin Schultz, who is set to ...

Peru’s Banco de Credito (BCP), has joined forces with digital banking and payments solutions provider i2c Inc. to introduce the digital banking platform, iO, the companies said Tuesday (Oct. 17). Leveraging ...

Businesses have long relied on debit and credit card transactions, but digitization is ushering a new era of more secure electronic payment options, such as virtual cards, in the business-to-business ...

Travel rose this summer despite ongoing economic uncertainty and inflationary pressures. PYMNTS’ data finds that consumers planned to travel just as much or more this summer than last, and personal ...

Serena Smith, chief client officer at i2c, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that although digital innovations in banking have come a long way in just a few short years, ...

Americans credit card payment delinquencies are starting to pile up.   Per the latest Federal Reserve report, credit card balances rose past $1 trillion for the first time in the survey’s history.  But ...

Every workflow will eventually be disrupted — or digitized — over a long enough horizon. After all, nothing is perfect. Any process can be improved by a business that knows ...

The promise of artificial intelligence (AI) is best achieved at scale. That’s why it should be no surprise that JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the U.S. as well as the ...

On the one hand, firms don’t know what they don’t know. On the other, many believe that large language model-powered generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools might just know everything. After all, business ...

When it comes to generative artificial intelligence (AI), it isn’t the sky that is falling. It’s the operational landscape that’s being reshaped. That’s because AI doesn’t replace labor, according to some business ...

Consumer credit grew at a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.7% in April. Revolving credit increased at an annual rate of 13.1% during the month, while nonrevolving credit grew at an annual ...

Today’s challenging macro environment requires organizations, and their CFOs, to be both nimble and intelligent. That’s because unpredictable market conditions have made it essential for finance leaders to be prepared for every eventuality, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) may not be as mysterious as people think — but it is as pervasive. What generative AI capabilities have done, i2c CEO and chairman Amir Wain tells PYMNTS, is “brought in another ...

Access to credit, the value of credit in managing personal finances, and fear of debt are all coming into play at a time when over 60% of U.S. households live ...

PYMNTS’ research finds that 83% of consumers made payments for credit products in the last 90 days. Credit, in general, is a significant part of life for most consumers across ...

The credit card market has typically been dominated by a few key players. The top-five issuers are behind roughly three-quarters of credit card loan balances, and the Federal Reserve reported that credit card debt stands ...

PYMNTS asked business leaders for their take on how to plan for the rest of 2023 and what they are telling their teams to focus on. Amir Wain, founder and CEO ...

We’ve all done this dance.   You want to send money to another person — you have a Venmo account, but they don’t. They have a PayPal account, but you don’t. Your ...

Mashreq and i2c have partnered to offer digital payment solutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With this collaboration, Mashreq, a leading financial institution in the region, will leverage i2c’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) payment and ...

Many FinTechs got walloped in 2022 for bloated valuations, which is increasing the focus on fundamentals and partnerships. PYMNTS’ Karen Webster recently discussed what that means for the industry with i2c CEO Amir Wain and Payoneer Co-CEO Scott ...

Being underbanked or unbanked is a significant disadvantage in modern society, as this locks households out of personal loans, direct deposits, many types of credit payments and a host of ...

One billion people have cellphones but no bank account, a gap wireless providers may fill. There’s nothing farfetched about the idea. It’s already well-established in emerging nations, where mobile network operators ...

Individuals with mobile phones outnumber those with bank accounts in the most underbanked regions of the world, offering the telecom industry a prime opportunity to fulfill a vital role. In ...

The digital banking renaissance has laid out a golden opportunity for telecom companies. Although states have largely eased their pandemic restrictions, many habits consumers picked up in the past few ...

Digital payments and banking technology company i2c is partnering with Dominican Republic-based financial group Grupo Popular to expand digital banking services in the country. In a Monday (Nov. 28) press release, ...

American Express and commerce solutions provider Square have partnered to create a forthcoming credit card that will be designed for Square sellers. The Square Credit Card is to be available to ...

To a large extent the future of payments will be built on foundations laid in the past, but greatly enhanced by digital innovations that are creating entirely new use cases ...

As demand for credit grows amid economic challenges, digital capacities provide the differentiation issuers need to stand out, i2c Chief Product Officer Ava Kelly writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “What’s Your ...

Today in the connected economy, Mastercard begins a new phase of its collaboration with cryptocurrency platform Paxos by offering banks help in improving their crypto offerings. Plus, Samsung brings its ...

Embedded finance platform Bond Financial Technologies has partnered with digital payment and banking technology provider i2c to launch credit card-as-a-service solutions.  The Bond Credit Builder Card allows businesses to offer consumers ...

In the past week, observers of global retail trends have received the latest statistics from Eurostat, which show that retail sales in the EU fell 0.2% in August for a ...

Today in the connected economy, Netflix follows in the tradition of Disney by opening a pop-up store selling merchandise connected to its programming. Plus, Mastercard invests in African technology firm ...

Digital payment and banking technology company i2c and Bank of George are expanding the bank’s gaming payments ecosystem with a virtual and physical credit card. “Powered by i2c’s agile payments platform, ...

Today in the connected economy, Caesars Sportsbook has formed a partnership with Ingo Money to help bettors get returns as quickly as possible. Plus, digital payment and banking technology firm i2c ...

In today’s Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, Bank of America extended its “Pay by Bank” offering in Europe and Majid Al Futtaim launched a new rewards solution ...

Digital payment and banking technology provider i2c has partnered with retailer Majid Al Futtaim to launch a new payment solution that complements the retailer’s rewards program.  With the partnership, customers of ...

If there’s one constant for FinTechs in general, and crypto and buy now, pay later (BNPL) firms in particular, it’s this: volatility. For the digital-first and digital-only firms seeking to change how ...

Once monolithic commercial credit is morphing into something new as legacy and FinTech strengths combine into something more expandable and efficient in the face of changes to the payments ecosystem. For ...

“Stay scared — but stay calm,” too. Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards made the observation to PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that tech companies of all sizes and across all verticals — but ...

Jim McCarthy, president of i2c, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that banking is sure to follow the “embedded path” we’ve seen pretty much everywhere else in life. Consider the fact that not ...

Meeting end users’ needs requires companies to pay careful attention to how the payment preferences of consumers, vendors and industry partners are changing.  It also requires companies to know what tools ...

Digital payments and banking company i2c has teamed with Colorado-based FinTech company Marygold & Co. on its tap-to-pay debit Mastercard and new customer-centric savings program, according to a Wednesday (July ...

Were FinTechs overvalued as 2021 ended and 2022 kicked off? In some cases, certainly. That’s brought us to the brink of the great FinTech refocus — and yes, there will ...

Demand for interconnected, more personalized banking experiences has risen steadily among both businesses and consumers in recent years, a trend that received an unprecedented boost from the global pandemic. Fulfilling clients’ ...

PYMNTS’ new “Banking-As-A-Service Opportunity Report” examines how FIs and Banking-as-a-Service providers are creating the invisible, frictionless financial services experiences their customers expect.

PYMNTS’ new “Banking-As-A-Service Opportunity Report” examines how FIs and Banking-as-a-Service providers are creating the invisible, frictionless financial services experiences their customers expect.

“At the heart of every bank is a service company.” Jim McCarthy, president of i2c, remarked to Karen Webster that there’s ample opportunity (and a few challenges) in front of traditional ...

PYMNTS’ new “Banking-As-A-Service Opportunity Report” examines how FIs and Banking-as-a-Service providers are creating the invisible, frictionless financial services experiences their customers expect.

From travel and insurance expenses to software subscriptions and supplier payments, commercial virtual card use has boomed in recent years. The global value of transactions is expected to hit close ...

The B2B space’s steady trend toward digitization is continuing, with a growing share of interactions between B2B buyers and sellers taking place digitally. This move toward virtual B2B platforms is occurring ...

When JPMorgan reported first-quarter earnings results this week, the company also built $902 million in reserves — a move that signals a tough credit environment is in the cards. Building reserves ...

Given the pace of innovation and high consumer adoption, the payments industry is primed for even more innovation, writes Ava Kelly, chief product officer at i2c, in the PYMNTS eBook, ...

Credit isn’t what it used to be, and that’s OK. In many ways it’s better, faster, more personalized and more responsive to spend trends in an unpredictable market. With buy now, ...

Today in the connected economy, Lego teams up with the creator of Fortnite to build a metaverse that’s family-friendly, while Apple and Dutch payments firm Adyen work to bring Tap ...

In today’s FinTech News, Zilch and Experian have teamed up to share reporting of buy now, pay later (BNPL) credit data, while American Express partnered with i2c to launch a ...

American Express has formed an expanded multiproduct agreement with digital payments and banking company i2c to develop payment solutions for customers on the Amex network, according to a Thursday (April ...

Today in B2B payments, customers expect their digital payments to be simple, transparent and secure, while businesses need to use advanced technology to ensure proper B2B identity verification protocols. Plus, ...

Today in the connected economy, Uber takes another step toward becoming a super app by allowing people to book flights, train tickets, rental cars and hotel rooms. Plus, Google allows ...

Digital payments and banking company i2c has joined forces with Chinese tech unicorn PingPong to provide cross-border eCommerce payment solutions to business owners. According to a company news release Wednesday (April ...

Today in the connected economy, Facebook says a quick payment feature is among the new shortcuts for Messenger, while Sony gets ready to debut its PlayStation subscription service. Plus, Citizens ...

i2c Inc., which provides digital payment and banking technology, on Tuesday (March 29) partnered with Visa to become a FinTech processor in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, according to ...

We’re headed toward a not-too-distant future when every retailer can act like a FinTech. As i2c President Jim McCarthy told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, every firm should consider doing so — adopting ...

I2c, which provides digital payment and banking technology, announced a strategic relationship Wednesday (Feb. 23) with Swell Financial, which works in automatic spending control and other such things. “i2c and Swell ...

They’ve waited — and they’ve watched. Ava Kelly, chief product officer at i2c, told PYMNTS that banks, after observing digital upstarts, are now fully ready to embrace buy now, pay later ...

Today in the connected economy, travel software firm Sabre and online travel agency Hopper celebrate Valentine’s Day by renewing their 10-year old tech partnership, while i2c works with the FinTech ...

Digital payment firm i2C has joined forces with FinTech KARTY to launch a digital-first prepaid mobile wallet for customers in KARTY’s home country of Qatar. “Leveraging i2c’s global payments platform, Karty’s ...

Today in the connected economy, Instacart tries to boost revenues by offering ad solutions to the brands using its service, while Citi and ExxonMobil expand their credit card relationship. Also, ...

The regulators sharpen their gaze, the legislators sharpen their pencils and bang the gavels — and Big Tech, banks and FinTechs are in the crosshairs, perhaps more so now than ...

A growing number of firms have moved to automated accounts receivable (AR) processes, but the adoption rate varies by industry sector. For example, only 48% of construction firms are using ...

For two years now, a furiously digitizing financial sector has read regulatory signals across several pressing fronts from buy now, pay later (BNPL) to cryptocurrency, awaiting decisions from Washington that ...

New payment technologies and options helped businesses adapt under the strain of the COVID pandemic, says i2c President Jim McCarthy. Look for the future to bring even more innovation as ...

It’s been more than a quarter-century since Amazon shipped its first book. The dot-com bubble burst, and then the world got Web 2.0, followed by the Semantic Web — and ...

The digital payments and banking firm i2C is working with the telecommunications company Ooredoo to offer new payments solutions — including digital-first prepaid cards and mobile wallets — to users ...

Digital pay and banking tech provider i2c has been growing steadily through more deployment of its signature programs, according to a Tuesday (Dec. 7) press release. The release says that in ...

Digital payments and banking technology firm i2c Inc. has joined forces with mobile app BEYON Money to roll out a digital wallet in Bahrain that enables retail, bill and peer-to-peer ...

Long stuck with cookie-cutter credit issuing capabilities due to their size, staffing, partners and geographical limits, small financial institutions (FIs) have been at a distinct disadvantage in the crowded credit ...

Digital payments and banking technology firm i2c has partnered with online acceptance and payments platform Omise, the companies announced Tuesday (Nov. 16). This partnership will help Omise allow clients to design ...

Cryptocurrencies are quickly finding favor as digital assets with diverse applications. B2B companies, financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs alike are eyeing their potential as a rising number of companies tap ...

The paycheck to paycheck economy is changing what it means to be underbanked. In the past, the definition of an underbanked person was much simpler, meaning that the individual didn’t ...

Debate around whether cryptocurrencies are an investment or spendable digital money is beginning to narrow as payments use cases gain steam, especially in cross-border B2B. The Cryptocurrency Payments Opportunity: Driving Crypto ...

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has become the modern-day version of layaway, but with a better value proposition — the consumer can buy now, take possession of the merchandise now and ...

Cryptocurrencies face an uncertain and perhaps even tenuous evolution in commercial transactions. Crypto payments, done in the service of B2B, will have a clearer path toward their full potential only when ...

In “The Way Payments Are Now Done,” 33 payment executives discuss what payments’ “new normal” looks like. Jim McCarthy, president of i2c, is one of those contributors. He discusses how ...

Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins will likely play a more noticeable role in the future global payments ecosystem, as consumers and businesses increasingly embrace cryptocurrencies and investments in digital currencies continue to ...

Cryptocurrencies slowly have been entering the mainstream global financial ecosystem in recent years. They previously were considered to be poorly understood, nascent payment tools, but they quickly are finding favor ...

As businesses were pushed to make payments in new ways due to the events of 2020, they took a closer look at how emerging payment methods could provide the speed and convenience ...

Cryptocurrencies are gaining more attention from consumers and businesses today, with businesses analyzing how virtual currencies could address their payments needs. Businesses looking to go global are particularly interested in them as they search for solutions that ...

The buzz around using cryptocurrencies for transactions has grown in recent months as businesses and consumers examine their potential after more than a year of experimenting with new, digitally optimized ...

Consumers and businesses alike are expressing more curiosity surrounding emerging payment methods after a year of rapid change to common shopping and banking practices. Both groups are making a larger ...

Digital payment and banking provider i2c has joined forces with Puerto Rico’s Bancrédito International Bank & Trust Corporation to launch a new American Express Black Card in Puerto Rico, according to a Wednesday (Oct. ...

It’s becoming ever more critical for fraud management and mitigation to be part of emerging technologies such as virtual cards, digital issuing, and buy now, pay later (BNPL) offerings. And it’s ...

MELI Kaszek Pioneer Corp is going public as part of a plan to buy a Latin American tech company, according to a company statement, a Bloomberg report on Monday (Sept. ...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were splashed all over the headlines again this week, as Visa emerged as the unlikely buyer of the awkwardly titled pixel art image “CryptoPunk 7610,” when it ...

The digital payment and banking provider i2c has joined forces with Mexican lender Credijusto to provide a new credit card for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Mexico. The two companies ...

The week began with market watchers going nuts over a single unsourced report suggesting Amazon was looking to launch dozens of brick-and-mortar department stores across Ohio and California. Whether it ...

Digital payment and banking infrastructure provider i2c is expanding its partnership with Visa to offer issuers buy now, pay later (BNPL) capabilities at the point of sale (POS), according to ...

I2c, which provides digital and banking technology, is partnering with lending company KEO and Mexican customer loyalty program PAYBACK, with the goal of providing financing in Mexico in a more ...

President Joe Biden kicked off the month of July with a bang, signing a sweeping executive order (EO) aimed at promoting competitive markets across the U.S. economy and limiting what ...

In A Decade of Digital Transformation in 12 Months, 46 C-suite executives spoke with PYMNTS for its Q2 eBook on what the world will look like as recovery rolls on ...

Broadly speaking, the buy now pay later (BNPL) growth spurt over the last few years has been nothing short of amazing, and arguably doubly so when you consider the fact ...

Consumer savings figures in the U.S. have not been terribly encouraging historically. A low savings rate comes as a direct result of the large swath of Americans living paycheck to ...

“It’s good to be the King,” Mel Brooks said in his 1979 comedy classic “The History of The World, Part 1,” offering a concise statement of the simple reality that ...

Payments have long been the conduit for new and different experiences in commerce. Look no further than the past year as proof as contactless payments, digital banking and digital wallets ...

Weak cash flow can be a killer for SMBs. According to the March 2021 PYMNTS Main Street Survivor Study, 30 percent of all small business owners reported that they’ve had ...

Challenger bank Agora Services has partnered with digital payment and online banking company i2c Inc. to “provide modern digital first issuing and processing” for credit unions and community banks. “Challenger banks ...

The digital payments and banking technology firm i2c announced on Tuesday (May 18) that it has formed a partnership with the FinTech Zolve, which provides financial services to immigrants who ...

Earnings season is a deluge of data, to be sure, but after a few weeks of conference calls, press releases and supplemental slide decks, some common themes emerge. For the tech ...

Firms’ interest in B2B payments innovation has peaked over the past few years as companies inch ever closer to achieving the payment speeds and ease afforded to B2C transactions. As ...

The way firms conduct their daily operations has changed markedly over the past year. Shuttered brick-and-mortar offices and employees’ mass shifts to remote work have prompted companies to shuffle everything from ...

B2B firms have been steadily moving toward digital payments for years as paper checks and other manual payment processes become less viable. Rather than making these digital payment moves in a ...

Companies worldwide were already working to digitize their business-to-business (B2B) payment processes well before the start of the pandemic. The ability to support electronic B2B payments has changed from a ...

What do Tesla and incumbent OEMs have in common with FinTechs, community banks and legacy credit platforms? It may not seem to be a reasonable comparison at first, but Tesla ...

The slew of online outages over the past several months – from Robinhood to Chime to WhatsApp – show just how interconnected various aspects of financial services, such as investing ...

Amir Wain, founder and CEO of i2c, dives into the power of payments to transform not only the transaction itself, but the entire customer journey. In The Connected Economy’s Power ...

By the official numbers, there are 33 million unbanked and underbanked consumers in the United States. Of those 33 million, a relatively small number — around 7 million or a little ...

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Sharonview Federal Credit Union has collaborated with Elan Financial Services on a credit card program, while BrightFi is joining forces with i2c to ...

Cloud-based banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform BrightFi is partnering with i2c Inc. to offer mobile financial services to underbanked and unbanked consumers at a low cost, as announced on Tuesday (Mar. 16) ...

Digital payment and banking technology provider i2c has teamed with Zytara, a FinTech firm geared toward millennial and Generation Z gamers and their households. The collaboration comes on the heels ...

In a mid-January conference call with analysts, J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told analysts that his firm, and other banks, should be scared “s—tless” by FinTechs. The sentiment speaks volumes ...

In Pakistan, and elsewhere, the stars are aligning for greater use of digital banking and payments to improve financial inclusion. To that end, Amir Wain, CEO of i2c Inc., told PYMNTS CEO Karen ...

Today in B2B payments, PNC Bank acquires Tempus Technologies, and Currencycloud partners with OANDA. Plus, Mooncard bolsters business travel benefits, Check launches its payroll offering, and i2c debuts a string ...

Digital payment and banking technology provider i2c on Wednesday (Jan. 27) announced partnerships and product launches with Archa, Community Bank of the Chesapeake (CBTC) and Credit Sesame, according to a ...

“Dealing with a lot of abstraction and contemplating a lot of contingencies is not easy,” noted Amir Wain, founder and CEO of i2C, in “A Look Forward: What Executives Wish ...

In today’s top payments news around the world, i2c has been selected to power Pakistan’s inaugural digital-native financial super app, while Orange Bank has purchased neobank Anytime. Plus, Neat recently ...

Digital payment and banking technology provider i2c has been tapped to fuel Pakistan’s first “digital-native financial super app” TAG, which is set to roll out in the first quarter of ...

We can’t put a final lid on the year 2020 without addressing the big issues, such as how we changed, what we learned, what’s coming back and what will never ...

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, FIS is working with Quontic Bank on the Bitcoin Rewards Checking Account, while Aeldra has chosen i2c Inc. to power its digital private ...

California-based challenger bank Aeldra has chosen i2c Inc. to fuel its digital private banking services. The mobile bank, which was started by neo bank veterans, is seeking to reach affluent global clients ...

As the world becomes increasingly digitized and more consumers embrace the speed and convenience of contactless purchases, Jim McCarthy, president of payment technology and innovation firm i2c, said banks have ...

Catastrophe breeds innovation — at least in terms of new business concepts. But capital brings those concepts to life. And in a roundtable with Karen Webster, five panelists from innovative companies — ...

At a time when the global pandemic and ensuing economic upheaval have blurred the boundaries between traditional means of payment, the CEO of global payment- and banking-solution provider i2c says ...

In the accelerated, digital-first world, few things are more complicated than healthcare payments. In fact, even a medical school degree isn’t enough to sort out the different payment accounts, billing statements ...

Will anyone miss keypads when they go? Will POS terminals without a clear purpose make us long for the days of swiping plastic, punching buttons and squinting at tiny screens? In ...

There is no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly accelerated the global shift toward digital commerce. Safety-minded consumers the world over can now be seen tapping contactless cards, scanning ...

Digital banking and payment processing firm i2c has partnered with Purewrist, a FinTech working in end-to-end contactless payment solutions and wearables, according to a press release. The partnership will allow i2c’s ...

Cryptos are having a moment. Scan the headlines over the past few weeks and cryptos, well beyond the marquee bitcoin, are making inroads into mainstream consumer and business activities. PayPal is opening ...

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, credit union service organization (CUSO) PSCU is teaming with FICO Customer Communications Services on a fraud alert tool, while Canada-based BMO is launching a ...

Digital payment and banking provider i2c has tapped ex-Citibanamex payment executive Miguel Olvera as its new regional director of business development in Mexico, according to a press release. In his new ...

Regulators the world over aren’t feeling the love for Big Tech these days. Reports are circulating that European Union regulators are hard at work crafting a “hit list” of roughly 20 ...

While other firms scaled back their workplace and hiring activities with the onset of the pandemic, i2c took a different path, forging ahead with building its team and growing its ...

In today’s top news, Billtrust and South Mountain Merger Corporation have entered into a “definitive business combination agreement,” while Paya became the latest FinTech to join the ranks of publicly ...

i2c, which works in digital payments and bank technology, has joined with Visa‘s FinTech Fast Track Program in the US, Canada and CEMEA region as a new enablement partner, allowing ...

The country’s four largest tech firms wasted no time pushing back on a congressional antitrust report that suggested Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have become too powerful and might need ...

The mergers and acquisitions, the deal-making, the funding and IPOs among payments players may be just getting started. In an interview with Karen Webster, Jim McCarthy, president at i2c, said that ...

SWIFT, a global provider of secure financial messaging, announced a new service Thursday (Oct. 1) that promises to improve the experience for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and consumers who ...

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, SWIFT has announced that its international platform will be updated to let financial institutions (FIs) provide instant transactions, and VSoft has rolled out ...

i2c Inc., the digital payment and open banking provider based in Redwood City, California, has hired Jonathan Vaux as general manager of its European operations, the company announced on Wednesday ...

Passport has collaborated with Google to offer mobile parking payments in Austin, Texas through Google Maps. The function will begin launching on Wednesday (Sept. 2) and will be “widely available” in the ...

“Sustained business success is dependent on business readiness to adapt to the changes in the market conditions, including the evolving needs of customers.” Most people are utterly stunned and surprised by ...

Digital payment and open banking firm i2c has announced its partnership with Credit Sesame‘s Sesame Cash, which will give more customers the option to use Credit Sesame’s money management services, ...

Digital payment and open banking technology provider i2c Inc. has named Kevin Fox as executive vice president (EVP) of Americas sales to support a formidable demand for its solutions. Fox ...

It’s been a busy week in payments and commerce, as June kicks off and consumers around the world are ready to reemerge into the physical world. But their path back to ...

Physicist Niels Bohr — or maybe it was ballplayer Yogi Berra — once said predictions are hard, especially the ones about the future. Any sudden shock to the system like we ...

Digital-payments company i2c Inc. has unveiled a partnership to power the expansion of Crypto.com’s end-to-end crypto ecosystem, which consists of a Visa crypto debit card and a wallet app to ...

Global payments processor i2c Inc. is upsizing its workforce to meet a spike in demand for digital commerce solutions among FinTechs and banks. “We play a vital role in helping our ...

A steady progression of credit throughout decades finds payments at a new frontier. Traditional card products and the payment rails established to facilitate their transactions laid the groundwork for the dawning ...

Ideas like “giving smaller organizations choice” are gaining new meaning in the epic first half of 2020. What seems like a lifetime ago, back in mid-January, it was still all ...

As consumers shop amid ongoing public health restrictions, they almost invariably reach for their credit cards — whether the physical varieties in their wallets or the digital versions stored on ...