The rise of online shopping has made inputting and managing sensitive payment information a constant concern for consumers. For any given transaction, shoppers must choose between using stored payment credentials and entering these details manually, with various perceived trade-offs influencing their decisions. PYMNTS’ latest research found...
Payment processing and commerce technology provider Shift4 has launched a new online payments platform for eCommerce businesses of all sizes. The platform features developer tools that enable businesses to create a customizable checkout form, supports a wide range of payment scenarios and includes smart anti-fraud...
Twitter has reportedly filed paperwork with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to begin the process of registering to process payments. The social media platform did the filing last week, The New York Times reported Wednesday (Nov. 9), citing a filing it had obtained. Businesses...
Digital payments in Asia just got a facelift with StraitsX and Grab’s introduction of Purpose Bound Money (PBM) as digital eCommerce vouchers. In a joint press release Wednesday (Nov. 2), both companies announced that they would be testing PBM with 5,000 selected trial participants during...
As consumers increasingly turn away from cash payments, industrial conglomerate Honeywell has rolled out Honeywell Smart Pay, a contactless software payment solution. According to a Tuesday (Nov. 1) news release, the tool allows Honeywell’s “powerful mobile computers to become secure and compliant payment terminals, accepting...
J.P. Morgan Chase is rolling out a digital payment platform for landlords and tenants, tapping into a growing demand for paperless rent payments. The bank is testing Story — a platform it designed for property managers and owners that automates online rent invoicing and receipts...
India’s Cashfree Payments has debuted a new tool it says is designed to help non-banking financial companies meet the country’s new digital lending rules. According to a news release emailed to PYMNTS Thursday (Oct. 27), the company’s disbursement and collections solution can create lender escrows,...
Payments processing company Jack Henry is leveraging its recent acquisition of the Payrailz payments platform with the launch of a standalone person-to-person (P2P) payments solution. “Operating as the industry’s only financial institution-centric, open-loop, real-time P2P payments solution, Jack Henry’s offering provides a flexible, convenient way...
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 and experiences. That’s the view of i2c President Jim McCarthy, who in an interview with...