Visa Checkout launched last week as part of Visa’s efforts to be the biggest digital payments player on the planet just like it is in the physical world. Can it solve the massive chicken and egg problem that has stalled everyone else? Maybe, says MPD...
Since Congress created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau three years ago to address consumer issues related to the financial crisis, it has logged some 400,000 complaints. In a new proposal, the bureau now wants to enable consumers and financial companies to describe details and reactions....
Corporate travel is about to get a lot easier for travel managers. That is, if Citi Commercial Cards has anything to do with it. Through a recent partnership with Concur, Citi is hoping to offer an enhanced reporting solution that gives businesses a more holistic...
The shrinking global market is making acceptance of local currencies increasingly necessary for online merchants in particular as they expand into new markets. While this may complicate companies’ expansion plans, it also can help drive more sales and create differentiation for competitive advantages. However, it...
Consumers increasingly are using the Internet as a tool to learn about almost any product. But they’re not alone. In fact, more B2B buyers are turning to the Web to not only purchase work-related items, but also to conduct basic research on products and services....
From a leading card network’s digital ambitions to greater clarity on a social network’s payment strategy, this year’s earnings season has produced lots of interesting insights for folks in the payments industry. To bring it all together, PYMNTS.com has summarized what we’ve learned so far...
How can banks remain relevant with SMBs? By enabling innovators that solve their biggest payments, billing and banking problems. This may sound like heresy to a traditional banker but that’s the strong medicine that the industry has to take in order to serve SMBs. It’s...
Competing with disruptors is out and embracing disruption is in, says Capital One’s Head of National Small Banking and Digital Platforms Brian Hamilton. He told MPD CEO Karen Webster that FIs are wrong to think any differently and innovators are wrong to think that FIs...
There are lots of options for SMBs to embrace new technologies to manage their accounts receivables, payments and invoicing. But as far as technology has come, most smaller businesses still use paper and manual processes to collect outstanding receivables. But why?
