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B2B Payments
Real-Time Payments Makes Real Headway For Corporates
August 12, 2021

Real-time payments is making headway for corporate end users in this week’s Payment Rails Innovation Roundup. While J.P. Morgan debuts its new real-time payment service for corporates, on the other side of the world, Azupay loops into Australia’s New Payments Platform for Xero’s small business...

Digital Banking
Branches Are The Hub For Digital Bank Services And Retaining Customer Trust
August 12, 2021

We used to live in an age when banking was unbundled. Some services you did online, and some necessitated a visit to the branch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Banking
New Research Shows Instant Authentication Key To Open Banking Success
August 12, 2021

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B2B Payments
Agility Guides The Multitasking CFO Toward Modernization
August 12, 2021

For a moment earlier this year, corporate finance leaders began to take a retrospective look at how they overcame the many challenges involved in maintaining operations through a global pandemic. The economy appeared to be on a steady path toward opening back up, and chief...

Payment Methods
Businesses Now Eclipse Consumers In Digital Gift Card Giving
August 12, 2021

On the consumer side of gift card giving, that tangible piece of plastic still has a foothold that is likely to stick around for quite some time. That’s because when one is giving a gift — for a birthday holiday, special event, etc. — it...

B2B Payments
Azupay Rolls Out Real-Time Payments
August 11, 2021

Azupay has rolled out PayID powered by Azupay, a new real-time payment option that will integrate with Xero, the company announced Wednesday (August 11). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

IPO
Air Taxi Service Joby Goes Public In SPAC Deal
August 11, 2021

Aerial rideshare company Joby Aviation went public Wednesday (Aug. 11) following a “business combination” with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Reinvent Technology Partners that values Joby at $4.5 billion, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Security & Fraud
P2P Crypto Platform Poly Network Hackers Targeted Smart Contracts, Have Returned Millions
August 11, 2021

Hackers of decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Poly Network have returned over a third of the $613 million they stole, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Security & Fraud
Half Of Consumers ‘Very’ Or ‘Extremely’ Concerned About Using Personal Info Online
August 11, 2021

With the FBI reporting a 400 percent increase in cyberattacks on personal consumer data in 2020, PYMNTS analyzes the problem in the August 2021 study “The Privacy Paradox: Securing Data to Build Customer Engagement,” a Very Good Security collaboration, surveying nearly 2,260 U.S. consumers about...