“Payments orchestration provides the solution to integrate easily with the many gateways and PSPs being brought to the table by their customers,” said Justin Benson, CEO of Spreedly, in “A Look Forward: What Executives Wish for America and the World in 2021.” Read his insights...
Nearly a year of trial-by-fire, pandemic-era learning within the payments business has not only provided some great lessons but has also set the stage for some major advances in 2021 that have been in the cards for years. According to Russ Waterhouse, executive vice president...
Last week marked the third anniversary of PSD2, the regulation that launched open banking in the U.K. and Europe. And those three years have given rise to a slew of new companies capitalizing on that initiative all over the world, as well as established companies...
Global payments firm MoneyGram is advancing its Visa debit card deposit service across Europe in a partnership with Checkout.com and continued collaboration with Visa’s real-time push payments platform Visa Direct. “Our strategic partnerships have enabled MoneyGram to create the world’s leading network, and this expansion...
New data from the U.K. Office for National Statistics and the Bank of England show that debit and credit card purchases in the country have fallen 35 percent from what they were prior to the pandemic, according to a press release. The study found that...
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he isn’t in a rush to adopt a central bank digital currency (CBDC) because of the risks such currencies pose to the status of the dollar, CoinDesk reported. “We don’t feel an urge or need to be first,”...
Digital greeting card and gifting company Givingli has chosen Blackhawk Network to provide its app users with digital gift card selections. Givingli is an app that brings together greetings created by indie artists, customization functionalities, and gifts from brands, according to a Thursday (Jan. 14)...
We needn’t recap the worst of 2020 again. Suffice to say it was bad. Commerce waits for nothing and no one, however, and even a global pandemic didn’t stop people from consuming. To paraphrase the wisdom of “Jurassic Park” — retail finds a way. That’s confirmed...
London-based FinTech startup Curve has raised $95 million in Series C funding led by IDC Ventures, Fuel Venture Capital, and the investment division of Vulcan Capital, launched from the estate of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen. Founder and Curve CEO Shachar Bialick said...
