Payments Innovation

Payments Innovation
Why i2c Sees Opportunity in Economic Turbulence
July 29, 2025

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 vice president transformation at i2c, told PYMNTS during a discussion for the “What’s...

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How the Platformization of Payments Is Powering Omnichannel Retail
July 28, 2025

All the pricing strategies in the world won’t pay off if the payment mechanisms behind them aren’t the ones shoppers want to use. It’s an emerging wakeup call for a retail sector increasingly buffeted by tariffs and macro uncertainty: payments are now a key part...

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Marqeta Says Embedded Finance Will Turn Brands Into Banks
July 28, 2025

Watch more: Marqeta: Stability Is Key to Thriving Through Market Turbulence The global economic landscape, shaped by tariffs and geopolitical flashpoints, is redrawing supply chains and exerting pressure on business models across sectors. This environment is impacting executives in the payments and digital economy. They...

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Nuvei Takes Aim at Merchant Authorization Rates
July 24, 2025

Nuvei has introduced features aimed at improving its authorization rate for merchants in North America. The Canadian FinTech announced Thursday (July 24) it had added PIN-less debit and least cost routing to its authorization optimization suite, inclusions designed to improve authorization rates by up to 3.5 percentage points...

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Software Platforms Make Payments an Invisible Part of Their Offer
July 17, 2025

Watch more: Independent Software Vendors Make Payments Central to Customer Experience The digital pivot transforming payments is pushing independent software vendors (ISVs) to rethink their business models. What was once an ancillary function is becoming central to their value proposition, demanding innovation and strategic shifts,...

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Bank of America Focuses on Turning Payments Breakthroughs Into Consumer Habits
July 14, 2025

Watch more: Bank of America on Turning Payments Breakthroughs Into Habits From QR codes and tokenized wallets to instant settlement networks and blockchain rails, the technological underpinnings of payments are evolving faster than most adjacent sectors. Yet, for all the feats of engineering, true success...

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Tokenization Emerges as Guardian of Contactless Payments and Merchant Value
July 10, 2025

Watch more: Tokenization Emerges as Guardian of Contactless Payments and Merchant Value As contactless payments become the default, robust security is imperative. That’s why tokenization is transforming the way consumers and merchants think about payment security. Once relegated to back-end infrastructure and cybersecurity white papers,...

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Issuers Want Core Banking and Processing Relationships With a Single Provider
July 09, 2025

For card issuers seeking to modernize and digitize, there’s a strong preference to have a go-to provider as a single point of access for critical functions, PYMNTS Intelligence data show. As we conducted our surveys of payments professionals for the joint report done between PYMNTS...

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Banks Now View Payment Hubs as ‘Mission Control’ Centers
July 09, 2025

Watch more:  Banks Use FIS Payment Hubs to Navigate Complex Regulatory Changes  Payment hubs are emerging as the linchpin for financial institutions striving for efficiency, security and superior customer experiences as money travels across the globe. ‘ “I like to think of them as ‘mission...