Payments Innovation

Payments Innovation
A COIN By Any Other Name
June 21, 2017

Payments are often described like the Tower of Babel, with disparate platforms trying to talk to each other without speaking the same language. It’s this inability to communicate that is causing connections to fall apart through the lifecycle, from initiation at the point of sale...

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ACI Worldwide To Power Pan-European Faster Online Payments
June 20, 2017

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time online payments and banking solutions, announced that it will offer its UP Immediate Payments solution via a hosted cloud. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Time, Really, for Real-Time Payments?
June 19, 2017

Real time payments, as a concept, has been around for a while. What will it take to make the concept a reality?  In our latest Topic TBD, Cheryl Gurz, global head of payments offering and product strategy at CGI, weighs in on the long and...

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Snap And Innovation That Goes Old School
June 05, 2017

We’ve all heard the phrase “don’t reinvent the wheel” — a metaphor for not wasting time perfecting a perfectly good idea that’s stood the test of time, and for which improvements would add no material value. Wheels, to take the metaphor in its most literal sense,...

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What Is A Payment Factory — And Who Needs One?
May 29, 2017

What’s a payment factory? Even Google can’t give you a straight answer— but, Bob Stark, vice president of strategy at Kyriba, will shed some light on this on June 8, when he sits down with PYMNTS.com CEO Karen Webster for a Live Digital Discussion. Get...

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Skava On Meeting Payments Innovation Challenges
May 26, 2017

The world of payments is no doubt in the midst of a major transformation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

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NACHA CEO On The Need For … Innovation
May 25, 2017

In payments, speed thrills. But as NACHA CEO and President Jan Estep told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, speed isn’t everything. Innovation is key and relieving pain points that previously were just “part of the process” can open up commerce in ways previously unimagined, as solutions showcased...

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WEX Answers B2B Payments’ Four Big “Why’s”
May 19, 2017

In the complex payments space, it’s often innovate-or-die, especially when it comes to cross-border payments methods and payments technologies. Bob Sneed, VP Payment Solutions, WEX, joined the latest installment of PYMNTS’ Commander In Chief Series to share why WEX is focused on building solutions that...

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Wannacry? Why It’s Time To Come Down On Bitcoin
May 15, 2017

The massive “Wannacry” wave of crypto-ransomware cyberattacks now reported to have hit more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries shouldn’t be just another “look at how smart and cunning and horrible those cybercriminals are” headline. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...