The Weekender

The Weekender
Libra Resistance And Gig Early Pay Top Week’s News
July 12, 2019

Top News Mastercard Launches Early Pay Option For Gig Workers According to a recent study conducted by PYMNTS and Mastercard, of the 38.7 percent of the U.S. workforce engaged in the gig economy — particularly the 13.3 percent who live paycheck to paycheck and have...

The Weekender
Digital Debit, Libra And The Roaring 2020s Top Week’s News
June 28, 2019

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency plans continued to dominate the week’s news, but Visa and Bank of America both made big news, and new PYMNTS research dug deep into the problems of HBO and Netflix subscriber churn and PSD2 challenges. Meanwhile, P2P payments are seeing a new...

The Weekender
Libra, MoneyGram-Ripple Deal And Fraud Prevention Top Week’s News
June 21, 2019

Summer is officially here, and with it, the first official weekend of summer — YES!! Payments and commerce, though, never take a break. In the latest edition of the PYMNTS weekender, coverage includes the latest about PayPal and Google’s views about bank charters, a deep,...

The Weekender
Weekender: Missing Big Tech Debate, Stripe And Lost Pet Protection Top News
June 14, 2019

The news never lets up at PYMNTS, and in case you missed some of our big stories, here is the latest edition of the Weekender. Coverage includes Visa’s new B2B push, new trackers and research on fraud and digital ID, Uber financial services and Mastercard’s...

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Another Payment Megadeal, Amazon Suppliers And PayPal SMB Lending Top The Week’s News
May 31, 2019

Are you ready for the weekend? Silly question — of course you are. But don’t forget to review this past week of busy news, if only to make sure you did not miss anything. PYMNTS analyzed the latest megadeal in payments and trade war developments,...

Cybersecurity
Forter: The Sour Side Of Sweet-Talking Fraudsters
November 01, 2016

Not all fraudsters rely on being technically savvy to get by — some have the charm and deception to pry sensitive information right out of unsuspecting consumers and businesses. In the latest installment of Forter’s Meet The Fraudsters series, Forter Senior Fraud Analyst Gilit Saporta...

Real-Time Payments
Same Day ACH: Impacts At The Intersections
October 18, 2016

Same Day ACH is here and so are several other initiatives that intersect and complement its newfound faster capabilities. In the final installment of NACHA’s Countdown to Same Day ACH podcast series, George Throckmorton, Managing Director for NACHA, joined Karen Webster to explain how longstanding...

Cross-border Payments
Banking’s Mark On X-Border Payments
October 12, 2016

The dynamic nature of the cross-border space continues to spark innovation and advancements in payments. But with banking undergoing its own transformation, how will these changes impact the way x-border players do business? Mike Massaro, CEO of Flywire, joined Karen Webster to share his take...

Cross-border Payments
Tackling The ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Global Payments Myth
October 06, 2016

Moving money from Point A to Point B is about a lot more than the transaction itself. For Global Citizens, as well as the receiving institutions on the other end, that payment experience is key. Jason Moens, VP of Product, Flywire, explained the technology and...