Welcome to the PYMNTS weekend wrap-up! We hope you’re having a great weekend. We’ve highlighted the most popular stories from the week so you won’t miss a beat. Enjoy! Meet The Global Citizen Global Citizens – those individuals with the means to support the pursuit...
Join Karen Webster, CEO of PYMNTS, Chip Kahn, the Mayor of Boomtown, and David Evans, co-author of the hot new strategy book, Matchmakers, this Tuesday, May 24, noon EST, for an intense conversation about the dos and don’ts of platform businesses. ……………………………………… TO REGISTER, FILL...
Just a few months ago at PYMNTS’ Innovation Project 2016, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman told Karen Webster that “financial inclusion is really about financial health.” Acquiring that financial health means financial institutions are able to not only know, but accurately identify, their customers. But...
There are lots of instances where instant access to accurate data can make all the difference. ACH transactions, now front and center as Same-Day ACH becomes a reality in a few short months, is one of those areas. Joe DeCosmo, chief analytics officer at Enova...
There are two primary concerns in the payments industry’s quest to achieve effective security and fraud protection: businesses’ own data, and the digital identity of consumers. Sunil Madhu, Founder and CEO of Socure, discusses with MPD CEO Karen Webster a methodology that can address both...
Fighting fraud and reading the political tea leaves have a lot in common. It’s all about what data is collected, how it is interpreted and understanding how that data reflects reality — if it even does. In this political season, it’s impossible to escape the...
Vending machines: You put in your couple of bucks, you get a bag of pretzels; end of customer/brand transaction — right? Not anymore. Mike Lawlor, chief services officer at USA Technologies, tells Karen Webster how your father’s vending machine has evolved to become a next-generation...
Subscriptions have come a long way from book-of-the-month clubs and magazines. Today, they are the hottest payments model to hit the retail and enterprise market. BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier tells Karen Webster about how their work with Autodesk has given rise to a whole new...
Historically, banks have gotten a bad rap for being slow to innovate, and those who attempt to do so often find themselves struggling to keep up with new, tech-based alternatives that threaten their business and their business model. In some ways, the bad rap...