Say hello to the payments industry’s 83-year-old startup. That would be UATP (Universal Air Travel Plan), the oldest payment scheme in the world, founded by American Airlines in 1936. In fact, President, CEO & Chairman of UATP Ralph Kaiser told Karen Webster in this week’s edition...
Emailage, the online fraud prevention startup that uses email addresses to assess risk, is expanding its operations in the Canadian market. The company recently brought Julien Phipps onboard as a senior business development director. Phipps said that the expansion is “an opportunity for us to...
In the life of a startup, there’s no better news than growth, be it across new verticals, devices or geographies. As startups such as DadeSystems, FitPay and Jewel Paymentech expand across devices and functions, Tipalti, AvidXchange and Emailage announce new growth for their local, national...
Since 1990, CIAB FEBRABAN has been one of the biggest IT conferences in the financial sector, this year attracting more than 23,000 visitors, which included industry experts, CEOs of top banks, entrepreneurs and policymakers. Among those visitors was Laurence Cooke, CEO of the startup nanopay....
What do Charlotte, NC, and Salt Lake City, Utah, have in common? A lot, if you ask AvidXchange CEO Michael Praeger — which is why the startup saw both locations as a great home base for operations in those respective parts of the country: Charlotte for...
For everyone in the world except the U.S. (and even for some sports fans within the U.S.), it’s football season. The World Cup is well underway, and people are eager to watch their favorite teams play. They’re also eager to put their money on certain...
Consumers are getting comfortable with the idea of interactive contactless payments. As with any new technology, concerns around usage and security have abounded, but alternative payment devices such as wearables are now becoming more accepted and less feared, according to Michael Orlando, COO, NXT-ID and...
There are a lot of different ways to pay for things. That’s not news to PYMNTS or its readers — but now, people in the analyst, vendor and client worlds are starting to cotton on to just how many methods are encompassed by “a lot,”...
What holds companies back from going global? What obstacles do they face? As startup Tipalti looks ahead to its global expansion, these were the questions on leadership’s mind, so the company conducted a study to find out. The “Going Global” report was researched and compiled...