April 15, the day that Visa’s new chargeback rules go into effect, has stirred up a lot of anxiety for merchants – but for the startup Chargehound, it’ll be just another day. Merchants who respond to chargebacks manually are pulling their hair out as they...
Being a program manager isn’t easy. Essentially, it means handling everything other than card issuing, authorization and transaction processing. If it’s not holding money or providing a payment network, the program manager does it: AML (anti-money laundering) compliance, KYC (Know Your Customer), fraud mitigation, marketing,...
Not every organization is diligent about matching purchase orders (POs) with invoices when handling supply chain payments and accounts payable (AP). A PO matching process ensures that a PO has already been established and approved for the vendor before an invoice is even received, so...
January is a month of New Year’s resolutions for the masses, and it was no different for these startups, many of which have launched or announced new ventures and expansions in the new year. From fraud to fitness tracking, from cross-border to cryptocurrencies and from...
New products, partners, and certifications will pave the path to growth for startup Amaryllis in 2018. CEO Mark Bishopp said it will be a “year of getting the word out” through tour stops, virtual CEO talks, and collaborations with some of the biggest names in...
In the old days, Singapore’s retail market was dominated by big corporate merchants with storefronts, whose size, numbers and name-brand recognition made it feasible to onboard them manually. The country has around 100,000 such traditional retailers. But it’s not the old days anymore. Today’s merchants...
Smartwatches are getting smarter. Instead of linking to the user’s phone to power GPS, fitness tracking, music and payments, this one houses it all in the wearable itself so that runners and athletes can take the device on the go and leave the bulky phone...
Another startup bites the dust. Despite raising $100 million in equity, Primary Data, a four-year-old data virtualization startup, is in the process of shutting down. While the company had such heavy hitters as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on its management team – as well as...
There’s no denying that cryptocurrencies have changed the conversation in payments and banking, for better or for worse. If you ask nanopay CEO Laurence Cooke, it’s decidedly for the worse. “Everybody from young kids to my parents are talking about investing in cryptos,” Cooke said....