The era of the up-and-comers is upon us. Areas that few people noticed in the past are now exploding onto the scene. B2B payments (particularly across borders), P2P, the gig economy and international payments volume are all expanding as consumers and businesses are looking to...
Spring is here, and growth spurts are the rule of the day. Apple managed to notch bigger sales and revenue growth last quarter and has some great expectations for growth in its Services department. Regulatory footprints are also expanding — hopefully in such a way that will...
Using data more efficiently can solve all kinds of problems. According to Douglas Merrill, founder of ZestFinance, better data combined with machine learning could mean financial inclusion for the tens of millions underserved in the U.S today. For Amazon Business, it could point out the...
The hype is everywhere. It’s easy to get swept up in a world full of the “next big things.” Easy — but as Karen Webster pointed out in her commentary this week, not entirely wise, because lots of things seem too good to be true...
Going too slow these days is a costly error to make, as consumers don’t have the patience to wait for their merchants to catch up. If a purchase takes too long to complete, customers will migrate to another site where things move more smoothly, according...
In its quarterly earnings call, PayPal was bullish on mobile, which was perhaps to be expected with the kinds of recruitment and use numbers the firm was sporting. But PayPal wasn’t the only big player rocking some encouraging figures — Visa posted big transaction and...
Finding solutions that work is great. But solutions that work everywhere for anyone who wants to use them is even better. Which is a tall order, particularly when it comes to things like building better ATM self-service technology, where the pace of innovation is oftentimes uneven....
Keeping the world safe from the bad guys is no small job, no matter where they show up. It could be in the gig economy, with bad actors gaining access to vulnerable consumers — though the team at Checkr is hoping to fight that off...
Paradigm shifts don’t happen often, but lately they seem to have a way of creeping up on the payments and commerce ecosystem. Checks may be losing their grip on B2B payments, consumers are going digital and competitors are becoming partners to push the ecosystem forward.
