Sports might have been sidelined by COVID-19 in 2020, but online sports betting was not. In fact, Flutter, the parent company of FanDuel — one of the major online sports betting outfits in the U.S. — turned in an impressive 81 percent revenue growth in...
No one ever said that developing real-time payments would be easy. While more businesses are realizing the need for the velocity and data that comes with real-time payments, they’re also realizing that it’s challenging to safeguard such systems. “These struggles are leading many to examine...
Financial services firm Brex has expanded its instant payouts feature to sellers on Shopify, according to an announcement emailed to PYMNTS. The feature lets sellers access sales revenue “within seconds,” the instant payouts website stated, as opposed to the normal payout process, which takes 14...
Following a selection process that included the Bank of Canada, Payments Canada will partner with Interac Corp. to serve as the exchange solution provider for the country’s Real-Time Rail (RTR). Expected to be introduced next year, the RTR will be operated by Payments Canada and...
The pandemic has put a fine point — an exclamation point, really — on the need to make disbursements more efficient by digitizing them. Part of that efficiency can be seen in the form of speed, which can make all the difference to the person...
Consumers know the drill. Get a phone bill, send a check, time when the check reaches the provider, estimate when it gets deposited, and estimate when the funds clear. (Mental note: Will you have enough in the account?) Or make a debit payment with the...
Data shows that SMBs and freelance workers spend more than a month each year chasing down invoices. As Colin Gunnell, co-founder and CEO of Penny told PYMNTS in a recent conversation, a technology platform and unique financing arrangement can shorten the wait and allow SMBs...
Getting paid quickly is often a struggle for vendors, and too many delays could cause cash flow disruptions that might put smaller operations out of business. Freelancing professionals can face similar challenges, with many stringing together ad hoc jobs to make ends meet and requiring...
Late payments can sink businesses, but there is a fix: request-for-payment that allows consumers to pay and billers to instantly receive funds. Hisham Salama, executive vice president and chief digital officer at Bank of the West, explains how pairing request-for-payment features with real-time payment options...
