Cryptocurrency is good for many things — trading, investing, speculating, paying for cybercrime — but as a means of payment for transactions, it leaves a lot to be desired for enthusiasts. It’s not as easy to spend crypto as it is to spend actual currency...
Masks are coming off, restaurants are humming again, summer’s almost here and there’s a palpable optimism in the air. Beneath increasingly sunny skies are breakout opportunities for the real reopening now getting underway, where we find merchants and technology firms taking digital transformation in new...
Innovation is touching all corners of wholesale activities in banking, as financial institutions (FIs) serve up a range of cash management, payment solutions and other services for their corporate clients. The industry, of course, is moving from batch to real time in a transformation that...
It has been another exciting week in payments, particularly for those following the bouncing crypto ball this week, as the price of the world’s best known cryptocurrency plunged following the latest crypto crackdown in China. And pullbacks were something of a theme of the week, as AT&T...
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Financial services company Plaid announced Thursday (May 20) it has formed a partnership with Square to help U.S merchants process automated clearinghouse — ACH — payments without having to hold onto sensitive banking info. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
A little extra confidence goes a long way when it comes to the consumer shopping experience. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...
Debit is beloved by the masses, still standing as an original bastion of spend control even as the digital transformation of payments rolls on with shiny new tools and toys. Happily, debit is keeping up with pandemic-era payments trends, and even pulling ahead in some...
The digitization of commerce is helping to digitize card issuance – and, by extension, is leading Marqeta to Wall Street. As noted in this space, Marqeta’s IPO could value the firm at as much as $10 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
