May 10, 2024
Synapse Saga Emphasizes Tangled Web Between FinTechs, Middlemen and Sponsor...
In biology, a synapse is essentially a conduit, a place in the brain where neurons connect and communicate. In financial services, the recent news that TabaPay would be ending its...
May 02, 2024
Private Equity Firm Permira Acquires Majority Stake in Fraud Prevention...
Private equity company Permira has acquired a majority stake in Israeli fraud/financial crime prevention provider BioCatch. The agreement, announced Thursday (May 2), values BioCatch at $1.3 billion, and comes amid a...
May 02, 2024
Data Revolution Adds Stability to Uncertain Financial Transactions
In the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty,” Thredd Chief Administrative Officer Oliver Dean explores how data analytics and AI have transformed the card payments industry. Continued uncertainty...
April 30, 2024
Why Securing Payments is a Big Deal for Small Businesses
There are nearly as many ways to pay and be paid as there are types of small businesses. But there’s one common thread connecting both Main Street businesses and the...
April 26, 2024
Banks Need ‘Change Management Checklist’ in Battle Against Fraud
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise to transform all manner of industries — helping banks, in particular, improve their anti-money laundering (AML) efforts. But as Chris Caruana, VP of Strategy...
April 25, 2024
Thredd CEO: Compliance Will Define Future of Payments
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. That quote, by management consultant Peter F. Drucker, holds more true today than ever before — particularly given...
April 24, 2024
Digital Innovation Plus AI Tech Can Future-Proof the Enterprise
Long-term success frequently results from businesses being agile, and prepared, in the short-term. That’s why it is so heartening, Shaunt Sarkissian, founder and CEO of AI-ID, told PYMNTS for “What’s Next in...
April 18, 2024
UnitedHealth Reports Processing Issues at Change Healthcare
Change Healthcare’s troubles are apparently not over. The company, which is owned by UnitedHealth, said Thursday (April 18) it had fixed an issue that had hindered medical claims processing for some...
April 18, 2024
Next-Gen Fraud Strategies Use Data to Onboard Customers Safely
Business need to fight fraud with data, says Bryan Lewis, CEO of Intellicheck. He breaks it down in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty.” Data breaches and mail theft...
No other industry has more at stake in digital identity verification than financial services, a future Zil Money’s Justin Timlin says will be driven by technology and shaped by how regulators want to see it deployed. Read more in this month’s “Alternative Payments Tracker®,” a PYMNTS and Socure collaboration.