June 30, 2019
Ripple Talks MoneyGram X-Border Payments Deal
June was a busy month for cross-border payments — done across currencies and time zones, between consumers and corporates. Going by a simple perusal of headlines, cross-border was, has been...
June 29, 2019
eCommerce … The 1950s Way
Despite the fact that eCommerce has become a way of life in the last two decades, it is harder than it might seem to choose a birthdate for the shopping...
June 28, 2019
Facebook’s Marcus Wants Banking Professional As Libra Chief
David Marcus, Facebook vice president of messaging products and a key developer of the social media firm’s Libra digital currency project, thinks someone with experience in government and central banking would...
June 28, 2019
Goldman Eyes Digital Coin For Payments
In a move that could mirror the playbook of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Solomon said in an interview with a French...
June 28, 2019
myPOS Launches Its First Store In Belgium
European payments provider myPOS announced that it has opened a store in Antwerp, Belgium. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
June 28, 2019
Meet Facebook Libra’s Founding Architects
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June 27, 2019
EU Banks Fast-Track Instant Payments Post Libra Launch
In light of competition from Facebook and other tech firms and banking firms, the European Union could potentially have a real-time payments system in place by 2020, according to a...
June 27, 2019
Brazil’s Big Blockchain Bounce (And Other Digital Payments Advances)
The digital payments news out of Brazil has been fast and furious over the last few weeks – particularly when it comes to blockchain. And while the continual drumbeat of announcements...
June 27, 2019
Cross-Border Payments And China In Focus
Cross-border initiatives have been spotlighted this past month with a strategic partnership between Ripple and MoneyGram. Other announcements, such as from JPMorgan, show country-specific focus, such as with China, on the...
Europe’s real-time payments race is no longer just about speed—it’s about sovereignty, with regulatory deadlines, surging consumer adoption and a presidential call to break free from American payment networks all converging at once. The latest “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, tracks where the continent stands and what’s coming next.
“The Power of Now: Moving Money at the Speed of Life,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa Direct, unveils a $1.35 trillion gap between how payouts move today and how fast firms want them to flow. Slow payments are more than a consumer annoyance. They’re also a source of complaints, disputes, stress and operational cost.