May 30, 2013
On Liberty Reserve And Virtual Currencies
Welcome to PYMNTS.com’s VC Voices: a weekly column where we bring you commentary from the best of the best around the world of payments investment. Want to know what the...
May 29, 2013
Earthport Gets $10M From IFC To Expand In Emerging Markets
Earthport, a cross-border payments service provider, announced that the company has received a $10 million investment from World Bank Group member IFC, reports the company in a press release. Earthport...
May 23, 2013
WorldPay To Save Merchants 85 Percent On Cross-Border Transfers
Payment processor WorldPay has announced that merchants now have a new way to save on transactions made across borders with its Bankout service. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
May 20, 2013
Earthport Enhances Remittance Programs In North Africa
Earthport, a cross-border payments service provider, announced the launch of an automated payment service in Morocco, a press release from the company reports. The payment service will enable customers to...
May 14, 2013
Visa Europe Wards Off EC By Offering To Cap Interchange...
In an attempt to abate the European Commission’s competition concerns and dodge fines of up to 10 percent of its revenue, Visa Europe has offered to vastly reduce cross-border interchange...
May 14, 2013
Visa Plans EU Cross-Border Card Fees Cap
Visa is planning to “significantly” reduce the fees it charges for cross-border card payments in the European Union, according to a Bloomberg report. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
May 08, 2013
B2B Breakthrough: Discover, Ariba Launch AribaPay
Really and truly solving the B2B payments’ problem over the years has been a little bit like proving Fermat’s last theorem – lots and lots have tried and a few...
April 09, 2013
EC Renews Antitrust Battle With MasterCard
The European Commission has announced the launch of a formal investigation into MasterCard in relation to the credit card company’s practices regarding interchange fees. Get the Full Story Complete the...
March 25, 2013
HSBC Executes Innovative Payments And Collections Solution For China
HSBC has created a solution for RMB (official currency of the People’s Republic of China) cross-border services for a Fortune 500 company in China, according to Finextra. This new solution...
Real-time payments in the EU are on the verge of achieving their instantaneous promise, with a new rule from the European Council requiring instant fund transfers to be available within 10 seconds. In this edition of the “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, PYMNTS explores this development along with other advancements unfolding across the global real-time payments landscape.
Credit is moving from rigid rules to real-time intelligence as AI agents act on transactions at the speed of signal. The inaugural “ABCs of AI Credit: A Playbook for Issuers,” a collaboration with Thredd, shows issuers how to put agentic decisioning to work to lift approvals, cut friction and control risk.