May 02, 2024
Competing With Giants: How Small Businesses Can Optimize Their eCommerce...
This National Small Business Week, merchants are increasingly moving beyond Main Street — and into eCommerce. And with the news that the post-pandemic growth for most Main Street small and...
May 02, 2024
Mastercard Expands Start Path Program to Boost Payment Acceptance
Mastercard has welcomed six startups to its Start Path program focused on improving payment acceptance. “The ability to accept electronic payments has been critical to shaping the future of commerce...
May 02, 2024
Visa Stresses Education as Small Businesses Confront Fraud Vulnerabilities
Most crimes, as the saying goes, are crimes of opportunity. And that’s bad news for small businesses, whose lack of resources and challenges when accessing financing often leaves them ill-prepared...
May 02, 2024
Are Real-Time Payments Near an Inflection Point? Bank of America...
Use cases for real-time payments have never been a source of argument, even among detractors. The ability to speed bill payment and peer-to-peer flows, as well as move money instantly, has been...
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...
May 01, 2024
Complaints of Fraud Targeting Older Americans Rose 14% in 2023
Fraud targeting older Americans’ money or cryptocurrency increased by double-digit percentages in 2023. The number of complaints of elder fraud increased by 14% during the year, while the associated losses...
May 01, 2024
FTC Announces $10M Settlement With BlueSnap, 2 Former Executives
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a settlement with payment processing company BlueSnap and its former CEO Ralph Dangelmaier and former Senior Vice President Terry Monteith. The FTC charged these defendants with knowingly processing payments...
May 01, 2024
Consumers Demand Anti-Fraud Tools From eCommerce Merchants
As scammers and fraudsters become more sophisticated, shoppers are demanding more effective prevention tools from their eCommerce merchants. By the Numbers The PYMNTS Intelligence study “Fraud Management, False Declines and...
May 01, 2024
Unimarket Introduces ‘AP Payments as a Service’ for US Customers
Unimarket has introduced its fully managed accounts payable (AP) payments service, Unimarket Payments, to the United States. This service, which optimizes, monetizes and secures the entire payment life cycle, is now available to...
