January 23, 2023
Why Visa Says PayFacs Will Reshape Payments in 2023

Payment facilitation is among the most vital components of monetizing customer relationships — and the role of PayFacs is often misunderstood. In an interview with Karen Webster, Casey Porter, vice...

January 19, 2023
Health Payment Accounts Offer Patients More Options, Less Stress, Zero...

Healthcare payment plans are evolving, which is good news for millions struggling with medical debt. The latest development is the January announcement by healthcare payments platform Paytient that it’s launching...

January 18, 2023
Discover Expands Tap and Pay Amid Rise in Contactless Transit

Discover is expanding its Tap and Pay solution to a series of global transit agencies. The company said the contactless payment solution is now available for cardholders using transit agencies...

January 18, 2023
A Definition of Platforms with Meaningful Policy Implications

While the term “platform” is ubiquitous in everyday language, its precise definition in the context of topics related to competition, policy and antitrust still remains ambiguous. This arguably for technical...

January 17, 2023
Blockchain Missing Use Case at Scale Bank of America CEO...

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan claims the company has “hundreds” of blockchain patents.  The issue in deploying the technology behind those patents? The all-important fact is that there exists little regulation...

January 17, 2023
CFPB’s Fee Focus May Reshape $626B Remittance Payments Industry

With a focus on fees, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may reshape cross-border payments, specifically the hundreds of billions of dollars in remittances that are sent overseas. The CFPB...

January 16, 2023
Swedish Regulator Looks For Opinion On New Data Act

The Swedish government circulated an options paper seeking member states’ guidance on some of the most controversial points of the new data law, namely the SMEs exemption, B2G data sharing...

January 16, 2023
Visa and Uber Eats Team to Offer Restaurants Green Packaging

Visa has teamed with Uber Eats to help restaurants offer sustainable packaging. The partnership will give qualifying Uber Eats restaurants in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London, and Madrid access...

January 13, 2023
NRF 2023 Retail’s Big Show Celebrates Return to Physical Stores

The National Retail Federation (NRF) 2023 Retail’s Big Show starting Sunday (Jan. 15) is hyper-focused on in-store experiences. That’s not to say that eCommerce won’t feature prominently, but this year’s...