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How Open Banking Drives Real-Time Payments Traction

How Open Banking Drives Real-Time Payments Traction
How Open Banking Drives Real-Time Payments Traction
November 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Competitive forces in the payments and financial services sector have driven two key trends in the U.S.: the acceleration of payments, and the adoption of...

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Commercial Cards, B2B Payments Get A Lift During Earnings Season
Commercial Cards, B2B Payments Get A Lift During Earnings Season
November 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Earnings results showed continued uptake in commercial card issuance and use, here and abroad, as WEX, Mastercard and Visa reported earnings and strong B2B growth....

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Congress Wants Digital Platforms To Release Their Algorithms – Why?
Congress Wants Digital Platforms To Release Their Algorithms – Why?
November 04, 2019  |  Regulation

U.S. lawmakers proposed new legislation last week that would require internet platforms to more or less lay bare the intellectual property that drives their business...

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Why Amazon Decided To Bring Alexa Into The Bill Pay Flow
Why Amazon Decided To Bring Alexa Into The Bill Pay Flow
November 04, 2019  |  Amazon Payments

It has happened to almost everyone. The bill comes in the mail — or maybe via email reminder — and the customer says, “Oh, I...

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Ekata CEO: SCA, Pre-Auth And Payments Success In The 2020s
Ekata CEO: SCA, Pre-Auth And Payments Success In The 2020s
November 04, 2019  |  Authentication

Payments is never boring these days, and that holds especially true as a new decade looms, new regulations are kicking in and merchants, card brands...

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GIACT On Payments’ $29M Wire Fraud Wake-Up Call
GIACT On Payments’ $29M Wire Fraud Wake-Up Call
November 04, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Last week, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan’s largest financial media organization, Nikkei, made headlines for the reason that no firm ever wants: The company was...

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Why Smart Cities Of The Future Won’t Be Built In A Day
Why Smart Cities Of The Future Won’t Be Built In A Day
November 02, 2019  |  Innovation

While smart cities have been in the public consciousness for a long time, we’ve been writing about them here at PYMNTS since at least 2015....

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MoneyGram Sees US Headwinds, Eyes Growth With Ripple And Digital Biz
MoneyGram Sees US Headwinds, Eyes Growth With Ripple And Digital Biz
November 01, 2019  |  Earnings

MoneyGram International posted results Friday (Nov. 1) that missed expectations and sent the stock tumbling, but the firm noted that progress is being made in...

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Payments, Perks And Omnichannel Expansion
Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Payments, Perks And Omnichannel Expansion
November 01, 2019  |  Walmart Amazon whole paycheck

The pumpkins are gone, the Christmas lights are starting to appear and Black Friday sales have started despite the fact that according to the calendar...

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