Editor’s Picks

Taking On SMB Banking Friction Without Reinventing The Wheel
Taking On SMB Banking Friction Without Reinventing The Wheel
August 07, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The jury is still out on the future of opening banking in the U.S. Without a regulatory mandate, many in the financial services and FinTech...

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Hong Kong Eyes New Phase of Open API Project
Hong Kong Eyes New Phase of Open API Project
August 07, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is set to launch the second phase of its Open API project. Separately, digital banking in Europe eyes corporate clients,...

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Pressure Mounts On Big Four Auditors
Pressure Mounts On Big Four Auditors
August 07, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The former chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned of Enron-style corporate collapses thanks to failings of the nation’s auditing industry, according...

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LendingClub Logs Lower-Than-Expected Losses
LendingClub Logs Lower-Than-Expected Losses
August 07, 2019  |  Earnings

Though LendingClub is still reporting losses this quarter and missed its revenue estimates, the market mostly liked what it saw out of the financial services...

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Why Mastercard Acquired Nets
Why Mastercard Acquired Nets
August 07, 2019  |  Mastercard

 Mastercard is making its largest acquisition to date with its $3.2 billion bid to buy the Denmark-based payments platform, Nets, furthering its European presence and...

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Paytronix’s Open Dining Buy Unlocks Restaurants’ Digital Front Doors
Paytronix’s Open Dining Buy Unlocks Restaurants’ Digital Front Doors
August 07, 2019  |  Ecosystems

Restaurants, like all businesses, have always had a “front door problem” – that is, how to get people in the mood to walk through that...

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Why Mobile Phones Are The Better Consumer Authentication Mousetrap
Why Mobile Phones Are The Better Consumer Authentication Mousetrap
August 07, 2019  |  Authentication

At this point in 2019, we’ve all dealt with some flavor of two-factor authentication that uses SMS one-time passcodes. We attempt a sign-in and see a...

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Post-Worldpay Deal, FIS Eyes eCom and Real-Time Payments
Post-Worldpay Deal, FIS Eyes eCom and Real-Time Payments
August 06, 2019  |  Earnings

Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) released results Tuesday (Aug. 6) that showed organic growth for FIS and recently acquired Worldpay as standalone entities and updated...

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Has Apple Won The Wearables Wars?
Has Apple Won The Wearables Wars?
August 06, 2019  |  Ecosystems

It’s the customer relationship — that seems to be the main storyline in the smartwatch wars, a competition that has recently seen Fitbit lose significant...

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