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Propel CEO Sees App As Aid to Low-Income Consumers, Beyond The Grocer’s Aisles

Propel CEO Sees App As Aid to Low-Income Consumers, Beyond The Grocer’s Aisles
Propel CEO Sees App As Aid to Low-Income Consumers, Beyond The Grocer’s Aisles
May 04, 2018  |  Retail

An app designed to make life easier for food stamp recipients is expanding the commerce-related services it offers to low-income Americans, but a new challenge...

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Letting The Air(TM) Out Of Venezuelan Hyperinflation
Letting The Air(TM) Out Of Venezuelan Hyperinflation
May 04, 2018  |  Latin America

Hyperinflation has driven the Venezuelan Bolivar to near uselessness. How are individuals supposed to save and manage money when their currency is hemorrhaging value? AirTM...

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Mastercard Results Outpace Street As Cross-Border Volumes Top 21 Percent
Mastercard Results Outpace Street As Cross-Border Volumes Top 21 Percent
May 03, 2018  |  Mastercard

Credit and debit spend higher? For Mastercard the answer was a resounding yes, as the global consumer remains quick to buy with plastic, and online...

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Billtrust And Flywire Partner To Deliver End-To-End Cross-Border B2B Payments
Billtrust And Flywire Partner To Deliver End-To-End Cross-Border B2B Payments
May 03, 2018  |  B2B Payments

As more businesses go global —paying each other across borders — they’re learning that getting payments where they want them to go quickly, predictably, transparently...

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The Role Of Customer Service In Strengthening The Processor/Merchant Bond
The Role Of Customer Service In Strengthening The Processor/Merchant Bond
May 03, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

Customer service matters in all walks of business, to consumers and businesses alike, but especially so in payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Resolving Discord In Indie Music Payouts
Resolving Discord In Indie Music Payouts
May 02, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Over the years, computers have put a wildly different spin on how music is produced and distributed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Trulioo GM: FinCen, Technology And ID’ing Beneficial Owners
Trulioo GM: FinCen, Technology And ID’ing Beneficial Owners
May 02, 2018  |  Regulation

Customer due diligence rules are changing via FinCEN, with a focus on identifying and monitoring beneficial owners. Trulioo GM Zac Cohen notes that the nuances...

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Apple Beats On Earnings Despite Sluggish iPhone Shipments
Apple Beats On Earnings Despite Sluggish iPhone Shipments
May 02, 2018  |  Apple

After weeks of speculation, falling stock prices and an analyst undercurrent that yesterday’s earnings report might mark the beginning of the end for the iPhone X due...

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