financial institutions

NEW REPORT: Shutting Down PSD2’s New Security Threat
NEW REPORT: Shutting Down PSD2’s New Security Threat
July 25, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Protecting digital identities is all about keeping up — keeping up with new technology, new regulations and, of course, bad actors.  The July PYMNTS Digital...

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Affirm Challenges Retailers, FIs To Practice ’Honest Finance‘
Affirm Challenges Retailers, FIs To Practice ’Honest Finance‘
July 21, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

“Finance is pretty broken.” So started Affirm’s Co-Founder and CEO Max Levchin’s remarks at his firm’s first-ever AFFIRMation conference for its retail partners in San...

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Urban FT Acquires iParse To Bridge The Mobile Banking Gap
Urban FT Acquires iParse To Bridge The Mobile Banking Gap
July 18, 2017  |  Banking

When it comes to mobile banking, there’s often a massive gap between the consumer’s experience with a big bank and with a smaller regional operator...

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FIs Hustle As Hackers Ramp Up Corporate Bank Attacks
FIs Hustle As Hackers Ramp Up Corporate Bank Attacks
July 13, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Earlier this year, a report from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International found that cybersecurity incidents affecting a bank’s online banking services cost an average of...

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Looking Beyond Machine Learning To Balance Out Trade Finance Supply And Demand
Looking Beyond Machine Learning To Balance Out Trade Finance Supply And Demand
July 11, 2017  |  B2B Payments

The International Chamber of Commerce Banking Commission recently released a report that found an imbalance between supply and demand of trade finance services. Its Global...

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Eyeing Bad Behavior And Stopping Payments Fraud
Eyeing Bad Behavior And Stopping Payments Fraud
May 30, 2017  |  Fraud Prevention

Behavioral analytics and machine learning can combine to root out fraud that is getting ever faster and harder to detect — even as payments go...

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Synechron Launches 14 AI Accelerators For Financial Services Mkt
Synechron Launches 14 AI Accelerators For Financial Services Mkt
March 24, 2017  |  Artificial Intelligence

Synechron, the global financial services consulting and technology company, announced Thursday (March 23) the launch of “Neo,” a set of artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools for...

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For Financial Institutions And Customers, Trust — But Verify
For Financial Institutions And Customers, Trust — But Verify
December 13, 2016  |  Authentication

In financial services, consumers vote with their feet as much as their pocketbooks. The question is: How can financial firms engender trust to a level...

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Supplier Risk, Spend Management Prove Critical For Banks’ Procurement Needs
Supplier Risk, Spend Management Prove Critical For Banks’ Procurement Needs
June 10, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Not all verticals are created equal when it comes to the procurement process. Priorities in managing procurement will range from cost of the software to...

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