While living paycheck to paycheck is often associated with low-salary or part-time workers, the data tells a different story. As it turns out, the white-knuckled wait for payday is something that affects consumers up and down the economic ladder, something a glance at the PYMNTS Financial Invisibles Report quickly...
Is the building and adopting of new, real-time payment rails worth the time and expense? In Hong Kong’s case, fixing the languishing state of P2P and C2B payments requires more than just upgrading an existing system. In the latest Faster Payments Tracker, executives from Standard...
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Instant onboarding — the ability for a merchant to complete a one-page digital application, then instantly process payments — has, more or less, been heralded as the best thing to happen in payments and to merchants in decades. WePay Co-founder Rich Aberman begs to differ. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Speed matters in payments, and as B2B moves away from checks, some recent infrastructure initiatives and announcements show traction in Europe and Asia. However, as some reports of fraud show, sensitive information may be vulnerable.
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Most people know that China is the world-leading supplier of students studying abroad. As of 2017, a little more than 600,000 Chinese students left the country to pursue their education overseas. Currently, there are about 1.5 million Chinese students enrolled in overseas higher-education institutions and, over the...
Venmo, the digital payment unit of PayPal, has raised the fee for instant transfers when moving money from their account to a traditional bank account, according to reports. Reports citing an email Venmo sent to users late last week said the fee is going up to...
The Fed is seeking public comment from stakeholders on moving to faster payments, always on and always available. Fed Gov. Lael Brainard said in a speech Wednesday that there's a path for real-time gross settlements between banks, giving consumers and businesses the speed and transparency...
