Bruce Parker news and trends

How FinTech Companies Can Connect Buyers And Suppliers
Global Payments // December 17, 2018

Payments have been a pain point throughout the evolution of merchants. As commerce globalizes, merchants are left wondering whether they have the payment methods that people want to use through digital channels, while also facing the sheer magnitude of declines. “Merchants have problems with payments...

How Banks Can Connect To Emerging Payment Methods
Startup Check-In // August 27, 2018

Banks have honed their systems for decades to manage payments seamlessly and efficiently, while providing great client service with Titanic amounts of volume. However, they face a challenge when it comes to working with emerging forms of payments. “It’s hard to get those systems now...

Modo: Interoperability Can Help eCommerce Merchants Work With Wallets
Startup Check-In // July 30, 2018

It’s not always easy to tell the difference between the meaning of integrations and interoperability: Integrations are systems connected in the same way, while systems that are interoperable work together, but remain different. If Modo’s founder and CEO, Bruce Parker, sent you an email, for example,...

Klarna’s Brian Billingsley Joins Modo Team As CRO
Payment Methods // December 15, 2017

Financial institution and payments interoperability provider Modo has announced news of an addition to its team. According to a Friday company press release, Brian Billingsley, former CEO for Klarna North America, is joining the Modo family as its chief revenue officer. “I was blown away...

Interviews & Exclusives
How Payments, In Context, Become Events

October 17, 2017
Each event in life is made up of smaller decisions and actions, all combined in moving parts to make a cohesive whole. Why should payments be any different? Modo is emerging from a self-imposed dark period with the goal of changing the way we talk about payments — and the change should go well beyond semantics, CEO Bruce Parker told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster.