Frictionless Payments news and trends

How Existing Payments Infrastructure Drives Innovation at Scale
Payments Innovation // October 10, 2023

The way money moves is evolving at a rapid and exciting clip. Fueling its rocket-ship acceleration are the twin engines of behavioral expectations grounded in digital convenience, and an increasing boom in the technical infrastructure capable of supporting the realities of those growing expectations. “I...

Citi: Why Retailers Now See Treasurers As The Most Important People In The Room
Omnicommerce // August 19, 2020

COVID-19 turned the idea of multichannel commerce from one possible strategy for businesses to basically the only game in town. Corporate organizations of all descriptions worked overtime around the world to make the great digital shift happen — in some cases almost entirely overnight. Anupam Sinha,...

Making Invisible Payments More Than A Buzzword
Payments Innovation // March 11, 2020

From cash and coins to mobile wallets to wearables … to invisible payments. About 90 percent of purchases are still being made in-store, but the payment modalities are changing — and rapidly. To that end, said Matt Good, senior vice president and general manager of...

nanopay: Bringing Speed, Security To Cross-Border Digital Payments
Startup Check-In // August 30, 2017

Most businesses would expect the banking industry to be more technologically advanced than the parcel shipping business, but that was not the case for a long time. Now, however, it could be changing. Frictionless payments firm nanopay maintains a payment platform facilitating business-to-business (B2B) payment solutions and...

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How Existing Payments Infrastructure Drives Innovation at Scale

October 10, 2023
The way money moves is evolving at a rapid and exciting clip. Fueling its rocket-ship acceleration are the twin engines of behavioral expectations grounded in digital convenience, and an increasing boom in the technical infrastructure capable of supporting the realities of those growing expectations. “I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t connected to my […]

Citi: Why Retailers Now See Treasurers As The Most Important People In The Room

August 19, 2020
COVID-19 turned the idea of multichannel commerce from one possible strategy for businesses to basically the only game in town. Corporate organizations of all descriptions worked overtime around the world...

Making Invisible Payments More Than A Buzzword

March 11, 2020
From cash and coins to mobile wallets to wearables … to invisible payments. About 90 percent of purchases are still being made in-store, but the payment modalities are changing —...

Quick Reads
Skipify and Synchrony Team on Frictionless Checkouts

March 13, 2024
Checkout-centric FinTech Skipify has launched a partnership with consumer finance company Synchrony. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 13), “leverages Skipify’s payment infrastructure to provide simplified and enhanced checkout for Synchrony cardholders, improving the experience for shoppers and delivering higher authorization rates, conversion, and security for Synchrony merchants.” According to a news release, the partnership will see Skipify add Synchrony […]