Innovation Project 2017 news and trends

Mastercard President On How Networks Drive Innovation
Mobile Payments // May 01, 2017

From bits of paper receipts to bytes across POS, payments have scaled technological heights globally. At an Innovation Project 2017 fireside chat, Mastercard president of Global Products and Solutions Gary Flood told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that the only constant across networks is change.  

Verifone CEO On Retail’s Future
POS Innovation // April 21, 2017

Though much attention these days is given to the plight of retails in a digitizing world, in his fireside chat with Karen Webster and Innovation Project (IP) 2017, Verifone CEO Paul Galant gave IP delegates a critical retail reality check. It hasn’t suddenly gotten really hard. Retail...

Experts Weigh In On Payment Rails — New And Old
Payments Innovation // April 14, 2017

       Deck: Rails can be rickety, and rails can be gleamingly new, but in payments rails have to make sure the money gets to where it needs to go.  At IP 2017, a series of rail specialists, from NACHA to Canada’s Interac, delved into what...

Tony Fadell And Jim McCarthy Talk Our Connected (Commerce) Future
Commerce // April 13, 2017

Digital, to be sure, is one path commerce is taking and will take. The question is, what else does the future hold for us, interconnected as we will be? As discussed at one Innovation Project panel, commerce hinges on safety and a data-based Bill of...

Interviews & Exclusives
Mastercard President On How Networks Drive Innovation

May 01, 2017
From bits of paper receipts to bytes across POS, payments have scaled technological heights globally. At an Innovation Project 2017 fireside chat, Mastercard president of Global Products and Solutions Gary Flood told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that the only constant across networks is change.  

Verifone CEO On Retail’s Future

April 21, 2017
Though much attention these days is given to the plight of retails in a digitizing world, in his fireside chat with Karen Webster and Innovation Project (IP) 2017, Verifone CEO Paul Galant...

Experts Weigh In On Payment Rails — New And Old

April 14, 2017
       Deck: Rails can be rickety, and rails can be gleamingly new, but in payments rails have to make sure the money gets to where it needs to go.  At...

Tony Fadell And Jim McCarthy Talk Our Connected (Commerce) Future

April 13, 2017
Digital, to be sure, is one path commerce is taking and will take. The question is, what else does the future hold for us, interconnected as we will be? As...

Quick Reads
Accept Innovation Launches FinTech Entrepreneur Scholarship For Vets, Immigrants

March 16, 2017
Accept Innovation announced on Wednesday (March 15) the launch of a scholarship fund aimed at supporting immigrant and military veteran entrepreneurs who are creating businesses centered on FinTech. In a press release, Accept Innovation said the Accept Innovation Scholarship Fund was revealed during the PYMNTS Innovation Project 2017 by Souheil Badran, an immigrant himself and a […]

Fighting Fraud Via Better Digital IDs

February 20, 2017
The process of identification is one that identifies friend or foe and one that builds trust. In commerce, that process extends to ensure that the transaction has a good chance...

Credit Where It Must Be Due

February 10, 2017
Credit where credit is due — and it’s always due, it seems. Every month. The debt that has been racked up domestically has been astronomical, at roughly $1 trillion. The...