Innovation Project news and trends

Communication Key Across Payments’ Changing Landscape

June 01, 2017
How Closed Loop Makes Payments More Transparent
News // May 02, 2017

Sea change abounds in payments— not just tied to how those payments are done, but also re: who does them and where. And where there is sea change, navigation is paramount, as is a sense of the big picture. In an interview with PYMNTS, Shaunt...

LevelUp Chief Ninja Talks Order-Ahead Future
Mobile // April 13, 2017

In just a few short years, mobile order-ahead capabilities have become an essential feature across a rapidly growing number of quick-service restaurants (QSR) in the U.S. In a fireside chat at Innovation Project 2017, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster and Seth Priebatsch, Chief Ninja of mobile payments,...

In Bangladesh Heist, Following the Money Through Cyber Twists: Nation Vs. Nation?
Security & Fraud // March 23, 2017

“Follow the money,” the shadowy figure known as Deep Throat whispered to a pair of intrepid D.C.-based reporters during the dark days of Watergate more than 40 years ago. The maxim has stayed the same in the ensuing decades, but the technology has changed. Following...

And The Payments And Commerce Innovation Winners Are…
Mobile Payments // March 17, 2017

Awards Ceremonies look easy enough from the outside, but are a lot harder to do right than just getting attractive and talented people in a room, putting them in their evening wear finest and honoring them for their myriad achievements. Sure, when it goes right,...

Interviews & Exclusives
Communication Key Across Payments’ Changing Landscape

June 01, 2017
Technology is changing the very way payments are done. But as in any relationship between buyers and sellers, fraught with the specter of fraud across the web, but legacy technologies are not enough to guarantee good online outcomes — secure communication is essential, as InterComputer’s CEO and President Scott Volmar told PYMNTS.

LevelUp Chief Ninja Talks Order-Ahead Future

April 13, 2017
In just a few short years, mobile order-ahead capabilities have become an essential feature across a rapidly growing number of quick-service restaurants (QSR) in the U.S. In a fireside chat...

And The Payments And Commerce Innovation Winners Are…

March 17, 2017
Awards Ceremonies look easy enough from the outside, but are a lot harder to do right than just getting attractive and talented people in a room, putting them in their...

Second Day, Second Wind On Innovation Debates

March 17, 2017
IP 2017 is now slightly in the rearview mirror, but the debates over everything from cross-border remittances to the role of the private sector in cybersecurity to digital identities live...

Quick Reads
In Bangladesh Heist, Following the Money Through Cyber Twists: Nation Vs. Nation?

March 23, 2017
“Follow the money,” the shadowy figure known as Deep Throat whispered to a pair of intrepid D.C.-based reporters during the dark days of Watergate more than 40 years ago. The maxim has stayed the same in the ensuing decades, but the technology has changed. Following the money, and the people behind making the money move, […]

How To Navigate The Rapidly Resetting World Of Retail

March 09, 2017
The problem with exponential growth, Recurly CEO Dan Burkhart told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, is that it is hard to actually understand, even when it is going on...

Why Credit Unions Are Stealing The Banking Spotlight

March 06, 2017
Credit unions offer a unique banking experience when compared to the traditional big banks, which may be why consumers are turning their attention to what these financial institutions have to...

Data Casts Its Spell, But How To Create Magic?

February 20, 2017
They wouldn’t call it Big Data if it weren’t … huge. And machines learning from one another is an evolving frontier in which projects and tasks and any number of...