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Real-Time Payments Set to Soar in US With Cloud Solutions
Real-Time Payments // May 03, 2024

Real-time payments continue their rapid expansion worldwide, bolstered by widespread support from banks, corporations and governments alike. This edition of the “Real-Time Payments World Map” highlights the latest news and developments shaping the real-time payments landscape. NetXD Simplifies Real-Time Payments Onboarding and Integration in the...

If You’re Happy and You Know It, You Must Be Small
David S. Evans // May 02, 2024

Finland did it again.  The World Happiness Report (WHR) came out in March. For the seventh straight year, it was No. 1. Keeping the top spot on a “best” list for seven years running is no mean accomplishment. Lionel Messi got his seventh best player award in 2022, but...

Meet the 2006 Payments Startup That Took ACH Payments Global
Cross-border Payments // May 01, 2024

Cross-border payments circa May 2024 have become a highly specialized sector of the payments industry. Look at the activity in this space, even year-to-date, and you’ll see companies like the Solana Foundation advancing real-world assets on cross-border blockchains. You’ll see Swift continuing to accelerate the usage of the ISO 20022 messaging format. And...

Why Measuring the ROI of Transformative Technology Like GenAI Is So Hard
artificial intelligence // April 30, 2024

Google’s market cap topped $2 trillion last week after quarterly earnings convinced investors that demand for its GenAI platform was not only strong but being monetized in the here and now. Microsoft, according to reports, attributed 7 points of its 31% quarterly cloud revenue jump...

Interviews & Exclusives
3 Strikes and Cashiers Are Out at the New Ball Game

March 30, 2024
Baseball is back, and this year, more stadiums are tapping frictionless checkout to cut labor costs while meeting fans’ demand to spend as little time out of their seats as possible. Colorado Rockies’ Coors Field is expanding its use of Amazon’s Just Walk Out frictionless checkout technology, according to a March 21 news release. It’s also adding self-checkout kiosks from solution provider Tapin2. […]

Intellicheck CEO: Digital Banking’s Future Will Be Defined by Security

March 26, 2024
Did the mobile device kill the bank branch? Not quite, but as the world moves increasingly toward digital rather than physical banking channels, the banking sector may have already crossed...

Use of Working Capital Solutions Set to Rise 26% Among North American Growth Corporates

December 13, 2023
North America ranks second, behind Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), among the five regions analyzed in the “Growth Corporates Working Capital Index.” In the past 12 months, 71% of...

How Airbnb and 18th-Century Newspapers Found Profits from Frictions 

October 11, 2023
Brian Chesky says that Airbnb is broken and he’s going to fix it.   New York City recently passed regulations that all but gave them the boot. Meanwhile, guests are griping —...

Quick Reads
Visa Study Shows 83 Percent Of Consumers Want New, IoT Ways To Pay

June 07, 2017
Picture a car that’s smart enough to know it’s running low on gas and prompts the driver to stop at the nearest gas station. There, a pump is activated as the car approaches. After the fill-up, the driver simply pulls away. Or a device that’s affixed to the side of a trash can that can […]