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Boingo: Enterprises Will Push 5G Adoption Curve
Mobile // May 14, 2020

The headlines are full of cautious companies, reigning in spending plans. The economic climate is rocky, to say the least. But for 5G — the fifth generation tech standard for cellular networks — tailwinds are in place, as we increasingly go digital, across all facets...

The Clearing House’s Strategies To Drive RTP Uptake
Faster Payments // March 09, 2020

Persuading the 11,000+ financial institutions (FIs) in the U.S. to integrate with a new real-time payments rail is a tough ask, especially when speed of payment is no longer enough to win over their clients, says The Clearing House Senior Vice President of Products and...

Visa Partners With TD To Power US, Canada Money Transfers 
VISA // December 23, 2019

Visa is teaming up with TD Bank to introduce a new solution to ease money transfers between Canadian and U.S. accounts, Visa announced Monday (Dec. 23).  Powered by Visa Direct, the latest solution — TD Bank (US) to TD (Canada) Transfer — enables real-time transfers...

Visa Direct To Power TransferWise Real-Time Global P2P
Digital Payments // December 10, 2019

Visa has added a new partner in its quest to simplify, digitize and drive costs down in the global remittances space with its real-time push payments platform Visa Direct.  Visa Direct has been used to process 2 billion transactions in 2019, a number it is...

Interviews & Exclusives
Boingo: Enterprises Will Push 5G Adoption Curve

May 14, 2020
The headlines are full of cautious companies, reigning in spending plans. The economic climate is rocky, to say the least. But for 5G — the fifth generation tech standard for cellular networks — tailwinds are in place, as we increasingly go digital, across all facets of life. In an interview with PYMNTS, Michael Zeto, senior […]

Western Union Enables Real-Time Account-To-Account X-Border Payments For Banks, Digital Wallets

September 23, 2019
Western Union is expanding access to its global, real time account to account payments capabilities to FIs and digital wallet providers in 17 countries with plans to expand to 100...

Why Retail Needs To Better Tap The Power Of Chat

February 27, 2019
Given its reach into literally every corner of the globe, it is not much of an exaggeration to say that we are living in the era of chat.  Some 5.8...

Quick Reads
Ripple Joins BIS Task Force for Cross-Border Payments

August 11, 2023
Enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions provider Ripple is among the members of a cross-border payments task force recently formed by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). As part of the cross-border payments interoperability and extension task force, Ripple will work with other organizations, including Mastercard and SWIFT, in fulfilling BIS’ goal to “enhance cross-border payments and meet the quantitative targets for cross-border payments endorsed […]

Visa Partners With TD To Power US, Canada Money Transfers 

December 23, 2019
Visa is teaming up with TD Bank to introduce a new solution to ease money transfers between Canadian and U.S. accounts, Visa announced Monday (Dec. 23).  Powered by Visa Direct,...

Visa Direct To Power TransferWise Real-Time Global P2P

December 10, 2019
Visa has added a new partner in its quest to simplify, digitize and drive costs down in the global remittances space with its real-time push payments platform Visa Direct.  Visa...

Jumio’s New AI Tool Verifies Identity In Real Time

October 28, 2019
Jumio has announced the beta release of Jumio Go, the company’s first real-time, fully automated identity verification solution. The solution is designed to remove friction from the user onboarding process,...