Finovate

JUNE 9, 2025

The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) and the Bank of England (BoE) collaborate on testing to see if AI can spot fraudulent activity in retail payments data. Payments Zimpler earns status as a Certified Payment Institution in Brazil.

Credit Union

EBizCharge

JANUARY 14, 2025

AI systems can quickly analyze patterns and detect suspicious activities to reduce fraud and protect customer payment data. Businesses using these systems may enhance consumer trust and deliver a more secure payment experience.

Payment Gateways

The Payments Association

JUNE 23, 2025

The origin of a transformative instrument GrowthHub was founded on a straightforward yet ambitious question: How can we assist businesses in making more informed decisions based on their payment data? Inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and ultimately, revenue loss resulted from this fragmented approach.

Technology

Finovate

JANUARY 24, 2025

The regulatory landscape for fintechs and financial services companies operating in the European Union is expected to undergo significant changes this year, with new standards, guidelines, and rules governing payments, data privacy, digital assets, and more. What developments are most likely for businesses in these spaces?

Regulations

Stax

JULY 9, 2024

Digital payments incorporate robust security features to protect sensitive information and prevent fraud. Encryption techniques ensure that payment data is transmitted securely between parties, making it difficult for unauthorized individuals to intercept or access sensitive information. What makes cryptocurrency unique?

Digital Payments

Fintech News

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Surprisingly, one of the most common reasons behind payment failures is incomplete or inaccurate data. To address this issue effectively, having a reliable source of truth for payment data is indispensable. This proactive approach eliminates the costly consequences of failed payments.

Addressing

Payments Source

MAY 20, 2019

Emin Gun Sirer, one of the higher-profile academic experts on blockchain technologies, is launching his own cryptocurrency coin and network with funding from some of the biggest venture capitalists in the field.

Cryptocurrency

PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

A1 Payment, which offers digital payment services in Austria, will accept cryptocurrency payments, A1 Telekom Austria Group announced in a press release. The company made the change because “companies and consumers alike benefit from this modernization of payment transactions,” the release stated.

Reconciliation

Fintech Review

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Regulators also address emerging concerns, such as cryptocurrency adoption. Frameworks governing digital assets seek to mitigate risks while enabling the integration of blockchain-based payments. Effective regulation is thus crucial for sustaining trust and driving progress in payment solutions.

Payment Solutions

PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

Crowdz’ platform will deploy blockchain to facilitate the storage and movement of data along the supply chain and along the parties involved in it. The solution, explained Dedeaux, can support the movement of funds via cryptocurrency or, eventually, a Crowdz-developed token.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

In an effort that could lead to greater efficiency and lower prices, Walmart is looking into a system that would let households manage their electricity bills through cryptocurrency. With the system, users may pay a capped amount of cryptocurrency up front, ahead of the expected electric demand of certain devices.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

It added that the stolen technology has been used so far for ransomware and cryptocurrency mining attacks, with the criminals behind the hack “using the leaked tools to create an even bigger malicious proxy network.”. Now, “hundreds of thousands of computers are unpatched and vulnerable,” according to one recent report.

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In addition to a higher percentage of invoice exceptions, companies point to long invoice and payment approval times, too much paper, high invoice processing costs, and a lack of visibility into invoice and payment data as their largest challenges.

Accounts

The Fintech Times

AUGUST 30, 2024

Company milestones Busha, a cryptocurrency exchange platform in Nigeria, is granted one of the first provisional licences by the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to operate as a regulated virtual asset service provider. IKEA will also now be able to gather payment data from all its sales channels on one platform.

FinTech

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Separately, JPMorgan has rolled out the first bank-backed cryptocurrency, geared toward trade finance, and a nod to the fact that in payments, the times they are a-changin’. Data: $5 trillion: Value of daily wholesale payments moved by JPMorgan. billion: Projected value of India’s mobile gaming market by 2020.

Online and Mobile Banking

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

But where there are steps forward, there will inevitably be their opposite – and doing the back-stepping side of the dance this week are cryptocurrencies, whose values have been fighting unsuccessfully with gravity all year. 19 billion: The total amount of value the cryptocurrency managed to lose in a single day this week.

Cryptocurrency

PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

The two companies also inked a partnership for digital payment solutions , in which SoftBank will support Wirecard’s geographic expansion in Japan and South Korea. The two will also look for ways to collaborate in digital payments, data analytics, AI and other digital financial services.

Bitcoin

PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

That might mean choice in payment methods in a variety of contexts, or it might mean choice in when and where they go to work or how they book their jobs – or it could be in terms of their exposure and access to emerging technology like cryptocurrency and blockchain.

Cryptocurrency

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

It’s a situation cryptocurrency has faced recently, as investors have suddenly woken up to wondering what exactly blockchain currencies are really good for. Sometimes a problem that needs to be solved is pretty obvious: A hurricane is bearing down on the coast, and there are solutions needed to minimize the damage.

Innovation

Clearly Payments

MARCH 18, 2024

Limited Business Acceptance: The decreasing popularity of cash is propogated by a decline in businesses willing to accept it as a form of payment. Data from the Federal Reserve reveals a stark reality—only 60% of businesses in the United States currently accept cash.

Credit Cards

Stax

JUNE 4, 2024

You should avoid payment providers that are overly focused on card-present transactions if your target market is increasingly demanding more convenient payment methods like e-wallets, mobile payments, and cryptocurrency. And the risk of losing your customer data and transaction history is too great to ignore.

Process

PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2018

Parker said the startup is working to get the payments industry comfortable with the idea of operating in the cloud. Other industries have all gone there, he said, yet less than 1 percent of all payments data is ever in the cloud. The startup had to increase its fundraising goal from $1 million to $1.5

Online and Mobile Banking

Fintech News

APRIL 12, 2024

Furthermore, Vietnam’s Prime Minister has endorsed the pilot use of cryptocurrency by the State Bank of Vietnam. Key topics of discussion will include digital banking, financial inclusion, digital payments, data privacy, and protection.

APACS

Stax

MARCH 14, 2024

Mobile payments have grown common as a way to pay remote freelancers or for reimbursing remote workers, in particular. Blockchain and cryptocurrency Some businesses are exploring the use of blockchain and cryptocurrencies for B2B payments, particularly for international transactions.

B2B

The Fintech Times

APRIL 18, 2024

Customers will benefit from a comprehensive platform that enables increased authorisation rates and decreased interchange fees for merchants, along with PCI-certified secure payment data. Partnerships Cryptocurrency company Knaken has unveiled a strategic partnership with OARO, a specialist in digital identification and access control.

FinTech

Segpay

MARCH 10, 2025

Diverse Payment Options Gamers expect flexibility, so leading gateways support a wide range of payment methods , including credit and debit cards, digital wallets (Skrill, Neteller, etc), cryptocurrency, and mobile payments. This ensures accessibility for players worldwide.

Payment Gateways

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2018

All the world’s a stage, to quote the Bard, and it seems not much in the world is certain, with volatility seemingly the name of any game in 2018, from geopolitics to cryptocurrencies to stock markets. Against that backdrop, and when it comes to payments, currencies can be volatile, too. Global Viewpoints.

Financial Crimes

PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2018

This continues the need for checks to persist in the near term until a payment vehicle can provide that level of detail with easy implementation and cost savings.”. especially with the recent rollout of Same Day ACH, includes a gradual focus on the transmission of payment data along with an ACH payment.

Remote Deposit Capture

Payments Source

JULY 16, 2020

What made the attack on famous Twitter accounts so problematic wasn’t the high profile of its victims, but the non-technical and repeatable method the assailants used.

Authentication

PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2016

Typically, this begins with hackers gaining access to stolen credentials through the types of massive data breaches that have made headlines in recent years. Whether its payment data or personally identifiable information (PII), the compromised credentials are quickly turned around and sold to fraudsters.

Credential

Ikajo

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Risk mitigation Given that PayFacs handle the most sensitive information of customers – their payment data – they must keep it secure and detect unauthorized transactions. This is particularly beneficial for FinTechs specializing in areas beyond payment facilitation.

Facilitators

Ikajo

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Additionally, Stripe has diversified its offerings, now including charge card issuings and solutions to assist customers in facilitating cryptocurrency transactions, among other services. Another highlight of 2022 is Melio, an online business payments platform.

Process

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

But occasionally, friction takes on a different, seemingly irreversible form, and — in the case of cryptocurrency — looks likely to win. Data: 80 percent: Share of market held by cash in the Philippines. 190 million: Amount of cryptocurrency stuck in storage after the death of the QuadrigaCX founder.

Innovation

PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2017

Bob Sneed, VP Payment Solutions, WEX , joined the latest installment of PYMNTS’ Commander In Chief Series to share why WEX is focused on building solutions that tie together payments, data and technology, especially when it comes to successfully developing and deploying alternative technologies.

Innovation