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How Micro-Services And AI Can Speed FIs’ March Toward Instant Payments

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In an interview with PYMNTS in advance of an industry webinar scheduled for March 31, SmartStream ’s Vincent Kilcoyne, executive vice president of product management, and Roland Brandli, senior vice president of payment programs, said the movement toward digitization means that FIs must re-examine processes and overhaul infrastructure.

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Visa Q2 Earnings: X-Border, Digital Payment Growth Expected

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Just last week, the company acquired cloud-based POS payments system PayWorks , which will simplify and unify the company’s processing infrastructure. In June, Visa announced a deal to buy Verifi , which offers solutions to help merchants avoid chargebacks on card payments issues, further strengthening transaction infrastructure.