Google’s Super App Wakeup Call
Google’s Super App Wakeup Call
November 23, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

In June of 2019, PYMNTS asked a national sample of 1,037 smartphone users about their interest in having a single app that would make their...

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Bitcoin Rally Triggered By PayPal, Square Buying Spree
Bitcoin Rally Triggered By PayPal, Square Buying Spree
November 23, 2020  |  Bitcoin

PayPal and Square’s Cash App digital currency buying spree has reportedly triggered a bitcoin rally, according to a Benzinga report on Monday (Nov. 23). Blockchain...

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New Report: Square Speaks Out On SMBs’ 2021 Payments Survival Guide
New Report: Square Speaks Out On SMBs’ 2021 Payments Survival Guide
November 23, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

Small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) were hit especially hard by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and have spent months experimenting with new sales models...

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Mastercard’s Vosburg: Trusted Intermediaries Will Drive Consumer Data Aggregation
Mastercard’s Vosburg: Trusted Intermediaries Will Drive Consumer Data Aggregation
November 23, 2020  |  Digital-First Banking

There’s no shortage of consulting advice and press clippings that will state the importance of actionable data for companies as a selling, operational and marketing...

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NowRx: Digital Identity Benchmarks Help Healthcare Industry Set Tone For Privacy
NowRx: Digital Identity Benchmarks Help Healthcare Industry Set Tone For Privacy
November 23, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

A recent report released by the United Nations found that 132 out of 194 countries have now introduced data protection regulations of some kind, all...

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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion
Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion
November 23, 2020  |  Financial Inclusion

Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion. While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies, a FinTech...

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Ingo CEO: Banks, FinTechs Need Better Data To Fight Mobile Check Deposit Fraud
Ingo CEO: Banks, FinTechs Need Better Data To Fight Mobile Check Deposit Fraud
November 23, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Even before the pandemic — and the stimulus bills that sent trillions of dollars via check into consumers’ (and not a few fraudsters’) hands —...

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AmTrav To Use Journera For Real-Time T&E Data Exchange
AmTrav To Use Journera For Real-Time T&E Data Exchange
November 23, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Real-time data exchange platform Journera will now be used by business travel agency AmTrav, according to a press release. AmTrav, the release said, is an...

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Fewer Cars, Bigger Profits: Auto Makers Look to Stay Lean Post-Pandemic
Fewer Cars, Bigger Profits: Auto Makers Look to Stay Lean Post-Pandemic
November 23, 2020  |  Retail

In yet another pandemic-related shift to normal life, the way people buy cars is changing in America, according to The Wall Street Journal. Due to...

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