payments innovation

The Year in Data: PYMNTS Intelligence Decodes 2024’s Biggest Trends
The Year in Data: PYMNTS Intelligence Decodes 2024’s Biggest Trends
December 24, 2024  |  Market Conditions

It’s no secret that 2024 was a year of important developments in the financial services industry, and PYMNTS Intelligence was at the forefront of tracking...

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What Was Crypto’s Biggest 2024 Story? Hint: It Wasn’t Named Elon
What Was Crypto’s Biggest 2024 Story? Hint: It Wasn’t Named Elon
December 23, 2024  |  Blockchain

For once in its recent history, the cryptocurrency sector is likely ending the year on a high. Bitcoin, despite dropping below the $100,000 mark as...

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5 Ways 2024 Kicked Off a New Era for CFOs and Treasury Pros
5 Ways 2024 Kicked Off a New Era for CFOs and Treasury Pros
December 20, 2024  |  CFO

The year 2024 has been nothing short of transformative for CFOs and treasurers, reshaping their roles into a blend of strategy, technology and operational precision. ...

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How ISO Standards Could Reshape Cross-Border Payments
How ISO Standards Could Reshape Cross-Border Payments
December 20, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Since the inception of global trade, the world’s financial systems have largely talked past and around each other. The reason? Diverse payment systems and communication...

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Mastercard: New Use Cases Prep for ‘Total’ eCommerce Tokenization by 2030
Mastercard: New Use Cases Prep for ‘Total’ eCommerce Tokenization by 2030
December 19, 2024  |  Mastercard

Credit cards have long been a catnip for criminals. The lure is undeniable. “Your account number is valuable — it has personal information that if...

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How Big Tech’s XR Push Could Redefine Both Payments and AI
How Big Tech’s XR Push Could Redefine Both Payments and AI
December 13, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

The connected economy might be making a jump from end-users’ hands to their faces. That is, if Big Tech’s biggest representatives are to be believed....

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Reinventing Payments: Breaking Down Banking Infrastructure to Build a Composable Future
Reinventing Payments: Breaking Down Banking Infrastructure to Build a Composable Future
December 09, 2024  |  Banking

Banks rely on core tech to handle the basics: transactions, deposits, loans and more. But the kicker is that most of these systems were built...

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Banks Eye Stablecoins to Accelerate Cross-Border Innovation
Banks Eye Stablecoins to Accelerate Cross-Border Innovation
December 09, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Few bottlenecks across the payments landscape have been more intractable than that of cross-border payments. But with the news Thursday (Dec. 5) that the U.S. licensed...

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How the ‘Shopify of Gaming’ Is Helping Developers Go Direct to Consumer
How the ‘Shopify of Gaming’ Is Helping Developers Go Direct to Consumer
November 27, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

The seeds were sown long ago for Chris Faught, CEO of Neon, to create a direct-to-consumer (D2C) platform for the gaming industry in 2022. He...

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