payments innovation

PayPal Rolls Out Checkout With Smart Payment Buttons
PayPal Rolls Out Checkout With Smart Payment Buttons
June 28, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Today PayPal is launching Checkout with Smart Payment Buttons, the latest salvo in the firm’s ongoing war against checkout friction. Friction during the online checkout process...

READ MORE >
Are Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
Are Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
June 25, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

My plan on Friday evening was to write a hard-hitting piece on a services segment with incredible marketplace friction. Then I went to Whole Foods...

READ MORE >
Amazon Restaurants, Big Threat Or Essential Lifeline?
Amazon Restaurants, Big Threat Or Essential Lifeline?
June 18, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

The restaurant industry today is a study in contradictions. Census data tells us that roughly 44 percent of what consumers spend on food comes from...

READ MORE >
TSYS Buys iMobile3, Bolstering SMB Reach
TSYS Buys iMobile3, Bolstering SMB Reach
June 07, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Three months ago, the “build vs. buy” debate got a fair amount of digital ink in these digital pages, focused on merchant services. “You go...

READ MORE >
Meeting Customers Wherever They Are (Literally)
Meeting Customers Wherever They Are (Literally)
June 04, 2018  |  Today In Data

Why deliver oneself to a store — and face the hassle of heat, crowds and parking — when the store can deliver itself to you,...

READ MORE >
Visa’s Hackathon Winner, Hermyz, Takes B2B Payments Inspiration From Slack
Visa’s Hackathon Winner, Hermyz, Takes B2B Payments Inspiration From Slack
May 18, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Visa’s latest fuel to the B2B payments innovation fire came in the form of its inaugural Small Business Hackathon earlier this year. Its winner was...

READ MORE >
Small Businesses Shun Innovation For Fear Of Debt
Small Businesses Shun Innovation For Fear Of Debt
May 08, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Small businesses (SMBs) prefer not to seek funding to finance their innovative endeavors, according to new research from BMO Wealth Management, which suggests SMBs are missing...

READ MORE >
Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?
Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?
April 30, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Benjamin Franklin is best remembered as a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and a prolific inventor who created the lightning rod after...

READ MORE >
How To Future-Proof A Financial Institution
How To Future-Proof A Financial Institution
April 27, 2018  |  Innovation

As Muhammad Ali once said, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Translated for the financial services sector, this idiom might read thus: “Act...

READ MORE >