2019 news and trends

52 Monday Conversations About Payments In 2019
Karen Webster // December 30, 2019

Mondays have a bad reputation, and that’s understandable. The magic of the weekend is fading into memory, and sometimes even the strongest coffee has a hard time sparking the engine needed for the workweek ahead. But Mondays have a different meaning here at PYMNTS —...

Onboarding Tech Taps Into Banks’ KYC Burden
B2B Payments // December 28, 2018

It has been a busy year for the world of bank regulations, particularly Know Your Customer (KYC). Financial services regulations are notorious for their complexity and ever-changing demands for financial institutions and corporates, but another fuel for development in the KYC space was the FinTech...

Colombia Makes E-Invoicing Compulsory
B2B Payments // August 17, 2017

Starting January 1, 2019, all those in Colombia responsible for declaring VAT and Impoconsumo (Consumer Goods Tax) will be required by the National Tax and Customs Directorate (DIAN) to use a new eInvoicing system. According to news from an eInvoicing Platform, these changes come from a...

Interviews & Exclusives
2019: A Banner Year (And Bumper Data Crop) For Hackers

December 31, 2019
It’s the list no one likes to be on. It’s kind of like being on the “worst dressed list” except that we’re talking about stolen data and, probably, lots of lawsuits. Welcome, then, to the Top Data Breaches of 2019. The readings are pretty grim. At a high level, the numbers are staggering. Millions of […]