Payments Providers news and trends

Connected Economy’s Evolution Is Hindered by ‘Balkanization’ of Payment Providers, Says Thredd’s McCarthy
Connected Economy // February 07, 2024

There’s been no shortage of ideas and attempts by businesses to make payments a part of their strategic roadmap, Jim McCarthy, CEO of Thredd, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. But when it comes to improving engagement across business-to-consumer (B2C) or business-to-business (B2B) use cases, execution often falls short...

Two Tiers of Payments Innovation Will Shape Industry’s Future
Payments Innovation // October 24, 2023

The innovations shaping the payments industry are moving in real time. And increasingly so, too, is money itself. “What we’re seeing from a product perspective is a lot of focus on faster payments,” Keith Vander Leest, head of payments at Cross River, told PYMNTS as part of...

Stripe APIs Simplify SCA For Merchants, Issuers
Authentication // April 17, 2019

Stripe has announced the launch of new products and updates that will help merchants implement the best Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)-ready authentication methods ahead of the September SCA deadline. SCA, a new regulatory requirement to reduce fraud and make online payments more secure, goes into effect in...

WePay On The Art Of Payments Risk Management
Risk Management // November 30, 2018

Understanding risk, particularly its sources and how to most effectively manage it, is one of the most fundamentally important topics in payments for those who provide services and those who use them. It is also, according to WePay Co-Founder Rich Aberman and WePay VP of...

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Two Tiers of Payments Innovation Will Shape Industry’s Future

October 24, 2023
The innovations shaping the payments industry are moving in real time. And increasingly so, too, is money itself. “What we’re seeing from a product perspective is a lot of focus on faster payments,” Keith Vander Leest, head of payments at Cross River, told PYMNTS as part of a discussion for PYMNTS’ “What’s Next in Payments Series: The […]

WePay On The Art Of Payments Risk Management

November 30, 2018
Understanding risk, particularly its sources and how to most effectively manage it, is one of the most fundamentally important topics in payments for those who provide services and those who...

How Payments, In Context, Become Events

October 17, 2017
Each event in life is made up of smaller decisions and actions, all combined in moving parts to make a cohesive whole. Why should payments be any different? Modo is...

Quick Reads
PingPong Scores Payments License in Indonesia

July 31, 2024
Enterprise-focused cross-border payments platform PingPong has won approval to do business in Indonesia. Bank Indonesia, the country’s central bank, has granted the company a payment system service provider license, allowing it to facilitate domestic and cross-border payments in the world’s fourth most populous country, PingPong said Wednesday (July 31). “As one of the largest and […]

Stripe APIs Simplify SCA For Merchants, Issuers

April 17, 2019
Stripe has announced the launch of new products and updates that will help merchants implement the best Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)-ready authentication methods ahead of the September SCA deadline. SCA, a...