Although the technology has come a long way in a short period of time, it’s not like an organization can hit a switch and migrate to the cloud. Not yet, anyway. Migrating to the cloud can be a complex undertaking, particularly for banks with legacy...
Businesses, particularly global ones, exist and transact across fragmented payment ecosystems. Just ask any organization about their cross-border growth plans and how it’s going from a payments perspective: the absence of standardization and interoperability will become immediately apparent. Against a B2B backdrop of a growing trend...
The Bank of England is studying the use of new technologies to enhance both retail and wholesale payments functionality. While the central bank has been focused on establishing regulatory regimes for the use of stablecoins for retail payments, “we are increasingly complementing that work with a focus...
Innovation, particularly within financial services and payments, tends to be centered around speed, cost efficiency and transparency. However, many financial institutions (FIs) with incumbent infrastructure seem to take the view that those innovation benefits quickly turn into new costs when they consider moving away from...
October 25, 2024
Although the technology has come a long way in a short period of time, it’s not like an organization can hit a switch and migrate to the cloud. Not yet, anyway. Migrating to the cloud can be a complex undertaking, particularly for banks with legacy systems and intricate regulatory requirements. The process involves not only […]
May 27, 2024
Businesses, particularly global ones, exist and transact across fragmented payment ecosystems. Just ask any organization about their cross-border growth plans and how it’s going from a payments perspective: the absence...
February 15, 2024
The software publishing industry is undergoing significant changes as key players seek to enhance customer engagement and tap new revenue streams through the embedded finance ecosystem. This ecosystem includes payment facilitators...
December 11, 2023
Blake Whitson, vice president, payments and global customer support at Brainly, and Andy McHale, senior director, product and market strategy at Spreedly, told PYMNTS that payments orchestration can make all...
October 31, 2024
Fiserv has introduced a new suite of tools for small businesses. The offering, rolled out via the payments and financial services technology solutions company’s Clover point-of-sale and business management service, was designed with restaurants, retailers and service-based businesses in mind, per a Thursday (Oct. 31) press release. “Factors like rising costs, labor shortages, and the ongoing quest […]
April 15, 2024
The Bank of England is studying the use of new technologies to enhance both retail and wholesale payments functionality. While the central bank has been focused on establishing regulatory regimes for the...
February 01, 2024
Payments technology firm Worldpay has begun life as an independent business. The company announced Thursday (Feb. 1) that former owner FIS had finalized the sale of Worldpay to private equity firm GTCR, which owns 55% of the...
November 27, 2023
Cryptocurrency payment technology company ivendPay has unveiled a crypto payment system enabled by near-field communication (NFC). By integrating NFC technology with cryptocurrency payments, ivendPay has made the payment process as seamless...