Trust news and trends

Binance Leads Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Wallets Into the New Year
Crypto Wallet // December 29, 2023

If your New Year’s resolution for 2024 is to get into cryptocurrency, PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Wallets is here to help. Each month, PYMNTS uses metrics such as number of downloads, active users and more to determine the most popular crypto wallet apps in...

Trust Matters in B2B: How Commercial Relationships Impact Payments Innovation
B2B Payments // October 11, 2023

Businesses that trust each other, grow together.  That’s why when it comes to digitizing the commercial payments ecosystem, solving for behavior is just as important as solving for capability — particularly when innovating within B2B payments.  Familiarity, whether between buyers and sellers or in their...

Binance and Trust Battle for No.1 in Cryptocurrency Wallet Provider Ranking
Crypto Wallet // October 02, 2023

In this edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Rankings of Cryptocurrency Wallets, a few apps leap to new rankings, and a few apps fall short. Blockchain Wallet, SafePal and Bitpay climb their way up the rankings to shake up the lineup. Let’s see who else is making...

Provider Rankings of Crypto Wallets Feels Like Something Weird Going On
Cryptocurrency // March 17, 2023

Mind telling us what’s going on with the Provider Rankings of Crypto Wallets? It’s like a crowded elevator in here. Something’s afoot. Stay tuned. The Top 5 Where to start? How about the logical place: at No. 1 where there is now a three-way tie between Binance, Coinbase,...

Interviews & Exclusives
84 Pct of SMB Customers Would Accept a Bit of Checkout Friction for Better Security

September 01, 2021
Trust and reputations take a lifetime to build, they say – but can be destroyed in mere seconds. Consumers expect companies to protect their data. And they’re willing – in some cases – to accept a bit more friction at checkout to get assurance that their information is indeed kept safe. In The Trust Quotient: […]

Digital Receipts Seen As FI, Consumer Commerce Game Changer

June 24, 2021
Digital commerce may be happening at the speed of light — but too often, the receipts we get for all those things we buy leave much to be desired. When...

Digital IDs Build Anchors Of Trust Between FIs And All Consumers

June 04, 2021
Consumers understand that identity needs to be verified as part of any interaction with a financial system, whether due to regulatory compliance, business needs or part of the ongoing battle...

How Banks Can Tap Trust As Their Foundation For Innovation

March 26, 2020
What is a bank? As recently as a decade ago, that was a relatively straightforward question that the average school-age child could easily answer. But as of 2020, it is a...

Quick Reads
PayPal Joins Coinbase Crypto Compliance Initiative TRUST

August 23, 2022
Payments giant PayPal joined the Coinbase compliance initiative called the Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (TRUST), launched in February as an industry-driven solution to comply with the requirement, while at the same time protecting the security and privacy of digital assets customers. TRUST is a platform that allows cryptocurrency exchanges to securely send the information […]

Coinbase, Fidelity, Robinhood Join TRUST AML Platform

February 16, 2022
Cryptocurrency firms Coinbase, Fidelity Digital Assets and Robinhood are among 18 virtual asset service providers (VASPs) joining the Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (TRUST) platform that’s working to ensure digital...

Kount Launches AI Solution For Real-Time Identity Trust

February 10, 2020
Fraud prevention firm Kount is introducing the Identity Trust Global Network for the establishment of real-time identity trust using artificial intelligence (AI), Kount announced today (Feb. 10). The Boise, Idaho-based cybersecurity...

Salesforce Founder Calls Facebook ‘Cigarettes’ Of Society

December 30, 2019
Marc Benioff, the billionaire founder of Salesforce, said he bought TIME magazine because he sees a “crisis of trust,” and he called Facebook the new “cigarettes” of society, according to...