PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Those companies that fail in their data-monetization efforts run the risk of falling behind on innovation, and losing customers and revenue. The conversation examined the challenges and opportunities associated with crafting those strategies in the highly regulated payments and financial services space. Poorly Understood.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

dollar as their currency of choice on the black market, which means American banks must alter their anti-fraud and AML strategies — especially as regulatory fragmentation divides the U.S. FIs need AML strategies that can respond to these larger trends while maintaining quick service for businesses and consumers.

Strategy 109

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

I couldn’t be more optimistic about the future of this company and the innovations and advancements we can bring to advance the way the world pays, banks and invests.”. Mark Heimbouch, former president and chief operating officer at Worldpay, is joining FIS as merchant solutions division president.

Leadership 190

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

Octet is a leading innovator in the supply chain platform space, and partnering with them demonstrates WEX’s growth strategy and intent to be at the forefront of commercial payments,” Justin Cross, director of business development and partnerships, EMEA & APAC for WEX Corporate Payments, said.

Cards 161

Cards Strategy Payments Fintech 161

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In recent years, the market has gone from one struggling with high financial illiteracy and limited card acceptance, to a bright spot in Europe for FinTech innovation. Barybin recently took up the position to head the cross-border payments technology company after the Bank of Lithuania halted SatchelPay operations earlier this year.

Compliance 182

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

For a glimpse at how innovation is playing out in the retail world, it always helps to take a look at recent developments in the world of quick-service restaurants, or QSRs. Its disruptive value is coupled with amplified innovation, compounded by an effective digital and delivery strategy,” said CEO Greg Creed.

Innovation 124

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

There is a mountain of friction in commercial payments today that seems to have held the industry back from the kind of rocket-pace innovation propelling retail and consumer payments into the future. Opaque payments moving sluggishly across borders and between banks. Thinking Beyond the Payer. Rethinking the Infrastructure.

Innovation 132

Innovation Payments Cards Industry 132

PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

TuChequera.com operates a digital checkbook platform and, through its collaboration, will begin linking business customers to the Western Union Business Solutions payments platform, WU EDGE. “We feel confident about our operations and business. At the time, reports said a takeover could rake in $600 million for Western Union. .

Puerto Rico 156

Puerto Rico Payments Regional Operations 156

Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

They use the Bradesco infrastructure, but they operate in parallel. Next was born to complement Bradesco’s strategy. At IBM Think 2019, Henrique Albuquerque from Bradesco Research and Innovation offered insight into how Bradesco is transforming by focusing their entire business structure around the customer journey.

Albuquerque 152

Albuquerque Digital Banking Millennials social media 152

PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

Innovation is one of the keys to advancement — and that increasingly means opening tech hubs, incubators and other such operations. But not all innovation labs or tech hubs give rise to seamless tech progression. New Efforts. Lab Changes.

Innovation 170

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

is an exciting and important development in Jaja’s journey and is part of our strategy to create partnerships that will help more people embrace a simpler way of managing credit.”. However, the bank put the credit business up for sale with a larger strategy to divest some of its operations. Bank of Ireland U.K.

Cards 100

Cards Charlotte Fintech Innovation 100

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

The acquisition of acompay represents an important milestone in our strategy to become essential to how our customers pay for and finance what they need to grow their businesses.”. ACOM Solutions is proud of the innovative AP automation platform we’ve built with acompay,” said Patrick McMahon, CEO & President of ACOM Solutions, Inc.

Payments 191

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

Mastercard announced on Thursday (May 30) the appointment of Sasha Krstic as president of the company’s Canadian operations. In past roles, she was responsible for creating the strategy at Mastercard to grow the business and provide payment innovations to consumers and merchants.

Operations 122

Operations Innovation America Payments 122

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

The executive was quoted as saying the company will be “bolder and more deliberate” in its venture capital strategy, supporting businesses with disruptive technology. According to the report, Zobel de Ayala said during the annual shareholder meeting that the company would invest in startups with “scalable, innovative models.”

Fintech 108

Fintech Capital Strategy Digital Strategies 108

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Alibaba Group’s logistics operator is partnering with Pochta Russia and Aviastar-Tu to launch direct China-Russia cargo delivery flights, Reuters reported on Thursday (Nov. Alibaba’s Cainiao logistics operator is leasing seven cargo planes to fly every day from China to Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk.

Digital Strategies 100

Digital Strategies Regional Operations Innovation 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2019

The company is a provider of electrical, industrial, and communications maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products, construction materials, and advanced supply chain management and logistics services. WESCO reported around $8.2

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Is there a right way and wrong way to innovate? Gill asserts that most financial institutions, left to their own devices, may end up following a less than optimal path to innovation, and not because they have selected the “wrong” technology solution, since in Gill’s experience, what’s “wrong” for one FI might be right for another.

Technology 237

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

This expansion builds on our proven strategy for NCR Hospitality and our commitment to the small- and medium-sized business segment, furthering our ability to provide value-added payments solutions,” said NCR president and chief executive officer Michael D. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Denver 117

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In today’s top payments news, Flywire appointed Rob Orgel to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer. Mastercard Report: Nearly Half Of Consumers View Innovation As Purchase Driver. Flywire appointed Rob Orgel to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer.

Payments 100

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

“India is the centerpiece of Hyundai Motor Group’s strategy to gain leadership in the global mobility market, and our partnership with Ola will certainly accelerate our efforts to transform into a smart mobility solutions provider,” said Chung Eui-sun, executive vice chairman of Hyundai Motor Group.

Mobile 108

Mobile Leadership Groups Innovation 108

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Independent and company-hired truckers haul goods across the nation, keeping retailers supplied and in operation. In this month’s Feature Story, the three gave PYMNTS an inside look at the financial tools and strategies that make trucking more seamless. Find all the latest headlines in the Tracker. How Truckers Keep On Transacting.

Tools 186

Tools Payments Millennials Strategy 186

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The newly branded company aims to innovate the way travel merchants promote and sell across all digital channels. “A seamless user experience in all digital channels is vital,” said Stephane Druet, head of marketing and product strategy at CellPoint Digital. We started out with a radical, mobile-first solution.

Mobile 129

Mobile Payments Branding User Experience 129

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

His job will include fostering existing relationships that are essential to those directives and improving the organization’s commercial performance through its products, like SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi) and its suite of financial crime compliance solutions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Amid great technological change, health and beauty retailers are developing strategies to drive innovation. And many retailers are heeding the call: According to the PYMNTS Retail Innovation Readiness Index , 60 percent of health and beauty merchants are focusing on innovation. About the same share — or 60.9

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2019

Patrick Langeveld, innovation driver for open banking at ING , believes that the banks looking to compete with new financial players should facilitate third-party products and services, not focus solely on building out their own customer-facing offerings. payments and financial innovations. PSD2 and the future of open banking.

Innovation 164

Innovation Data Regulation Fintech 164

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

“i2c is thrilled to partner with Evolve to provide the technology and infrastructure needed to deliver differentiated and innovative products,” Amir Wain, founder and CEO of i2c, said in a press release. Founded in 1925, Evolve Bank & Trust operates retail branches throughout the mid-south and mortgage production offices nationwide.

Fintech 100

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The move will help Aon get access to the $200 billion digital insurance market, as well as the ability to use CoverWallet’s platform to create client-forward initiatives to help with the company’s overall growth strategy. . “We The company has three offices in New York State and one in Spain. .

Analytics 100

Analytics New York Leadership Groups 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Corporate spend data company Comdata is rolling out a new solution for its fleet clients enabling managers to visualize key performance metrics for their operations. The solution is designed for local fleets, trucking fleets and mixed fleets, Comdata explained, and consolidates fleet-wide operations into a unified view.

Analytics 100

Analytics Management Data America 100

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

Mastercard, the payments company, announced Thursday (May 30) the appointment of Sasha Krstic as president for the company’s Canadian operations. In past roles, she was responsible for creating the strategy at Mastercard to grow the business and provide payment innovations to consumers and merchants.

Operations 100

Operations Innovation America Payments 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Linking financial institutions and corporates with its Banking-as-a-Service platform, ONPEX enables FIs to deploy cloud-based account and payment technology to digitize operations and enhance their cross-border corporate payment offerings. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California.

Security 189

Security Capital Analytics Software 189

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

5) the appointment of two executives to lead its customer and store strategies. In a press release , the department store operator said it named David Goubert to executive vice president of stores and retail experience, and named Ginger Mollo as senior vice president of retail experience for the West Coast. ”

Customer Experience 128

Customer Experience Retail Training Groups 128

PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

To present brands that allow them to stand out from retail competitors, merchants in the hospitality space are turning to innovations. According to the PYMNTS Retail Innovation Readiness Index , nearly eight in 10 accommodation and food services merchants — or 77.4 percent — cite innovation as key for keeping them in the hunt.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

An explosion of FinTech innovation has jump-started traditional financial institutions’ (FIs) digitization efforts. Yet, each of these strategies to modernization is a double-edged sword, exposing a bank — and, thus, its partners and customers — to a new breed of fraud risks. ” Innovation’s Security Downsides.

Fraud 104

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

based corporate finance operation, is broadening its position in the trade finance landscape through an acquisition of Global Technology Finance , which provides supply chain finance to value-added resellers targeting the technology sector, according to reports in Asset Finance International. Hitachi Capital America , Hitachi’s U.S.-based

America 129

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The pace of payments innovation continues to accelerate, and corporate payments are no longer an exception to this trend. But to understand where B2B payments innovation is going, Jay Dearborn, president of corporate payments at WEX , said the industry must first take a look in the rearview mirror. “To FinTech’s Collaboration Strategy.

Innovation 101

Innovation System Payments Fintech 101

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The B2B payments discussion often centers around innovators’ efforts to kill the check. Innovators must consider a range of factors, from the size of the company making the payment to the infrastructure constraints of the firm receiving it. B2B Payments’ Innovation Agenda.

Payments 148

Payments Innovation Resources New York City 148

Accenture

MAY 30, 2019

Jeff Crawford, a member of our payment strategy and innovation team, provides perspective on connected car payments and the opportunities for stakeholders. After making the purchase, the gas station operator could use contextual marketing to send a personalized in-store promotion to increase the total sale’s ticket.

Payments 150

Payments Innovation US Strategy 150