article thumbnail

How Middle Eastern Merchants Can Keep Up With Pandemic-Driven Privacy, Payment Shifts

PYMNTS

The region’s financial institutions (FIs) and merchants have needed to work swiftly to support unprecedented levels of digital payment and shopping growth. The true change merchants are facing is not in trying to stay on top of a spike in online users. Online Payments Drive Privacy Concerns.

Payments 172
article thumbnail

How 5G Will Shake Up Banking and FinTech?

PYMNTS

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are among the emerging technologies capable of boosting banking operations, including customer service , and preventing fraud, as recent PYMNTS research has demonstrated. Digital Demand. What does that mean, then? 5G will mean zero waiting time.”.

Fintech 211
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Everyone’s talking about APIs. Why?

Insights on Business

As Jim Marous notes in his article, Top 10 Retail Banking Trends and Predictions for 2017 , “APIs were not even listed as a 2016 trend, but was #4 in 2017.”. They want a user experience that is designed, simple, easy to use, and innovative.

Las Vegas 194
article thumbnail

Santander Shows One Way Forward For 5G And Banks

PYMNTS

While customers will be able to experience the 5G banking experience firsthand … Santander has agreed to work with Telefonica on more wide-ranging projects, such as the introduction of fully equipped mobile offices at big events or for emergencies.”. 5G Promise. Low Latency. 5G will mean zero waiting time.”.

Mobile 116
article thumbnail

SMBs Remain Hot Spot For Open Banking Business Models

PYMNTS

As the open banking business model permeates into the B2B financial services market, FinTechs and traditional financial institutions continue to find new use cases for API integrations and connectivity to elevate the business-user experience. and beyond to introduce a range of new products and services for the SMB user.

Fintech 132