PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

The myth of the lone (and possibly mad) scientist died out a long time ago, as the industrial age led to teams of researchers working together (or at healthy cross purposes) to enable innovation. The basic idea behind LISNR is to send data securely via audio. Science and invention are collective pursuits. That’s the tech part.

Innovation 192

Innovation Retail Metro Case Study 192

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

To help diners make the best use of their mobile devices to order meals, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are tapping into mobile innovations. From Dunkin’ Brands to Grubhub , QSRs and ordering platforms are driving innovation with mobile ordering technology. QSRs are expanding their mobile order-ahead capabilities.

Mobile 144

Mobile Innovation Fraud Branding 144

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Before CEO Toffer Grant founded PEX , he worked in the world of prepaid cards (gift cards in particular), where Christmas was the biggest challenge of every year. Gift card use would faithfully and intensely spike around Christmas, only to settle back to a more typical baseline six to eight weeks after the “event.”.

Innovation 180

Innovation Management Cards Tools 180

BankBazaar

MAY 7, 2024

BankBazaar.com, India’s leading fintech co-branded Credit Card platform and online platform for free Credit Score, marks its third consecutive year of fast and sustainable growth, with an unaudited operating revenue of Rs.215 in co-brand Credit Cards in force compared to the previous year. 215 Crore in FY24.

Branding 78

Branding Cards Fintech Leadership 78

PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Commercial cards continue to explore more use cases to optimize spend for businesses, from accounts payable (AP) to employee travel and expense management. Increasingly, the corporate card industry is also looking at ways to take advantage of the unique challenges in particular industries. Mastercard Expands EU Biz Card Offerings.

Cards 141

Cards Industry Management Tools 141

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

We are proud fintech nerds, and for five years we have marked the Coolest Brands in Banking on Bank Innovation based not on the type of sunglasses worn by a CEO, but on the Read More. When we think of cool, James Dean doesn’t immediately come to mind. The app Songsterr does.

Branding 150

Branding Innovation Fintech social media 150

PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

A press release Monday (July 29) said Certify/ChromeRiver have reached a deal to acquire Emburse , a startup that provides virtual and physical commercial cards to manage employee spend as well as vendor payments. The company connects business managers to heightened visibility into employee spend and greater control over corporate expenses.

Cards 143

Cards Management Operations Policies 143

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This does not mean businesses are disinterested in newer payment innovations, however. percent would like to integrate ePayables with virtual cards into their broader B2B operations. percent would like to integrate ePayables with virtual cards into their broader B2B operations. Recent PYMNTS research finds that 46.4

Innovation 130

Innovation Payments Data Branding 130

PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Innovations run the gamut from promo codes to coupons and quick-response (QR) scans in addition to other features such as delivery tracking. Overall, merchants in the $1 trillion accommodation and food services market see digital innovation as key for staying competitive in the space. percent — innovated to remain competitive.

Innovation 150

Innovation Payments Apple Meeting 150

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

Visa announced late last week that merchants can now tap into its suite of sensory branding via a pilot program. point-of-sale terminal manufacturers – such as Equinox Payments, Ingenico Group, Poynt and Verifone – to pilot sensory branding with merchant partners in the coming year.

Cards 138

Cards Branding America Study 138

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The testing tool comes as the global economy embraces digital payments and central banks investigate how to support innovation while maintaining financial stability as they issue the currency. The Mastercard-branded payment cards promise to allow consumers to pay with cryptocurrency. In a Wednesday (Sept.

cryptocurrency 330

cryptocurrency Regional Survey blockchain 330

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Commercial card startup Brex is collaborating with BNP Paribas subsidiary Bank of the West. 6) that startup clients of Bank of the West will gain access to a co-branded commercial credit card. In addition to the card, startups can gain access to Brex’s expense management and rewards offerings, and automatic receipt data capture.

Cards 100

Cards Capital Resources America 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Mastercard Intros Mobilized Virtual Cards; Defines Intersection Between Functionality And Security. The virtual card offers a strong value proposition for corporates in the form of enhanced security and control over spend. But without support for mobile wallets, v-card adoption can lag.

Cards 151

Cards Data Mobile Survey 151

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

And it might not go so far in payments and commerce in the coming decade, at least going by the results of a new Mastercard collaboration with Harvard Business Review Analytics on what really works when it comes to innovation, companies and executives. 2020 Innovation Sparks. The report, released Tuesday (Nov.

Innovation 102

Innovation Report social media Data 102

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Innovation is both genesis and lifeblood for companies, especially within the payments space. PYMNTS: How would you define Applause’s approach to innovation? PYMNTS: How would you define Applause’s approach to innovation? Our approach to innovation is two-fold. Innovation is only valuable if it’s usable.

Innovation 121

Innovation Customer Experience Mobile Security 121

PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

With efforts to bring convenience to its guests through mobile technology, Dunkin’ Brands reported first-quarter results that beat analysts’ top-line and bottom-line earnings estimates. In the past, members of the DD Perks program could receive points from the coffee quick-service chain by paying with a gift card. million and 62 cents.

Mobile 123

Mobile Innovation Branding National 123

Perficient

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Savvy healthcare innovators leverage the power of consumerization by first observing what works in domains outside of their own, and then adapting those successes to address their own challenges. You can get started by mapping the customer journey, uncovering pain points and opportunities across their interactions with your brand.

User Experience 427

User Experience Innovation Branding Customer Experience 427

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

B2B FinTechs are once again showing off the versatility of the corporate card. While QuickBooks is piloting card payments on invoices powered by PayPal , Airwallex is readying the launch of its own corporate card — both physical and virtual — designed to enable cross-border payments. QuickBooks Adds Card Payment Support.

Cards 130

Cards Capital Fintech Tools 130

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

to offer a jointly developed credit card with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and not with Synchrony Financial, MoffettNathanson analyst Lisa Ellis said, since Synchrony dominates the market for co-brand offerings. It would be “odd” for Apple Inc. Goldman must be offering Apple a very good deal,” Ellis said by email.

Apple 150

Apple Cards Branding Groups 150

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The costs of using some cards is going on the incline, as news is breaking that the nation’s two largest card networks, Visa and Mastercard, are preparing to up the fees charged to merchants to accept network-branded cards. It’s a fact that merchants, of course, do not love.

Cards 224

Cards Course Security Fraud 224

FICO

APRIL 9, 2019

The good news is that consumer-permissioned data is providing the industry a platform for further innovation. This unprecedented data access and insight is made possible through connections to financial institutions that provide secure, simple data sharing for use in countless financial applications and products.

Security 66

Security Innovation Data Customer Experience 66

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Visa has struck a new deal with China UnionPay through a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on three key areas in the financial ecosystem: payments security, innovation and financial inclusion. Innovation will also play an important role in our joint efforts to expand access to financial services for the underserved.

Innovation 100

Innovation Payments Industry Cards 100

Cisco

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Venmo solved a problem of an individual wanting to pay another individual (or even small business) without having to use cash, check or even debit/credit card. Open banking allows third-party financial services companies to access consumer banking, transaction, and other financial data via the secure use of APIs. Open banking happened.

Innovation 156

Innovation Security Data Innovation Strategies 156

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

From digital marketplaces like SeatGeek to tech firms such as Google , innovators are introducing new ways for consumers to buy products and services through social media sites and smart devices. As a result, users could register a debit or credit card and make payments after they created a security PIN.

social media 139

social media Innovation Google Retail 139

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Mastercard provided the example of Michelle Cadore, a small business owner who founded the Yes I Am clothing brand and DA Spot NYC, a Brooklyn boutique, that was forced to close for six months when the pandemic hit. Last week, Mastercard expanded its Digital-First Card Program to access card data in a speedy, secure manner.

Tools 262

Tools Cards Guidelines Online 262

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. The network would run on a card issued by Barclays U.S.,

Innovation 131

Innovation Payments Apple Mobile 131

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Welcome, to MasterCard, one of the coolest brands in banking. And what if that payment network was launched in — gasp! — in 1966? It is when that payment network is gamely inventing internet of things payments on the fly. Read More.

Branding 199

Branding Payments Samsung Cards 199

Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2016

The move was driven by a major concern with anonymity of transitory persons in European countries having access to pre-paid cards, often of obscure origins. EUdatap, which stands for European Data Protection, is not hot because of the brand Read More.

Innovation 150

Innovation Fintech Branding Data 150

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2016

While Yahoo can’t seem to shake the consequences of its massive data breach, Costco may have finally gotten things right with its co-branded credit card, and IBM is keeping its eye on the blockchain prize. Costco Turns The Credit Card Corner. The road to a co-branded credit card has been a bumpy one for Costco.

blockchain 100

blockchain Cards Data Branding 100

PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2020

Contactless has existed for a long time, but consumers were slow to adopt, mostly because they didn’t have much of a compelling reason to do something differently — their cards worked fine. Continuing to engage with those customers has become critical to many brands’ survival.”.

Cards 251

Cards Branding Innovation Data 251

FICO

APRIL 12, 2023

mortgage-backed securities (MBS) being held or traded by institutions and investors, a staggering sum that dwarfs the GDP of every other nation except the U.S. mortgage-backed securities (MBS) being held or traded by institutions and investors, a staggering sum that dwarfs the GDP of every other nation except the U.S. trillion in U.S.

Security 52

Security America Analytics Groups 52

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

PingPong is yet another innovative FinTech player that chose Luxembourg as its EU hub. The EU’s PI licensing requirements are especially stringent, with strict requirements on PI infrastructure, shareholder qualifications, Know Your Customer (KYC) and AML policies and information security programs.

Security 129

Security Payments Fintech United States 129

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

According to Brad Fauss, president and CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, the recently released regulations on prepaid cards from the Consumer Finance Protection Board could be another instance of good intentions gone wrong. Could this be a case of good intentions gone awry? Time will tell.

Regulation 100

Regulation Cards Digital Banking social media 100

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

Launching in October in two key markets, Mexico and the Philippines, MoneyGram will expand its options in which receivers from those markets may receive and use funds instantly — via their bank-issued Visa-branded debit card or Visa-branded prepaid card — and senders may choose the option by which to send those funds.

Branding 223

Branding Cards Marketing Security 223

PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

In a press release issued Wednesday (July 10), WEX said it can now issue Visa virtual commercial cards for its corporate customers in the U.S., The cards can be issued in USD, GBP and euro, and WEX plans to add support for additional currencies moving forward.

Payments 108

Payments Mobile Cards Analytics 108

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Gift cards may seem a logical answer. But not brand. What happens if you buy a card from a store that’s not exactly right for that person? Stuck is stuck, with a tight smile of thanks, and perhaps that card is left in a drawer. Stuck is stuck, with a tight smile of thanks, and perhaps that card is left in a drawer.

Cards 100

Cards Mobile Branding Retail 100

Payments Source

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The card brand is navigating almost daily changes in the payments industry, resulting from company mergers and partnerships to advancing payments delivery and security.

Innovation 64

Innovation Branding Cards Security 64