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GIACT: It’s Time To Fight Back Against Fraud

PYMNTS

Melissa Townsley-Solis, head of GIACT , discusses one of the negative effects of COVID-19: the escalation of fraud in the payments arena. She stresses the importance of small businesses fighting back against fraud in 2021 in order to achieve economic recovery. Fraud was red-hot in 2020. It’s time to fight back.

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Payments 2016: The Year Of Capitulation

PYMNTS

PYMNTS consulted 21 payments executives from across the industry to share their insights on the biggest takeaways from 2016 as part of the “Payments 2016, The Year Of…” eBook. A third-quarter CB Insights Pulse report says venture capital investment in FinTech companies has dropped globally 52 percent year over year.

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Top 5 Customer Development Posts of 2022: Digital Banking and Pricing Opti

FICO

His insights on humanizing interactions come from his larger piece on digital banking called The 11 Commandments of Digital Banking eBook. 11 Commandments of Digital Banking: The Customer Journey Darryl Knopp kicked off the year with the first in a series of posts on digital banking called The 11 Commandments of Digital Banking eBook.

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Foot In Mouth: 37 Quotes From Big Corporate Execs Who Laughed Off Disruption When It Hit

CB Insights

. “While recent stories and reports of a new entity competing with the three major carriers in the United States grabs headlines, the reality is it would be a daunting task requiring tens of billions of dollars in capital and years to build sufficient scale and density to replicate existing networks like FedEx,” [Mike] Glenn said.

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Foot In Mouth: 43 Quotes From Big Corporate Execs Who Laughed Off Disruption When It Hit

CB Insights

. “While recent stories and reports of a new entity competing with the three major carriers in the United States grabs headlines, the reality is it would be a daunting task requiring tens of billions of dollars in capital and years to build sufficient scale and density to replicate existing networks like FedEx,” [Mike] Glenn said.

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FinDEVr Silicon Valley: Looking Back, Moving Forward

Fintech Labs Insights

Forged strategic partnership with United Capital. Personal Capital ( FD15 ). Debuted first eBook, A Better Financial Life. Teamed up with fellow alums OnDeck and CAN Capital to form Innovative Lending Platform Association. Combined its Mobile Verify solution with anti-fraud technology from IdentityMind Global.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

“The initial 7 years were all about having negative working capital, positive cash flow and a sustained ability to fund our own growth. I started treasuring GMV, room-nights and other ‘vanity’ metrics instead of the fundamentals of cash flow and working capital,” he explained. Those were the only metrics we tracked. Read more here.

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