PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The corporate card can have a home in the digital wallet thanks to collaborations and technology platforms designed for card issuers. FinTech firm Nium has teamed with Southeast Asia neo-bank Aspire to enable a mobile payments feature with its cards. Nium Teams With Aspire, Volopay.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 21, 2017

Cards may be fumbling at the innovation game, but they’re still the center of the payments world, while mobile payments remain a geeky sideshow.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs. American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs. US Bank Instant Card Connects With Concur Expense.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Mastercard has applied new quantum-resistant technologies in order to develop a new kind of contactless payment, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. Contactless payments are “future-proofed” in that they will let consumers access the security and convenience for long into the future, according to the release.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Now comes the work of embedding touchless payments anywhere and everywhere people might want them. In Beyond the Card: Toward the Cardless and Contactless Future , a PYMNTS and i2c Inc. Physical cards are changing form, as some NFC-capable mini-cards are being embedded in rings and other wearables. told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

In the automotive arena, sellers have implemented third-party technology such as virtual retailing to enable a completely digital vehicle sales process. 57.9% : Share of credit-centric revolvers who are interested in payment plans for large purchases. 39%: Amount by which virtual retailing use increased in June.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Global payment solutions provider Castles Technology has acquired Spire Payments , a provider of electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFTPOS) systems, the company announced in a Thursday (Oct. Castles Technology customers will benefit from having a local presence and more access to the new technology.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Payment innovators are embracing the opportunities to mix payment rails old and new in search of business-to-business (B2B) solutions that can tackle longstanding friction. Visa To Use Card Rails For Digital Currency B2B Payments. Velo Labs, Lightnet, Visa Collab On Blockchain SMB Payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

There’s an imbalance in B2B payments — between buyers and suppliers, and between automation on one side of the cash flow equation and manual, paper-based processes on the other. Aquilina said that’s partly because historically, B2B payments innovation efforts — especially via FinTechs — have focused on buyers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Much of what commercial card innovators seek to address is a massive pain point for adoption: supplier acceptance. Such was the strategy of JPMorgan in its latest corporate card initiative. Collaboration is key to many of these efforts, with big banks working with Boost Payment Solutions, Coupa, Mesh and OPEN.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Corporate travel may still be at record lows, but that doesn't mean corporates aren't making good use of their commercial card products. In this week's Commercial Card Tracker, PYMNTS looks at the latest corporate card solutions that reveal the opportunity of rapidly digitizing commercial payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

From flexible repayment plans for cash flow management to sustainability programs that offset carbon emissions from fleet vehicles, the commercial card is versatile in this week's innovation roundup. American Express is expanding its Pay Over Time offering on credit card bills to business cardholders in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., Mastercard Adds B2B Payment Functionality With Commercial Cards.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Here are some of the biggest payment trends we’re forecasting for the new year. Security/Biometric Payments With the widespread popularity of digital payments continuing to grow, security remains at the forefront of concern for payment companies and their vendor partners.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

According to Goldman Sachs, the B2B payments space will see volumes topping nearly $200 trillion by 2028, more than five times the volume of B2C payment flows. According to Disque, the technologies are already in place for B2C firms to take the leap into B2B, but businesses must be strategic about the tools they choose to adopt.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

Business payment and accounting solutions provider Gilded said that digital currency data provider CoinMarketCap has implemented its cryptocurrency payment technology, according to an announcement. Our solution puts digital currency payments and accounting on autopilot, so businesses can focus on innovation and growth.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Most are encouraging employees to work from home while also moving their back-office operations online, and payments operations are no exception. Around The B2B Payments For The Virtual Workforce World. The benefits of using digital B2B payments solutions extend far beyond their ability to support a decentralized workforce.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Might mobile payments help revolutionize corporate cards? It’s been well documented how reliant on paper checks B2B payments have been right up to and even into the pandemic — with a significant percentage of payments being done through those antiquated means.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

That doesn’t mean these companies have the ability to easily adopt the same payments solutions that businesses in other industries can access. Speaking with PYMNTS, Muller highlighted the opportunity that the cannabis space has to adopt payments and other financial technologies that have leapfrogged over legacy solutions.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

With corporate travel still on pause, commercial card innovation has taken a different direction. This week’s look at the latest initiatives explores how FinTechs are wielding the corporate card in ways other than business trips, from accessing credit for accounts payable to financing employee lunches.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 25, 2017

American Express will sell its prepaid-card technology to payments solution provider InComm Holdings, the company said Thursday. According to the announcement, InComm will also become the exclusive distributor of American Express’s prepaid reloadable and gift card products in the U.S. […].

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

It’s a model based on the concept of collaboration and cooperation, two ideals that have become instrumental in the financial services arena’s payments innovation efforts. CUs’ Global Payments Opportunity. ” That global reach also had the CU prioritizing global payments innovation from the get-go.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

As local- and state-level government entities continue to run, it’s not business as usual for the public sector — particularly in the way these entities make and receive payments. It’s been a boon for ACH payments, said Jeff Thorness, president of Forte Payment Systems , a CSG company.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2019

That provides a rough idea of some of the motivation behind Mastercard ’s latest effort in payments and commerce innovation — an effort described in depth in a new PYMNTS interview between Karen Webster and Amnah Ajmal, Mastercard’s executive vice president of core products. Not Just A Number. Think again of that favorite coffee shop.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 3, 2019

Mastercard’s tokenization technology made the digital-first Apple Card possible, but purely from a technological standpoint, Jorn Lambert, EVP, Digital Solutions at Mastercard, told Bank Innovation. Apple last month unveiled its plans to launch […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

As corporate card innovation accelerates, new paths to adoption emerge. Visa To Support USDC Card Payments. Visa To Support USDC Card Payments. Dollar Coin (USDC), Visa is reportedly planning to support USDC payments via its corporate card products. CardUp Debuts B2B Card Payment Solution.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

And online shopping and digital fraud are increasing simultaneously, but merchants can take steps to ensure that debit-based card-not-present (CNP) transactions are kept safe. 87%: Estimated share of debit cards that will be equipped for contactless payments by 2022. All this, Today in Data. 92%: Portion of U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. They influenced those choices by changing the consumer’s path to purchase and payment. The Invisible Innovators .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

A transformation toward contactless payments is underway at the nation’s credit unions as the public shuns cash and even physical cards to lower infection risks with COVID-19. Offering touchless payments thus has the potential to drive merchants’ performance through consumer preference. The High Stakes Of Offering Contactless.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

As commercial card innovation expands, service providers continue to target particular pain points for their business cardholders. Together, the companies are rolling out an offering that arms SMBs with commercial cards without the need for a personal guarantee, according to a press release. Archa Collabs With i2c in Australia.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

As consumers shop amid ongoing public health restrictions, they almost invariably reach for their credit cards — whether the physical varieties in their wallets or the digital versions stored on their browsers and mobile devices. More than ever, credit cards are becoming the coin of the realm in the global connected economy.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

There is also the chance (please no, not this time) of some hassle with payments, such as the corporate account or card not going through, or maybe, on the travel agency side, a software glitch or another problem that adds friction and frustration to an already long travel day. Innovation Challenges. Innovation Willingness.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

PSCU has appointed Denise Stevens as senior vice president and chief product officer, while Scott Young will head the product delivery leadership team as vice president of innovation, PSCU announced today (Feb. Stevens will oversee product delivery and management, as well as its innovation teams. Young will report to Stevens. “We

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 22, 2022

Every bank wants to be “innovative,” but the truth is innovation is difficult. Add to that a bank’s resource constraints, compliance demands, budget goals, legacy IT infrastructure and talent gaps, and innovation for a bank is extremely difficult. The Problem of Bank Innovation. Framing Innovation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

On the path to payments innovation, collaboration is key. Mastercard Mobilizes The Virtual Commercial Card. This week, Mastercard unveiled its newest commercial payments technology offering: a virtual card product that is supported by mobile wallets. Yoba Smart Money Taps Nets For SMB Cards.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Mastercard and pan-European FinTech myPOS are teaming up to promote card payment solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across Europe, Mastercard announced on Thursday (Feb. The strategic partnership aims to inform more SMBs about the new tools for card acceptance that can fit their needs and budget.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Retailers must protect customers’ card data from hackers who try to snatch payment details, and following best practices to ensure security requires adhering to the regulations established by the PCI SSC, a global payments industry forum. Compliance Complexities. Orchestrating A Solution.

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