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Payments Providers Combat The Conflict Between Security, User Experience

PYMNTS

Cohen pointed to regulations like PCI-DSS, developed by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council for merchants that accept in-person and digital payments to safeguard the data of their customers and payment cards, as well as GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in Europe.

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Accounts Receivable Realigns Its Focus To User Experience

PYMNTS

It also evolved into a new focus for innovators and developers of these solutions, enabling these tools to operate in harmony with each other, with data integration and sharing of paramount importance to corporate users. In recent years, especially, AR and AP have begun to converge. Customer Choice.

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Citi Explores The Real-Time Payments User Experience

PYMNTS

The payments industry has been riding the wave of shifting consumer habits and demands, placing the end-user experience at the forefront of new products, services and infrastructure. Those users, both consumers and businesses, aren’t just demanding choice, however.

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Deep Dive: How Businesses Are Preparing Their Workers, Payments Operations For A Digital B2B Future

PYMNTS

This month’s Deep Dive examines how mobile and contactless payment options are poised to reshape the corporate payments ecosystem as well as how virtual cards can help businesses adapt their operations to the digital-first payments ecosystem that has emerged. . Reshaping Business Payments . Much of the U.S.

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How The Corporate Card Eases SMBs Into B2B eCommerce

PYMNTS

For small, mom-and-pop retailers, complex or proprietary procurement platforms simply aren't in the cards. With the pandemic accelerating businesses' digital shift , small retail buyers have shifted their buying operations to the B2B eCommerce realm, and for many, the online marketplace operates in lieu of a procurement solution.

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The Great Credit Card Program Outsourcing Debate

PYMNTS

Among the biggest debates is how to construct and operate the best card program possible – a decision that served as the foundation for a new PYMNTS interview with Jim Geeslin, head of strategy for Elan Financial Services , an agent credit card issuer. Do FIs want to navigate card programs through that?”.

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With $2b valuation, Marqeta focuses marketing strategy on startups

Bank Innovation

A company that operates quietly in the background of popular financial apps and platforms is taking steps to become more visible.