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B2B Payments Drive Instant Payments, Crypto Innovation

PYMNTS

New payment rails are once again in the spotlight as real-time payments and cryptocurrency emerge as the top focuses for innovators. In this week’s look at payment rails innovation, the European Union begins paving the way for greater crypto adoption, while Mastercard expands its own crypto accelerator initiative.

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Payment Rail Innovators Dive Into Real-Time

PYMNTS

It may have taken some time, but faster and real-time payments demand continues to grow in the corporate and B2B payments context. This week's look at payment rail innovation is all about speed, both for legacy rails and new ones. EVO Payments Wields Visa Rails for Merchants. SWIFT to Launch New Real-Time Rails.

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Payment Rail Innovators Focus On Cards, Contactless Payments

PYMNTS

New payment rails are again in the spotlight, with commercial card and contactless payments emerging as the top focuses for innovators. This week's look at payment rail innovation is all about digitization and payments acceptance. merchants accept touch-free payments.

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B2B Innovators Explore The New Payment Rail Combinations

PYMNTS

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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What Does ‘Operational Efficiency’ and ‘Pragmatism’ Mean for Innovation?

Bank Innovation

The future is always uncertain, but banks must prepare now, and this may spell trouble for innovation teams. recently notified about 1,000 employees in its Consumer Banking and Payments, Virtual Solutions and Innovations groups of the bank’s plans to eliminate their positions. Signs point to more difficult economic times ahead.

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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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FinTech Cloud Technology Fuels Banking Innovation

PYMNTS

As cloud technologies emerge to help financial institutions (FIs) drive digital innovation, Finastra has introduced its Fusion Payments To Go offering for small and medium-sized banks. Fusion Reveals Payments Platform Banks. The firm said it would work with The Clearing House on a new venture to “foster real-time payments.”.