Alex Nasonov, Founder and CEO of Worldcore, explains that the company's research survey indicates the market is ready to embrace biometrics as the key authenticating validator in payments.
Richard Ransom, Payments Solution Lead, Bottomline Technologies, outlines the benefits that the Request for Payment instrument could deliver if the UK Faster Payments Scheme's proposal is accepted.
The team at Mobius Pay, a fintech specialising in high-risk merchant activation, explain the issues that should be considered before applying for your merchant account.
A recent anonymous survey of 10 of the top insurance providers in the US found that all of them still require customers to read their card numbers out loud when paying for insurance services over the phone. But verbalizing card numbers is an incredibly risky practice, and should not be happening.
Technological innovation, driven by the emergence of a tech-hungry generation, has become a huge catalyst for change across the financial services industry. In this guest post, Daniela Eder, Cash Management Business Development Manager, BNY Mellon discusses the key considerations for banks which include new technology investments, revision of processes and the identification of potential new services.
Digital revolution has enabled global citizens to organise themselves in social networks and in communities thanks to internet platforms where every individual acts equally with his peers. This organisation has permitted the amelioration of collective creativity and has favoured the mutualisation of goods, tools, and spaces.
Booking travel arrangements online has never been faster, cheaper, or more convenient for consumers. The rise of smartphones in particular has resulted in an uplift in last minute bookings, and with the younger generation driving the digital shift, travel operators need to deploy mobile-first experiences, or run the risk of being left behind.
For e-commerce marketplaces, user experience has long been a prime focus. From aesthetic quality to ease of use, UX plays a major role in determining whether consumers stick with the platform long-term or abandon it in favor of a competitor.
Eastern Europe is still very much a region finding its identity following the breakdown of the Soviet Union over 20 years ago. Countries in the region are at various stages of economic growth and payments infrastructure development, and the e-commerce landscape looks different as you cross borders.
The failure to keep pace with expanding compliance procedures has seen a rise in the number of financial penalties issued by regulators over the past few years. As anti-money laundering (AML), know-your-customer (KYC), counter-terrorism financing and other compliance obligations expand across different territories, organisations large and small have struggled to maintain adequate and comprehensive safeguards – often resulting in sizable fines and significant reputational damage.
PAY.ON, an ACI Worldwide company, delivers white label global payment gateway solutions to payment service providers, ISOs, acquirers, ISVs, and VARs, enabling them to fully outsource payment transaction processing or integrate a gateway-to-gateway solution.
Michael Kaplan, CRO and General Manager at PayNearMe
