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What payments can expect from Washington this year

Payments Dive

From buy now, pay later to peer-to-peer payment fraud, there’s no shortage of payments targets for lawmakers and regulators.

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The Future of Financial Leadership: Aligning Operational and Strategic CFOs

The Finance Weekly

The CFO role traditionally has two high-level leadership archetypes: strategic and operational. Though both have many of the same responsibilities, each type carries different expertise. An operational CFO optimizes performance by combining data from various departments with financial data. A strategic CFO focuses on creating long-term plans to achieve the company's goals.

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Ingenico offers Klarna at retailers using its PPaaS

The Paypers

France-based payments company Ingenico has partnered with Klarna to offer the latter’s instalments at the point of sale using PPaaS, Ingenico’s Payment-Platform-as-a-Service.

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Ways SaaS Can Streamline Your Business Planning Process

Agile Payments

Ways SaaS Can Streamline Your Business Planning Process

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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Flexible rent payment options gain ground

Payments Dive

A growing number of companies are bringing buy now, pay later to the rental market as inflation drives up housing costs and renters struggle to pay on time.

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State of Fintech 2022 Report

CB Insights

Global fintech funding reached $75.2B in 2022 — marking a 46% drop from 2021, but up 52% compared to 2020. The funding slowdown was especially severe in the second half of the year, with Q4’22 funding clocking in at $10.7B — the lowest quarterly level since 2018. Overall, deals fell 8% year-over-year to reached 5,048 in 2022. Africa was the only major region to see deals increase compared to 2021.

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Custodians of money to custodians of data and trust – an interview with David Birch

Axway

The following article is an adapted transcript based on the audio recording of Season 3, Episode 8 of the Mr. Open Banking podcast. The audio version is available here.

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Bank card spending volume slows

Payments Dive

The big banks’ fourth quarter 2022 card volume data could have implications for card giants Visa and Mastercard, an analyst said.

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Analyzing Block’s growth strategy: How the fintech giant formerly known as Square is evolving beyond payments

CB Insights

Square provides commerce solutions and business software for millions of brands and small businesses. In December 2021, Square changed its corporate name to Block , separating the corporate entity from its subsidiary businesses that it calls its “building blocks.” Those include Square, Cash App , Spiral , Tidal , and TBD. Over the last 2 years, Block’s expansion activity through acquisitions, investments, and partnerships point to 2 clear goals for the evolution of the company

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GHL to enable BNPL by Grab for in-store purchases

The Paypers

Malaysia-based payment acquirer in the ASEAN region, GHL , has recently announced it continues to roll-out the PayLater by Grab BNPL service for its in-store merchants, allowing customers flexible payments in monthly instalments, with 0% interest rate.

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7 Essential Criteria for Choosing the Right Payments Partner

Speaker: Brad Pinneke, VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

In this webinar, Brad Pinneke, Vice President of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, will dive into the 7 must-have criteria for evaluating payments partners, helping you maximize both efficiency and the long-term value of your investment. From assessing technology capabilities to leveraging business development opportunities, this session will give you a clear, actionable strategy to select the right partner for scaling your business.

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Digital transformation predictions for 2023

Axway

Here on the Transform It Forward podcast, it’s that time of year again when we take a moment to reflect on the past 12 months, and look ahead to what’s coming down the pipe for the new year.

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Payoneer tees up Webster Bank exec for CFO

Payments Dive

Webster Bank alum Bea Ordonez will take the payments company’s finance reins in March after current CFO Michael Levine steps away from the role.

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Risk and Lending Predictions 2023: Hyper-Personalisation and More

FICO

Home Blog FICO Risk and Lending Predictions 2023: Hyper-Personalisation and More Hyper-personalizing customer treatments, understanding borrowers' financial resilience and scenario simulation and testing will all be priorities for financial services FICO Admin Thu, 12/19/2019 - 16:29 by Doug Craddock Senior Principal Consultant expand_less Back To Top Thu, 01/19/2023 - 12:15 During the past two years the industry has seen a series of once-in-a-generation events take place with the global pandemi

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UK, Thailand to improve trading

The Paypers

The UK Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation (C4DTI) and the Electronic Transaction Development Agency (ETDA) have partnered to improve trading between the UK and Thailand.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Data privacy, AI-powered search engines, and API trends – January 2023 Digital News Desk

Axway

For the first round-up of 2023, we’re talking data privacy in the cloud and regional complications, Microsoft’s bid to integrate a popular AI chatbot into its search engine, some of the top API trends to keep an eye on in …

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Lightspeed cuts 300 jobs in restructuring

Payments Dive

With the 10% workforce reduction, the Canadian merchant payment services company is reorganizing in a bid for profitability.

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The State of Responsible AI in Financial Services

FICO

Home. Blog. FICO. The State of Responsible AI in Financial Services. The third annual State of Responsible AI in Financial Services report released today, alerting the industry to come together and self-regulate its use of AI. FICO Admin. Thu, 12/19/2019 - 16:29. by Scott Zoldi. Chief Analytics Officer. expand_less Back To Top. Wed, 01/18/2023 - 22:50.

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Airwallex announces partnership with American Express

The Paypers

Australia-based financial technology company Airwallex has announced its partnership with American Express to broaden merchant payments acceptance options.

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Top Strategies to Future-Proof & Sustain Your Merchant Services Portfolio

Build a sustainable merchant services portfolio with practical strategies to ensure long-term success. Diversify across industries to spread risk and stabilize income, balancing high-risk and low-risk clients for a robust mix. Combine large and small merchants to create a resilient payment portfolio, leveraging each type's strengths. Foster long-term relationships through exceptional service and personalized support.

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Money Transmitter License

Finance Magnates

US Money Transmitter License. Summary table for understanding the US Money Transmitter Licensing Process. A money transmitter license is a type of license issued by a state or federal government that allows a business to engage in the transmission of money or monetary value. This can include activities such as money transfers, currency exchange, and check cashing.

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Splitit targets tech assets for acquisition

Payments Dive

Splitit isn’t interested in being acquired, but the BNPL provider believes there may be assets ripe for the picking amid consolidation.

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Analyzing Affirm’s growth strategy: How the BNPL company is expanding beyond e-commerce

CB Insights

Affirm is one of the world’s leading buy now, pay later (BNPL) companies. Founded in 2012, the company went public in January 2021 at a $12B valuation. Since then, Affirm’s stock has lost 90% of its value, as rising competition and economic uncertainty put pressure on the company to tamp down losses. As Affirm looks to enhance its core BNPL offering — and drive profitability and new growth — the company has forged hundreds of partnerships, invested in a handful of compani

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TOD announces partnership with TPAY for mobile payments services

The Paypers

Streaming platform TOD has announced its partnership with mobile payments platform TPAY , allowing customers to subscribe to their services using phone numbers.

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Loyalty 101: How To Turn Browsers Into Buyers For Lasting Engagement

Speaker: Shaunna Bruton, Danielle Wyllie, and Kailey Holmes

Say goodbye to one-size-fits-all retail, and say hello to experiences that keep your customers coming back for more! Customer loyalty isn’t just earned - it’s cultivated through meaningful engagement with the help of data. This webinar will take you behind the scenes of how top retailers turn customer data into personalized experiences that drive engagement and retention.

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Treat APIs as a product to fuel business results

Axway

I really love this beautiful animation of celestial mechanics by Malin Christersson.

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PayPal confirms data breach

Payments Dive

Impacted customers were notified of the incident nearly a month after it was discovered. It’s unclear where or how customer account credentials were obtained.

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How to Create and Setup Online Ordering for Restaurants

BNA Smart Payment

Discover how to create and set up online ordering for restaurants inside this guide.

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PBOC launches new feature to its digital yuan payment app

The Paypers

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has announced the launch of a new function on its digital app, to allow Android NFC users to make offline digital payments.

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Secure SaaS Success: Embedded Finance as a Competitive Advantage

Speaker: Ian Hillis, SVP of Growth at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

Join us for an exclusive webinar hosted by Ian Hillis, SVP of Growth at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, where he’ll explore the significant impact of embedded finance on the software industry! This session is designed to provide you with the strategic insights needed to navigate the future of SaaS successfully, all while gaining a deeper understanding of how these trends can enhance your competitive edge, boost revenue, and deepen customer loyalty.

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2023 Fintech Trends to Watch

CB Insights

In this webinar, discover the 2023 fintech funding trends our analysts are prioritizing, focused around a few key themes that emerged from our data.

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How Parkland USA is bringing self checkout to its stores

Payments Dive

The fuel and convenience store company is considering expanding payment offerings through the self-checkout kiosks, including mobile and ACH options.

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Is 2023 Really the Year of the AI Banking Chatbot?

Fintech Labs Insights

Wells Fargo plans to launch a Google Cloud-powered AI chatbot called “Fargo” in 2023* I was surprised to see Mr. Fintech Snarktank ( aka Ron Shevlin ) predict that 2023 will be “ the year of the chatbot in banking ” (and I believe the prediction was not made ironically, though with Ron it can be difficult to tell). While not everyone was on board ( namely former Cornerstone colleague Alex Johnson ), I’m with Ron.

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BillEase partners with Alipay+ to equip Filipino consumers with flexible payments

The Paypers

Philippines-based consumer finance app BillEase has partnered with Alipay+ to allow Filipino consumers to use Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) when shopping online.

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.