PYMNTS
MAY 8, 2019
Amazon was the target of an “extensive” cyberattack in which hackers stole money from merchant accounts and funneled them into their own, according to a report by Bloomberg. The attacks occurred between May and October of 2018. Amazon said the hackers compromised about 100 seller accounts, taking cash from either loans or sales and putting it into their own accounts.
Katz,Sapper&Miller
MAY 10, 2019
As is the case after every legislative session, taxpayers will see gains and losses. When it comes to business personal property tax in Indiana, taxpayers will certainly gain.
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PYMNTS
MAY 20, 2019
Mobile commerce might just be the key to saving brick-and-mortar stores. Consumers use their smartphones to shop for everything, everywhere – including using them to help them shop in-store. What’s more, consumers who use their smartphones while shopping in-store visit them more often than consumers who don’t. As much as 81.5 percent of consumers who do say they visit brick-and-mortar shops every day or every week.
PYMNTS
MAY 8, 2019
Blockchain technology is taking hold in the Southwest, with the help of organizations encouraging development in the space. A group called the Austin Blockchain Collective , for instance, is looking to establish the Texas city as a hub for blockchain innovation. “When blockchain technology is discussed, we want Austin to come to mind, just as centers like Silicon Valley, NYC, Toronto … are thought of,” Pete Harris, the organization’s co-founder and executive director, told PYMNTS in an interview
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PYMNTS
MAY 29, 2019
Businesses of a certain size — and in industries as varied as construction and restaurants — know the pain of wondering if they will have enough capital to fund operations, inventory, expansion and other mission-critical business activities. They know the uncertainty of going to traditional financial institutions (FIs), even those rooted in their communities, that might not want to take on the risks or economics of extending smaller lines of credit to small businesses (SMBs), with fortunes that
PYMNTS
MAY 16, 2019
Death, taxes and data breaches – those are perhaps the only sure things in life, and new evidence is emerging that hackers are finding increasing profit in targeting online retailers. The news comes amid yet another online retail cyberattack, this one targeting Japan’s Fast Retailing, the company that owns the Uniqlo retail chain. A recent report from KrebsonSecurity said that “until quite recently, credit card data stolen from online merchants has been worth far less in the cybercrime undergrou
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PYMNTS
MAY 8, 2019
The world is becoming one big marketplace — even if the marketplace doesn’t always look like one. That’s not some ancient riddle updated for these roaring days of digital commerce and payments, but informed knowledge passed along by Adrien Nussenbaum, CEO and co-founder of Mirakl , during the latest edition of the PYMNTS Matchmakers interview series.
PYMNTS
MAY 3, 2019
Payments don’t always have to be just about the cards. That’s the big message being sent throughout the payments world as PSD2 and other FinTech efforts spark innovation and give consumers, companies and other organizations more methods to pay — methods that better match the preferences of those participants, payments that feature more speed and less friction than was often the case before.
PYMNTS
MAY 2, 2019
B2B payments are mired in delays, in errors, in an imbalance in funds flow and credit terms. Simply put, buyers stretch out payments and suppliers play the waiting game – at least as well as it can be played with checks and cards. The result is a cash flow crunch. Access to financing (trade finance, that is), especially online, can level the playing field a bit.
PYMNTS
MAY 23, 2019
Kaspersky Lab, a cybersecurity and anti-virus company, has reported a rise in a specific malware intended to steal money and credentials from people’s bank accounts. The company found 29,841 files of the malware in Q1 of 2019, which is up from 18,501 in Q4. Attacks on upwards of 300,000 users were detected. Kaspersky Lab released its IT threat evolution in its Q1 2019 report.
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PYMNTS
MAY 1, 2019
Accounts payable operations are essential to ensuring that payments to a firm’s partners and suppliers are processed and delivered on time. These processes prevent companies from missing payments and running the risk of souring business relationships and hurting their partners’ bottom lines in the process. However, despite their importance to keeping businesses afloat, old school practices like physical paperwork are still the norm for many AP departments.
PYMNTS
MAY 28, 2019
Digital assistants. Smart fridges and thermostats. Security devices, too. The Internet of Things (IoT) has gone global, an ever-expanding ecosystem that touches consumers in every facet of their daily lives. The latest Intelligence of Things Tracker shows some pretty big numbers in terms of the billions of devices already out in the field, and the billions of dollars already being spent on those devices … and it seems like things are just getting started.
PYMNTS
MAY 6, 2019
PCI compliance is top of mind for many organizations, with a burden and commitment from the chief financial officer (CFO) suite that is not nominal — and quite capital intensive. FinTech firms, however, are looking to lessen that work through their offerings: Modo , in one case, has a Modal component to its /Checkout product. “We allow a merchant to come in and offload their PCI requirements” by hosting the capture of sensitive data, Modo Chief Product Officer Ryan Lee told PYMNTS in an intervie
PYMNTS
MAY 13, 2019
The spotlight burned brighter for peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services in the first quarter of 2019, with those payment methods finding popularity among more consumers. However, P2P’s future growth will depend on solving problems related to data privacy and other issues — at least, according to some observers. Perhaps the biggest story in P2P, though, is the ongoing battle between P2P providers Zelle (operated by Early Warning Services ) and Venmo (owned by PayPal ).
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As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of
PYMNTS
MAY 30, 2019
Visa said this week that as acceptance of EMV cards has gained traction in the U.S., counterfeit fraud, measured in dollars for these card present transactions, has dropped precipitously. The latest stats show that the continued upgrade to chip card acceptance – which began in 2015 – has led to a decrease in counterfeit fraud dollars on the order of 76 percent, as measured in December of 2018 vs.
PYMNTS
MAY 6, 2019
There is a tendency when talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) — and all the miraculous things it will power in the future — to lose sight of the fact that it’s not really a conversation about the future. While it is still the early days of the connected era, Ludovico Fassati, head of IoT for Vodafone Americas , told Karen Webster in a recent conversation that we are unmistakably in the era of the IoT right now — as of spring 2019.
PYMNTS
MAY 9, 2019
In today’s digital economy, with shopping as easy as the tap of a finger on a smartphone screen, brick-and-mortar retail businesses have no choice but to innovate to keep and grow their clientele. A large percentage of all retail businesses recognize this reality, but, in some quarters of the economy, the implementation of innovative technologies has been slow-going.
PYMNTS
MAY 16, 2019
To provide consumers with an immersive way to experience its brand, Taco Bell is launching The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort in Palm Springs, California for a limited time this summer. The property’s amenities, from poolside cocktails to guest rooms to breakfast choices, will boast a “Taco Bell twist,” the quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain said in an announcement , which described the concept as a “tacoasis.” Taco Bell ‘s Chief Global Brand Officer Marisa Thalberg said
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PYMNTS
MAY 2, 2019
The digital revolution comes to the land where the industrial revolution was born? To that end, Invest In Blockchain reported that Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, said that the central bank should gear up for a “fourth industrial revolution” that includes at least some impact to payments, chiefly through blockchain and decentralized systems.
PYMNTS
MAY 3, 2019
Migrants make up a substantial portion of the economy in India. By some recent accounts , more than 100 million migrants are participating in the nation’s workforce — one-fifth of the nation’s workforce. Many of these workers travel from rural, low-income regions, hoping that work opportunities in urban areas will enable them to support their families.
PYMNTS
MAY 15, 2019
IBM announced the launch of a new supply chain management solution deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to detect anomalies in the supply chain. In a press release issued Tuesday (May 14), IBM announced its Business Transactional Intelligence tool is now available to mitigate the risk of supply chain disruptions. As part of IBM’s Supply Chain Business Network, the BTI tool facilitates access to data of supply chain processes, including procure-to-pay and order-to-cash interactions.
PYMNTS
MAY 13, 2019
Innovation has been the name of the game for financial institutions (FIs) large and small in recent years. While the overall pace of innovation has cooled somewhat over the past two years, as FIs have been slower to market with new products, they are increasingly channeling their energies into tried-and-true product lines. For 85 percent of FIs, this means corporate credit products.
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PYMNTS
MAY 16, 2019
From finding a nearby restaurant to finding a date, smartphone location controls are used by consumers for many cases. These mobile controls, however, also offer consumers a powerful tool for dealing with arguably higher stakes: the risk of credit card fraud. Location controls can be used to prevent merchants from charging consumers’ credit cards if their smartphones aren’t close by, and restrict purchases to a particular geographic area or country.
PYMNTS
MAY 5, 2019
With the digital payments market heating up in India as major players enter it, Facebook-owned WhatsApp Pay is expected to be a game-changer. According to a report in the Economic Times of India , since Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg revealed in April that WhatsApp Pay is coming to India, the marketplace has been bracing for the latest entrance.
PYMNTS
MAY 22, 2019
Mastercard and Interac, the global and domestic payment networks, announced Wednesday (May 22) they are collaborating to offer customers in Canada a fast and easy way to send money internationally. In a press release , the companies said Interac is using Mastercard Send, a push-payments service to send money cross-border, on the Interac eTransfer platform.
PYMNTS
MAY 3, 2019
The British Government has announced that it will protect the future of cash to make sure the proliferation of digital currency doesn’t affect portions of the population who rely on physical money every day. Chancellor Philip Hammond said there’s going to be a new group to tackle the issue, and that it will be chaired by the treasury and will include regulators and the Bank of England.
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"Offer payroll and do it yourself,” they said. “It’ll be fun!” Spoiler alert: It was not fun. Most CPA firms know that they need to offer payroll services to their clients or risk losing them to another firm that will. However, many don’t really want to. It is often time-consuming and complex due to changing tax laws and regulations, and with the growing staffing shortages, most just don’t have the resources.
PYMNTS
MAY 6, 2019
Toronto is a powerhouse for financial innovation in Canada: The city has the most sizable ecosystem for FinTech in the country, with 185 startups per one count. NorthOne , a FinTech firm that focuses on small business owners, is one of the companies that call the city home. NorthOne CEO Eytan Bensoussan told PYMNTS in an interview, “Our mission is to eliminate financial admin from the lives of small business owners.
PYMNTS
MAY 23, 2019
The B2B space is ripe for transformation, where outdated payment processes mark accounts payable (AP), and where technology can make all the difference as corporates choose their banking partners to satisfy their payment needs. To that end, Jessica Moran, general manager of Paymode-X Business Solutions at Bottomline Technologies , noted the continued (and accelerating) collaboration between banks and FinTech firms.
PYMNTS
MAY 29, 2019
A European Central Bank ( ECB ) official is throwing his support towards wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). In fact, Vitas Vasiliauskas, a member of the Governing Council of the ECB and chairman of the board of the Bank of Lithuania, said the real issue at play is whether CBDCs should be retail, wholesale, or a combination of both. While a retail CBDC would be available for the general public, wholesale would serve a limited circle, primarily banks.
PYMNTS
MAY 15, 2019
Ripple’s XRP added more than 21 percent overnight to become the best-performing asset in the top 10 of coins, reaching $0.38. This has led some to predict that the digital coin could soon return to prices above $0.50. The surge comes after the announcement that XRP is now available to New York residents, which has brought in a new influx of funds. Despite its gains, some people are skeptical because XRP does not run a decentralized blockchain, and that it allows the potential reversibility of tr
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