PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
For some small businesses, taking steps to digitize might feel like a game of Frogger. How does one know when to leap into a new technology without getting hit with issues like implementation problems, technical challenges and the threat of a wasted investment? What’s more, how can a business feel confident in embracing a new technology when the next generation of an innovation could be just around the corner?
Katz,Sapper&Miller
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Brian Abel, Freight Network Engineer with KSM Transport Advisors, will present at the 2018 in.sight User Conference & Expo, which brings together leaders in transportation for three days of conversations, seminars, and collaborations. Hosted by PeopleNet and TMW Systems, this year’s conference will take place Sept. 9-12 in Houston, TX and will focus on innovation and inspiration within the trucking industry.
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PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
The dark web – it’s easy to view it as murky, an ocean of illicit activity, with swarms of bad actors acting badly, trading stolen data for – maybe – stolen dollars. Then again: Might there be some usefulness amid the murk? CNBC reports that, yes, the dark web may harbor a reputation of hiding an underground economy or economies, where commerce dabbles in everything from stolen financial records to firearms.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Consumers want what they want, when they want it – and they want to be able to feel confident that they can trust what they choose, whether it’s shopping online, contemplating a connected car or choosing between a card and a mobile payment method. Trust means the transaction is secure , and also lives up to the customers’ expectations for the agreement.
Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA
In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. But if you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner, and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top. 🗻 What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level. The higher you go, the more your effectiveness depends on how you connect, adapt, and communicate.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
If one were looking at the economy a decade ago, Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson told Karen Webster, the biggest challenge businesses faced in growing was clear: access to capital. Ten years ago, the economy was in the midst of the “Great Financial Crisis,” and businesses were reeling from the credit crunch that came along for the ride. The last 10 years have changed the playing field a lot.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Facebook is losing its luster with some of its customers, as Pew Research finds that a “significant” share of its users have changed their relationship with the social media network during the past year. According to the report , 42 percent of Facebook users have taken a break from the platform during the past year, while 54 percent of those 18 and older told Pew Research they have adjusted their privacy settings during that timeframe.
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PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
The summer, now drawing to a close, brought significant payments and commerce activity outside the Western world. A new PYMNTS story offers an in-depth look at all the recent digital happenings in India — a country that’s experiencing more competition from the likes of Google , Amazon , Walmart-owned Flipkart and Alibaba. Online retail continues to grow in the country, and that market could hit $200 billion by 2026 if one goes by a Morgan Stanley estimate.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Imagine this: You are watching a movie or TV show at home —it’s been a long week and you are vegging out, a glass a wine on the table — and you decide you like a shirt worn by one of the characters, or that you enjoy a particular documentary so much that you want to further explore the subject via a book. You use your remote or mobile device to make such a purchase before giving all your attention back to the action on the screen.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
A new report says that India’s e-commerce market could hit $150 billion by 2022 due to rising incomes and a boost in Internet users. The report by software industry lobby group Nasscom and consulting firm PwC India — called “Propelling India Towards Global Leadership in eCommerce” — says that India’s eCommerce industry is expected to contribute 4 percent of GDP by 2022.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
To help consumers experience new ways to pay, Visa has announced a new relationship with New York Fashion Week: The Shows. Through the on-site experience, consumers will be able to tap to pay with contactless cards and devices, the company said in an announcement. “We are constantly exploring sponsorship opportunities to help us diversify our brand and reach new audiences, while delivering experiences that drive business priorities,” Mary Ann Reilly, senior vice president for North America marke
Speaker: Kim Beynon, CPA, CGMA, PMP
The most overlooked, yet most critical, element of transformation is preparing people for change. Automation and AI aren't just technical upgrades, they’re cultural shifts which can challenge identities. That’s why change management isn’t a side project—it’s the foundation. In finance, where precision and process rule, navigating change can feel especially disruptive.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
PayPal President and Chief Executive Dan Schulman announced on Thursday (Sept. 6) that the number of active accounts on its platform recently surpassed the 250 million mark. In a company blog post , Schulman said this marks an important milestone for the digital payments company. “On Feb. 27, 2017, we announced that we had surpassed 200 million active accounts.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
To provide streamlined walk-in bill payment services, PaymentVision is teaming up with MoneyGram. PaymentVision provides merchant processing and offers electronic payment processing technology for a variety of verticals, the company said in an announcement. PaymentVision Vice President of Marketing Eugene O’Rourke said the new partnership makes “it easy for consumers to reliably process cash payments in-person at thousands of walk-in bill payment centers across the nation and seamlessly post act
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Greece’s first challenger bank has chosen bank technology provider Temenos to implement its core banking technology, according to reports in Global Banking & Finance Review on Thursday (Sept. 5). The bank aims to focus on small business (SMB) and consumer lending, as well as digital financial services for its customers. Working with Temenos will enable the bank to offer all-digital onboarding and services for its clients, the company said.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Click-and-collect and delivery aren’t the only options for grocers to provide eCommerce ease to their customers: They can also let customers shop through mobile stores in front of their homes. And, with the help of self-driving technology, these vehicles can reach consumers without the need for a driver at the wheel. Companies such as AutoX are seeking to disrupt this space by bringing the grocery store experience home to customers with its self-driving vehicles.
Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP
Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
People don’t just go see a movie when they go out to the movies. They eat dinner in a restaurant. They snack on popcorn. They have cocktails before the coming attraction starts or after the end credits roll. They treat it as a date. They bring the kids and treat them to a special outing. Movies are about more than movies — and that’s what’s driving Rifat Oguz, CEO and founder of Sinemia , as he not only tries to exploit an opening left by a rival ticket subscription service, but as he plans out
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Financial crime is drawing scrutiny — and fines — at large financial institutions. To that end, ING Group said it has agreed to pay 775 million euros — about US$900 million — to settle investigations by Dutch authorities over money laundering and other illicit activities. Drilling down a bit, Bloomberg noted that the settlement is comprised of a 675 million fine.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Investors this week placed more than $447 million in B2B FinTech startups, with the biggest investment rounds landing at companies that address more than one point of friction. Take Udaan , for example, an Indian B2B eCommerce startup that plans to use its latest venture capital raised to introduce business financing and warehousing solutions for its corporate customers.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
The enterprise is still unsure about faster and real-time payments. With companies paying suppliers on strategic schedules, real-time transactions aren’t always necessary — or beneficial — for the B2B payments space. Yet there is some adoption of faster payment technologies among corporates. In the U.S., NACHA found B2B payments made up 6 percent of the nearly 2 million same-day ACH transactions that occurred in the first 11 days the service went live.
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PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
The latest global FinTech collaboration ties together Singapore and Dubai in a deal designed to encourage innovation in digital payments, online and mobile commerce, and related areas. According to a recent statement , the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have signed a deal “that provides a framework for cooperation and referrals between the innovation teams of each authority.”.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
What does the future hold for the plastic payment card? Will it go the way of the check — still in use, but seemingly out-of-date, as more consumers use mobile devices for transactions? Or will cards with cutting-edge technology win more loyalty from shoppers? Such questions are addressed in a new PYMNTS story that features an interview with Sebastien Clamagirand, general manager of secure payment and identity at NXP Semiconductors.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Nigerian digital payments startup Paga has received $10 million in funding as it prepares to expand into other countries. CEO Tayo Oviosu announced at Disrupt San Francisco, according to reports , that the company is planning to release its payments product in Ethiopia, Mexico and the Philippines as it plans to compete with heavy hitters, such as PayPal , Alipay and Safaricom’s M-Pesa.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
There are some B2B FinTech segments that are mainstays with investors. Companies like alternative small business (SMB) lenders or accounting solutions providers, for instance, remain popular investment targets. This week, though, investors revealed their appetite for B2B FinTech firms that can multitask. The largest investment rounds landed at companies offering full-suite services, like South Africa’s Yoco , which offers small business enterprise software, performance analytics and a poin
Speaker: Cheryl J. Muldrew-McMurtry
Distributed finance teams are rewriting how the back-office runs, and attackers are taking notes. Disconnected workflows, process blind spots, and rising cyber threats are more than just growing pains—they’re liabilities. The challenge isn’t just going remote. It’s building resilient systems that protect accuracy, control, and speed across every transaction and touchpoint.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Visit one of the places where time still crawls — New Orleans, for instance, inside a dive bar where the beer and tobacco odors have more years on them than the regulars — and you might see one: a glass, metal and plastic box squatting along some wall, its coin slot and thick pull-handles ready to serve any boozer in need of quick nicotine. Cigarette vending machines have earned their place in discussions of Americana and barroom history.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
While the “mobile everything” future has been long predicted, as of the second half of 2018, we are actually beginning to see the shape of what that will look like. There will be more competition, as players like Uber try to tap more directly into the mobile payments enthusiasm they helped invent, and as enthusiasm for mobile wallets continues to creep up.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
In the aftermath of an accident or loss, filling out an insurance claim is never an enjoyable experience. However, when that time comes, consumers want, and expect, to be able to access their funds quickly so they can afford to pay for recovery and repairs — and get back to normalcy. Unfortunately, it’s rarely so simple. Insurance settlements have long been processed by legacy payment methods and often entail lengthy processing times — pain points which often keep customers from quickly accessi
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Payroll is facing risk exposure from all angles. Cyberattackers are increasingly targeting payroll payouts, while manual data entry introduces the risk of errors. Lackluster reporting increases the risk of non-compliance with Department of Labor regulations, while legacy systems make fraud and inflated paychecks an easy crime. Many of these issues originate at the beginning of the payroll process with employee time tracking, a process that traditionally requires workers to track their own hours,
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
Ecuador announced last week that it needs to borrow more than $1.1 billion from international lenders as the country tries to fix its deficit. The Financial Times reported that one of the loans includes $500 million from a repurchase agreement with U.S.-based Goldman Sachs. The country’s finance ministry said it would pay that loan back at 4.25 percent over three-month Libor to the bank, which is around three percentage points below the market rate for Ecuadorean debt.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Following scandals at European lenders, the European Central Bank (ECB) wants the European Union (EU) to step up enforcement of anti-money laundering (AML) rules. To that end, the bank recommends that the bloc make a “single agency” for the task as the ideal solution, the Financial Times reported. Executive Board Member Benoît Coeuré said that ECB would “support any initiative that would lead to a more harmonized and also more coordinated approach” for enforcement of EU rules.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Enterprise software firm SAP is enhancing its SAP Business ByDesign solution to support growing middle-market companies. Reports in Codestone said Business ByDesign, which is updated every quarter, has enhanced its functionality with boosted data security and streamlined processes. The solution is designed to provide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions to middle-market firms that are too small for a full-scale ERP system.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Oh, Canada? You might want to consider the country one of the next great hubs of authentication technology – with some biometrics thrown in to boot. News came at the end of last month that Jumio, which provides identity as a service to companies across verticals such as travel, retail and finance, has launched Jumio AI Labs in Montreal. That lab will focus on the creation and deployment of machine learning and deep learning technologies, as we spotlighted late last month.
Speaker: Claire Grosjean, Global Finance & Operations Executive
Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.
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