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Seven days, seven essential tips for fraud week

Banking

The need to democratize AI

Merchants

Unboxing holiday trends: ACI’s insights on payments and fraud for the golden quarter

Banking

A call for urgency: The payment industry’s compounding complexity conundrum

Banking

The evolution of payments: When size, speed, and change collide

The payments industry is the largest interconnected complex business on the planet. We can validate that statement in a myriad of ways – the sheer number of people and businesses transacting, the number of transactions themselves, or the total dollar value of those transactions, which are expected to exceed $3.

Banking

The payment industry has three Rs: Rules, requirements, and regulations

Every child entering primary school learns about the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. All three are essential for survival in society. The payments market has its own set of three Rs: rules, requirements, and regulations.

Banking

The invisible synthetic identity heist

In the digital marketplace, convenience is king. Consumers expect seamless transactions, often unaware of the intricate security measures that protect their identities and finances. Behind the scenes, merchants combat fraudulent activities tirelessly to safeguard their customers and their reputations.

Banking

Pivoting to the new way of intelligent decision-making: The journey toward convenience

Neither the individual who initiated the first card-not-present transaction nor the organization that pioneered a customer convenience channel could have foreseen the trajectory and evolution of payment systems. Fast-forward to today – the commerce landscape continues to be propelled by consumer-preferred payment methods that are convenient, swift, and efficient.

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Banking

APP Frauds & mandatory reimbursement: What it means for you

Authorized push payment (APP) fraud is a scam in which a fraudster convinces a payer to authorize a payment under false pretenses. APP fraud is a form of confidence-based fraud, meaning it relies on deception, rather than brute force, to convince victims to take a specific action.

Banking

ISO 20022 – Expanding like no tomorrow

ISO 20022 is a messaging standard used across the financial industry.  In the domestic Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)/Wire and cross-border payment spaces, transformation to the most recent ISO 20022 (HVPS+ and CBPR+) messaging standards has been ongoing since 2022. The North America Clearing House CHIPS wire system migrated in April 2024, and the U.S. Federal Reserve will update its Fedwire system in March 2025. It is important to note that everyone has been starting with an ISO 20022 standard.

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Global payment trends
As the world adopts real-time payments, how does your market stand to benefit?

Banking

Navigating the future: ACI’s ATM transaction processing trends

As digital banking sweeps the industry, automated teller machines (ATM) are adapting to the changing tides of consumer demands and fewer physical branch locations. ATMs are no longer just cash dispensers – they serve as multifunctional banking kiosks where routine and low-value branch transactions can be performed (cash or check deposits, bill payments, or money transfers).

Banking

Real-Time Payments Have Gone Mainstream – Explore Their Global Impact

Real-time payments are carving a new norm in the rapidly evolving payments landscape. Spurred by global governments and regulators, instant payments are viewed as a catalyst for economic growth, financial inclusivity, and transparency.

Banking

Factoring in the safety switch with Confirmation of Payee

In a world where everything is digital-first, financial institutions are setting new standards in shielding their customers and revenue, while at the same time protecting the payments security and convenience paramount to achieving customer excellence and building a good reputation.

Banking

More widely available instant payments are coming to Europe: How Banks and PSPs can prepare for IPR

European payments are moving toward significant transformation as the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR) in February 2024, entering into effect on April 8, 2024.

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Banking

Banks are overwhelmed by payments data. Does unified processing offer a lifeline?

The volume of payments data available to banks today has surged almost to the point of overwhelm: it has created as many operational challenges as it has growth opportunities.

Banking

Unified payments processing is the solution to banks’ crushing compliance burden

Surging digital payment volumes and related compliance demands are heaping pressure on banks to scale their processing capacity and optimize operations.