Displaying 1 - 10 of 182 Payments and Industry Trends blog posts
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What Can the Re-Regulation of Other Industries Tell Us About Open Banking One Year On?
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 Lu Zurawski to Retail Payments, Payments and Industry TrendsUK Open Banking just reached its first birthday milestone (on January 13 to be precise) and given my own commentary – including in the ACI blog – on this topic, the first anniversary of Open Banking in the UK certainly won’t pass without a debrief on the progress that’s been made and what challenges lie ahead.
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A Pointless Credit Card World (Sound the Alarm, Ring the Bell, Freak Out… Le Freak, see'est Chic)
Tuesday, January 08, 2019 Dan Ring to Payments and Industry TrendsMark, we were slightly prescient a few weeks back when our rantings touched on credit card points. Based on some news over the past weeks related to rewards, perks and sweet deals, do I now sound the alarm or do I stand down?
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19 for 2019 (Payments Predictions Galore!)
Tuesday, January 01, 2019 Mark A. Ranta to Payments and Industry TrendsAs I’ve bid adieu to 2018, once again mumbling my way through Auld Lang Syne (reciting Burns poetry was never really in my 'wheelhouse,' as they say) I’m squarely focused on 2019 (and beyond), and the payments prognostications that typically accompany the start of a new calendar year.
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How Fresh, First-Hand Research Leads to Interfaces That Make Users Feel Understood
Thursday, December 20, 2018 Shmuel Bollen to Payments Risk Management, Payments and Industry TrendsIn 1890, my great-great-grandfather fled Czarist Ukraine for a new home in London. Amongst the few possessions that he brought with him was a book that had been given to him in 1860 by his grandfather.
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Monetizing Real-Time and Open Payments – A Global View from Leading Banks
Monday, December 17, 2018 Craig Ramsey to Immediate Payments, Payments and Industry TrendsPayments experts from Bank of Montreal, Lloyds Bank and Rabobank lead a discussion on #NewPayments use cases.
During Sibos 2018, I was lucky enough to moderate a panel of payments experts from around the globe, including banking leaders representing three key phases of the real-time evolution; early adoption, go-live and ‘wave 2.’ Here, I’d like to share insights from these experts, outlining the challenges and rewards for banks in the new real-time and open payments ecosystem.
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All I Want For Christmas (Or Any Holiday) Is… Instant Payments Gratification
Friday, December 14, 2018 Dan Ring to Payments and Industry Trends, Immediate PaymentsMark, some of us are fast approaching the end of the holiday shopping season, some of us are fast approaching that time of year when we consume too much egg nog, and some of us are fast approaching too many viewings of Die Hard or It’s a Wonderful Life or Love Actually or Christmas in Connecticut (I’ve disclosed too much about myself). To segue slightly more than slightly, I was at Target over the weekend, braving the holiday shopping crowds, to buy toilet paper, paper towels and tissues… and I took advantage of the 5% off that I get from using my Red Card. I surveyed the throngs of other consumers in the nearby checkout lines and not once did I see another store card. During this, the biggest shopping season of the year, why wouldn’t consumers use loyalty/rewards cards when making purchases?
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Fraudsters Don’t Wait for Peak, So Neither Should You: 2019 Fraud Strategy Starts Now!
Thursday, December 13, 2018 Radha Chawla to Payments and Industry Trends, eCommerceIn existence for barely two decades, eCommerce has transformed not only the way we shop, but also how retailers plan and execute their marketing strategies around the peak shopping season. Now that we’re deep into this period, retailers will have prepared for changes in buyer behaviors, relaxed their strategies to be within the limits of manageable review rate, and most important of all, put strategies in place for increased fraud attempts.
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Women in Payments Australia: 8 Insights for Success
Wednesday, December 05, 2018 Felicity Blake to Payments and Industry TrendsWomen in Payments continues to go from strength to strength, expanding its footprint globally and running events from Canada (where it was born) and the U.S., to Australia and now the UK. ACI has been a proud global sponsor of Women in Payments since 2014, which has allowed me personally – along with a number of colleagues around the world – to be a part of the growing calendar of Women in Payments events that take place around the globe.
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A Postcard from Money20/20
Monday, October 29, 2018 Mark A. Ranta to Payments and Industry TrendsGreetings from Las Vegas. By the time this note finds you, I will be back at my desk pouring over my follow-up notes from another crazy, wonderful, insightful and totally exhausting Money20/20. The event itself has grown to become the annual ‘must-attend’ on the financial technology schedule, and this year’s event didn’t disappoint with new attendees, old friends and an agenda that kept you on your feet for 4 days (and nights).
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What Are the Five Payment Items You’re (Most) Looking Forward to at Money20/20?
Friday, October 19, 2018 Dan Ring to Payments and Industry TrendsMark, Money20/20 is a mere few days away… and with many of our lovely colleagues making their way to Sydney for Sibos, you and I are heading out west for another thought-provoking and fun-filled week at what I believe is the world’s largest payments event, Money2018… err… Money2020.