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Women in Payments: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2020
Friday, March 06, 2020 Nidhi (Mathson) Alberti to Payments and Industry TrendsInternational Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8, honors the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women – including equality for all women.
To commemorate the occasion, we spoke with a few female leaders in the payments industry about what the day means both for them and for the wider payments industry. The comments and insights we received were nothing short of inspiring and encouraging.
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Women in Payments: Student Perspectives on the Payments Industry (Part 1)
Friday, February 28, 2020 Nidhi (Mathson) Alberti to Payments and Industry TrendsLast month, ACI’s Omaha office hosted six students from the University of Nebraska Omaha’s Information Technology department for a one-day event, showcasing ACI’s solution offerings and the company’s role in the global payments industry. The six students, all of whom were members of UNO’s Association for Computing Machinery-Women (ACM-W) chapter, had previously participated in one of ACI Omaha’s Coding for Girls Camps.
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What Will 2020 Bring for Payments in Latin America?
Monday, February 03, 2020 Federico Vilanova to Payments and Industry Trends2019 was yet another year of payments disruption throughout the LATAM region. Thanks in large part to the proliferation of fintechs, Latin American banks and processors have been under immense pressure to modernize their offerings, while also gaining the agility to quickly bring new products to market.
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Request for Payment and Other Real-Time Payments Trends That Will Shape 2020
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Craig Ramsey to Immediate Payments, Payments and Industry TrendsIn 2020, the conversation around real-time payments will increasingly be about what banks can do with real-time, as they move beyond setting up to support real-time payments schemes. New use cases will emerge – but there are a few main trends that are likely to shape the direction of real-time in the year ahead.
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2020: The Year of (Near) Cashless Transactions?
Thursday, January 09, 2020 Dan Ring to Payments and Industry TrendsHappy belated New Year and raise your hand if you make and/or follow New Year’s resolutions. I used to and then realized they were exercises in futility. But, over this past holiday, I thought I’d give the resolution game one more shot. This one was more a realistic goal than it was a resolution, but who can really tell the difference anyway!?! I decided to go cashless over the holidays, which can still be somewhat challenging for many in the US (though my friends in other countries are probably ridiculing me right now). I was traveling (to NYC and Florida) and wanted to pack as little as possible (in both my luggage and my wallet). I’m all about loyalty card points these days, hence the 2 back-to-back trips.
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Three Merchant Payment Trends to Watch in 2020
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 Benny Tadele to eCommerce, Merchant Retail, Payments and Industry TrendsIn 2019, merchants everywhere were challenged by pressure from new entrants, the continued breakdown of traditional industry boundaries and growing customer preference for a digitally-led or digitally-influenced purchasing experience.
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The Invisibility Cloak of Payments: What Are the Consequences?
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Silvia Mensdorff-Pouilly to Payments and Industry TrendsIf you could pick any superpower, what would you pick? Children often pick "invisibility.” Oh, the possibilities of being invisible! What fun! You can walk into a candy store and take all the candy you want, you can stay downstairs late with your parents and listen to what they’re saying, you can sneak out without anybody noticing… But when you think about it, there are also disadvantages that come with this superpower.
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Looking Back at Money20/20 USA: Where Do We Go From Here?
Monday, November 18, 2019 Rawan Shawar to Payments and Industry TrendsNow that the dust has settled on another successful Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas, it allows for a moment of reflection on what some of the announcements and trends mean for the ever-changing financial industry. Discussions spanned a variety of topics, including the future of international and digital expansion of PSPs, how organizations developing cryptocurrency wallets plan to enter the payments space, and how challenger banks plan to revolutionize the banking experience. Inclusivity was a recurring theme throughout – and nowhere was this more evident than in the Rise Up program.
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Women in Payments: Driving Diversity in the Payments Industry
Thursday, November 14, 2019 Nidhi (Mathson) Alberti to Payments and Industry TrendsAs the Australia Women in Payments Symposium approaches, I took a moment to chat with ACI’s Felicity Blake, country manager, New Zealand, who will be participating (among other experts) in a panel on Rising to the Diversity Challenge.
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2020 Fraud Predictions: What to Expect Across the Globe as Cybercrime Evolves
Wednesday, November 06, 2019 Nidhi (Mathson) Alberti to Payments and Industry Trends, Payments Risk ManagementOur payment experts take stock of the trends that shaped 2019 and make their predictions for where they see the industry heading in 2020.
I sat down with our own fraud experts, Marc Trepanier, principal fraud consultant for North America, and Giselle Lindley, principal fraud consultant for APAC, to get their thoughts on what we can expect in the year ahead around payments fraud.