Displaying 71 - 80 of 205 Payments and Industry Trends blog posts
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GDPR: Modern Wealth It Is In Your Digital DNA
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Silvia Mensdorff-Pouilly to Payments and Industry TrendsHands up if you don’t really know what GDPR is… don’t worry, you’re not alone in fact, 6 in 10 people have never heard of it.
And why should the average consumer know about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? The regulation itself, which will become enforceable in May 2018, is designed to stop businesses using our data without our knowledge or consent. And that consent means complete transparency on how our data is being used. This sounds like a very reasonable expectation for consumers to have, which of course begs the question; why hasn’t this been the standard up until now?
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Increasing Collections & Satisfaction: Real-Time Payments for Loan Servicing
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Mahala Johnson to Payments and Industry Trends, Immediate PaymentsThe old adage that “cash is king” is precisely that: old. In today’s world, convenience is king and real-time payments deliver it in spades. Consider that convenient ways to pay can reduce late payments by up to 76%, while reducing call center volumes by up to 83%, and it’s no wonder lenders are expanding their offerings over time to include checks, ACH, debit cards and now real-time payments.
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Fintech Frenzy and Fun: Money20/20 Asia
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Dan Ring to Payments and Industry TrendsI’m in vibrant Singapore for day one of the inaugural Money20/20 Asia... or is this day two? I’ve lost all concept of time this week (and didn’t realize how close Singapore is to the equator… it’s like wicked hawt outside!) And I’m joined once again by my ever-intrepid Rantings colleague to rant about what’s happening in this fun-filled world of payments.
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It’s A Hard Knock Life: Digital Transformation for Payment Service Providers in the New Payments Ecosystem
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Silvia Mensdorff-Pouilly to Payments and Industry TrendsIs it a hard-knock life for processors and PSPs? Margins are constantly under pressure, and there’s the need for constant innovation, not to mention rock-solid #SleepAtNightability of solutions. And if there’s even the slightest crack in the fundamentals, customers will surely let you know all about it!
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Instant Payments Are at the Heart of the New Global Payments Landscape: 10 Trends to Watch in 2018
Friday, February 16, 2018 Barry Kislingbury to Immediate Payments, Payments and Industry Trends2017 was a big year for immediate payments: European Banking Association, Real-Time 1 (EBA RT1) SEPA Credit Transfer Instant, The Clearing House (TCH) Real-Time Payments in the U.S., and the Australian New Payments Platform (NPP) schemes, all either going live, or in the case of Australia, about to go live. These schemes enable real-time payment transfers across the United States, 34 European countries and Australia, with the potential to reach nearly another 1 billion people. This comes on top of the existing live schemes in the UK, China and India, so that over half of the global population now can access real-time payments solutions.
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The Complexities of Cannabis: Banks, Merchants, Consumers and More
Wednesday, February 07, 2018 Dan Ring to Payments and Industry TrendsCannabis—it’s no longer the verboten 800-pound pink elephant (though I think that might be a new strand). It’s about as mainstream as well…mainstream. And as we begin our latest Rantings Rant, it seems like the last time we (well, not you or I) experienced something like this, Al Capone and Elliot Ness were facing off during the time of Prohibition (if you’ve never seen the film The Untouchables, I highly recommend it!).
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KodakCoin, and Six Ways That Blockchain Could Really Be Leveraged
Thursday, January 25, 2018 Lu Zurawski to Payments and Industry TrendsThe newest cry in the cryptocurrency clamour? That of heritage-photography-giant-cum-new-kid-on-the-payments-block, Kodak. Unbelievably, they have managed to out-blockchain the long-island-iced-tea company in their audacity, and (more than) double their share price to boot.
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Why User Engagement Matters, Even for Enterprise Applications
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 Shmuel Bollen to Payments and Industry Trends, Retail PaymentsAs a User Experience Designer at ACI, I spend a lot of time watching users interact with my designs. I need to make sure our solutions work properly, but lately I’m more interested in how they make my users feel. Engagement is a dominant concept in user interface design right now. It’s important because positive emotional experiences often lead to increased use and loyalty.
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Five Payments Trends to Watch in 2018 [Part 1]
Monday, January 22, 2018 Rachel Hunt to Retail Payments, Payments and Industry Trends2018 is set to be a year of rapid change and new challenges for payments players. The floodgates are opening with PSD2 and UK Open Banking coming into force, bringing an onslaught of new competitors and potential partners. Whether evolution is mandated or market-driven, banks and processors are facing a critical year in their long-term success.
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Five Payments Trends to Watch in 2018 [Part 2]
Monday, January 22, 2018 Rachel Hunt to Retail Payments, Payments and Industry TrendsThe New Payments Ecosystem Is Here. The floodgates are opening with PSD2 and UK Open Banking coming into force, bringing an onslaught of new competitors and potential partners. Whether evolution is mandated or market-driven, banks and processors are facing a critical year in their long-term success.