"Payment leaders in Asia are initiating the Digital Wallet Guardian Partnership, designed to further strengthen the protection of global wallet payments, as digital wallets rapidly become the preferred choice for everyday transactions among consumers in Asia and...
Mastercard, NCR Atleos, and ITCard to Enhance Contactless Experiences at ATMs
"Mastercard in collaboration with NCR Atleos and ITCARD, can provide cash securely withdrawn – and other services accessed - using your phone—no PIN required. Multiple countries in Europe have already deployed contactless ATMs. However, when using their mobile phone,...
Transforming Payments: Paytently and Mastercard Unveil New Open Banking Solution
"Paytently, the specialist payments orchestration platform, has launched Paytently Open Banking powered by Mastercard Open Finance, an account-to-account payment option at checkout that lets customers pay directly from their bank and helps merchants increase...
Mastercard Unveils New Tools and Collaborations to Power Smarter, Safer Agentic Commerce
"Mastercard is working with AI and commerce leaders including Stripe, Google and Ant International’s Antom to make secure agentic transactions accessible and scalable for digital merchants and platforms globally. By the holiday season, all U.S. Mastercard cardholders...
Empowering the Next Generation: How Cash App Is Building Safe Financial Access for Teens
"Cash App's teen product goes beyond basic banking. Access to a broad suite of financial products helps teens build practical financial experience in a controlled environment. With sponsorship, teens aged 13-17 can: send and receive money with other teens and verified...
Global Payments Launches Genius™ in the UK
"Global Payments Inc. announced Genius is now available for quick service restaurant (QSR) and fast casual customers in the UK. Built for speed and scale, Genius packs all the features – including Point of Sale (POS), Kitchen, Back Office, Payments, Drive Through,...
Paychex Introduces New Financial Management Solution Powered by BILL to Simplify Payroll and Payments for SMBs
"Paychex, Inc. announced a new financial management solution for accounts payable provided by BILL, a financial operations platform for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Launching through Paychex Flex®, Bill Pay, Powered by BILL, integrates payroll, HR, and...
India Delays Crypto Regulation Amid Concerns of Systemic Risks
"RBI warns that regulating cryptocurrencies could legitimize the sector and increase systemic financial risks. India has not fully regulated crypto, fearing that it may disrupt its financial system by legitimizing digital assets. Despite its hesitation, India has...
Episode 273 – The Hard Science of Fraud Investigations, with David Maimon, SentiLink
In part three of our series on payments fraud trends and tactics, we welcome back David Maimon, Head of Fraud Insights at SentiLink, to dive into how David and his team use a “data-driven” approach in their investigations and how they have applied their research to predict the fraudulent use of identity information.
Consumer Checkpoint: Early Wrinkles for Younger Spenders
"Total credit and debit card spending per household increased 1.7% year-over-year (YoY) in August, after a gain of 1.8% YoY in July, according to Bank of America aggregated card data. Seasonally adjusted spending per household rose 0.4% month-over-month (MoM), the...