Walmart and McDonald’s face a tough balancing act in digital payments

Many retailers want to beat Amazon at its own game, providing fast and streamlined checkouts that attack the tedium of waiting in line or staring at a card terminal screen for further instructions.

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PayThink Cryptocurrency unlocks economic power for the people

Distribution methods are constantly changing and being altered so that the maximum amount of people can gain access to these unregulated currencies, writes Mariam Nishanian, a representative at Dentacoin.

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Alibaba finds a partner in Chicago for small-biz payments

Payments are getting more complex as business gets more global, adding channels and expanding ways to sell. Part of the strategy at the matchmaker crowdSPRING is to find a match of its own: AliExpress, Alibaba's online marketplace. It’s also considering a foray into virtual currency.

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Using digital services should be as easy as driving a car

Mark Little

Fiserv

Removing friction across channels and payment types not only leads to a transformative digital banking experience, it also helps ensure those positive outcomes translate to business success for financial institutions, writes Mark Little, senior user experience researcher for digital channels at Fiserv.

PayThink Conference August 21
AI, advanced training can keep issuers' customer service from falling behind

Anand Subramaniam
Senior Vice President
eGain

Knowledge picked up from the best customer-facing staff should be delivered by AI systems in a contextual manner at the right place and the right time to handle customer queries in the age of digital commerce, writes Anand Subramaniam, senior vice president of worldwide marketing for eGain Corp.

PayThink Conference August 18
Emerging payment tech levels the field for small businesses

Tony Holbrook
Vice President
Ingram Micro Commerce & Fulfillment

Shopping cart technology, digital payments, advertising platforms and global order fulfillment allow new brands to compete on a global scale, writes Tony Holbrook, vice president of marketing and commerce at Ingram Micro Commerce & Fulfillment.

PayThink Conference August 18

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Cardtronics CEO Rathgaber to retire

Cardtronics CEO Steven Rathgaber will retire at the end of the year and will be replaced by Edward West, the ATM operator's current chief operations and financial officer.

ATMs John Adams 6h ago

ATMs John Adams 6h ago
Fiserv buys U.K.'s Dovetail as it waits on Monitise

Fiserv's acquisition of U.K.-based real-time payments provider Dovetail Group Ltd. is a move made with a global vision in mind.

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Real-time payments David Heun 9h ago
What Key’s fintech investments say about commercial payments

Business customers are demanding technology that's as good as what they use in their personal lives.

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Payments Bryan Yurcan 10h ago
8.21.17: Your morning briefing

Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Barclays adds Siri payments; WordPress simplifies PayPal link; Australia bolsters AML rules; Gamers caused big 2016 hack.

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Briefing John Adams August 21
PayThink Using digital services should be as easy as driving a car

Mark Little
Fiserv

Removing friction across channels and payment types not only leads to a transformative digital banking experience, it also helps ensure those positive outcomes translate to business success for financial institutions, writes Mark Little, senior user experience researcher for digital channels at Fiserv.

PayThink Conference August 21

PayThink Conference August 21
Digital currency exchange readies expansion into hot U.S. market

The Japanese exchange bitFlyer has processed $30 billion in bitcoin trades so far in 2017. Now it has its sights set on American crypto enthusiasts.

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Fintech Brian Patrick Eha August 18

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8 times payments clashed with politics

The simple act of moving money can have a big impact on any political movement, so banks and payment networks are often caught up in issues of national importance. Here are some recent instances where payments and politics came head-to-head.

7 rumored iPhone 8 payments features

With this year's iPhone announcement getting closer, more rumors are spreading about how Apple plans to overhaul the way its phones handle payments. Some of these have already been confirmed by Apple; others are leaking in code the company has released.

7 ways to reinvent the plastic card

From gold plating to silicon guts, the plastic card is not what it used to be. Here are some of the most ambitious attempts to make credit and debit cards relevant in a high-tech world.

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