Can Square's brand overcome its tardiness to the merchant gateway party?

Square is diversifying its services for merchants to stay competitive and hopes its recognizable brand will play a major role.

White Paper Gain superior clarity on identities and relationships linked to financial crime activities with entity analytics

Fraud, money laundering and other financial crimes are a thorn in the side of every financial institution. These activities can cut into profits, damage public trust and expose banks to massive regulatory penalties if found to be out of compliance with governmental regulations. Many organizations simply accept financial crime as an inevitable cost of doing business. But today, armed with advanced identity resolution and new kinds of analytics, financial institutions have powerful tools at their disposal to reduce fraud and money laundering.Read this white paper for a solution that offers rich analytics that help banks gain a clearer view of entities, relationships and hidden patterns as they deal with financial crimes including anti–money laundering (AML), anti-terrorist financing and various types of fraud.

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PayThink No grocer is safe from Amazon's loyalty juggernaut

Amazon's planned acquisition of Whole Foods adds more power to an already substantial marketing program for Amazon.

Loyalty and rewards Tom Caporaso June 26
Standout startups from N.Y. fintech boot camp class of '17

Compliance, security and data analytics were the themes at this year’s New York FinTech Innovation Lab demo day.

Start-up funding Penny Crosman June 23
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No grocer is safe from Amazon's loyalty juggernaut

Tom Caporaso
CEO
Clarus Commerce

Amazon's planned acquisition of Whole Foods adds more power to an already substantial marketing program for Amazon.

Loyalty and rewards June 26
Conceding to the 'pays' is a losing strategy for banks

Mike Lynch
Chief Strategy Officer
InAuth

The digital wallet market is expanding quickly, giving banks a chance to cement customer relationships by offering their own apps, writes Mike Lynch, chief strategy officer at InAuth.

Mobile wallets June 23
Amazon's pressuring banks to engage merchants more directly

Richard Oglesby
President
AZ Payments Group

Moves like Amazon Go and the e-commerce giant's acquisition of Whole Foods require banks to abandon their "defensive" innovation posture, write Richard Oglesby and Brad Margol from AZ Payments Group.

Retailers June 22

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Discover makes late entry with Samsung Pay

The service only became available to customers around the third week of June, which is much later than the timeline Discover initially laid out for Samsung Pay’s availability.

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Citi, Paysafe turn to artificial intelligence to battle fraud

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Digital payments David Heun 5h ago

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Can Square's brand overcome its tardiness to the merchant gateway party?

Square is diversifying its services for merchants to stay competitive and hopes its recognizable brand will play a major role.

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6.26.17: 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 examines bitcoin; NACHA standardizes APIs; Kerv gets a pilot; ANZ adds e-commerce expert for IT overhaul.

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INTL FCStone expands ACH for low-value payments

The company wants to meet demand for corporate payments globally, especially in emerging markets.

Cross border payments David Heun 10h ago

Cross border payments David Heun 10h ago
Flywire adds PayPal for cross-border payments

As the company diversifies beyond international tuition payments, it's also looking to diversify transaction options.

Cross border payments Kate Fitzgerald June 26

Cross border payments Kate Fitzgerald June 26

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7 ways the grocery industry threatens Amazon

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5 of Amazon's innovations in card payments

Amazon is working aggressively to change the way people shop — especially in the grocery space — but not all of its activities focus on products and store design. The e-commerce giant has also influenced a lot about how people use their payment cards.

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White Paper Armor anywhere on Amazon Web Services

Before using Amazon Web Services (AWS), it’s important to understand that as an IaaS provider, AWS is only responsible by default for the security of its cloud infrastructure. AWS goes through great efforts to make customers aware of their responsibilities through the AWS Shared Responsibility Model. The web pages explaining the basics of AWS services frequently reference the model to offer complete transparency into which responsibilities are always taken care of by AWS and which are to be handled by the customer.This white paper is intended to help you make better-informed decisions about the security control options for AWS usage so you can choose the best combination of controls for your organization’s situation and needs.

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White Paper Investing in top-down security to build a compliant business

It’s a story you’ll watch unfold time and time again. The breach. The headlines. The confusion. The public apologies. The finger-pointing. And it’s often followed by some form of the following: “But I was compliant.” Compliance is never enough. The challenges are understandable. Taking the path of least resistance is not.Read this white paper to learn the value of a holistic approach to security.

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White Paper The DIY guide to PCI

Looking to go at it alone when securing your public cloud environment? Without a clear understanding of its nuances, even the most state-of-the-art solution won’t make it past an annual compliance audit.This white paper is intended to serve as a detailed guide for those pursuing PCI DSS compliance on their DIY cloud security environment.

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White Paper Gain superior clarity on identities and relationships linked to financial crime activities with entity analytics

Fraud, money laundering and other financial crimes are a thorn in the side of every financial institution. These activities can cut into profits, damage public trust and expose banks to massive regulatory penalties if found to be out of compliance with governmental regulations. Many organizations simply accept financial crime as an inevitable cost of doing business. But today, armed with advanced identity resolution and new kinds of analytics, financial institutions have powerful tools at their disposal to reduce fraud and money laundering.Read this white paper for a solution that offers rich analytics that help banks gain a clearer view of entities, relationships and hidden patterns as they deal with financial crimes including anti–money laundering (AML), anti-terrorist financing and various types of fraud.

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