PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Western Union just took another big step toward ramping up its growing digital payments arsenal. The legacy global remittance giant said on Monday (Nov. 23) that it has expanded its real-time digital payout capabilities in a move that encompasses billions of bank accounts in 100 countries. Western Union first unveiled the goal of expanding digital payments to 100 countries during its investor day event in 2019.

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Anaplan

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The experts have spoken! The Anaplan team is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded the top (Gold!) prize in the “HR Tech—HR Data & Analytics Solution” by HRM Asia. View the HRM Asia Readers’ Choice Awards 2020 article and register for our webinar (December 2nd, 2020 @11am SGT) to see how our HR […].

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In this blog we take a closer look at the recently published BARC study “Sound Decisions in Dynamic Times.” What findings and insights can be derived for organizations and is it worthwhile to read it yourself? Let’s find out: Is your organization agile and resilient? In the current times of crisis, these buzzwords common in FP&A and planning turn out to be very important characteristics for companies and it becomes clear how well positioned they actually are.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As the B2B commerce landscape innovates, it is continually after that "Amazon-like" experience forged in the consumer commerce world. But for B2B vendors and suppliers, the unique needs of corporate customers cannot be ignored, making a consumer-like buying experience particularly complex. Pricing and payments are two key areas that tend to look vastly different in the B2B world than in the consumer arena.

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Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Consumers are moving to digital payments and cryptocurrency in droves, and it’s inevitable that more central banks will issue digital forms of currency, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said in a televised interview on Monday (Nov. 23). “There's no question that people are flocking to digital payments and digital forms of currency,” Schulman told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

HSBC is introducing a new real-time payments tool that will enable its 14 million international customers to transfer funds through a single account in 20 countries around the globe. “As the world’s leading international bank, it is our ambition to put banking in our customers’ pockets, and create a top-tier borderless banking experience that lets them manage their finances whenever and wherever they want,” Matthias Dekan, head of HSBC Global Money, HSBC Group, said in a statement on Monday (Nov

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) isn’t some futuristic idea. It’s here now and being used to make good banks better — whether to eliminate discrimination in lending decisions, add stability to existing screening systems or drive loan growth and profits. “It’s not an idea, it’s not a postulate. It is a fact — and we can prove it,” Zest AI CEO Mike de Vere told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Payments Canada is teaming up with Mastercard’s Vocalink for clearing and settlement for the country’s new real-time payments system, the Real-Time Rail (RTR). Delegated by the Canadian Government, Payments Canada is responsible for the clearing and settlement infrastructure, processes and rules. The RTR is the foundation of Payments Canada’s plans to modernize the payments infrastructure in the country. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

There’s no shortage of pain points to catalog from the past six months: A global pandemic, worldwide economic disruption, record-breaking unemployment, an invasion by murder hornets — the hits never seem to stop. But the running theme through all of the frustration that 2020 has created is uncertainty and the feeling that one never quite knows what’s going to happen next.

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Bitcoin continued its price climb today (Nov. 24), rising above $19,000 in the morning, CNBC reported. At 6:31 pm EST, the digital currency still hit high, sitting at $19,083.92, as the coin approaches its record price of $19,783, which it hit in December of 2017. While that price apex was followed by a bubble burst and bitcoin fell to $3,122 in 2018, analysts and crypto fans predict this wave is different.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Visa has wrapped up its acquisition of Latin American FinTech YellowPepper , the first deal of its kind by the financial giant in the region. In an announcement of completion of the deal, Visa said it will accelerate the global payments and credit card company’s “network of networks” strategy. Under that strategy, Visa is pushing to become a “single point of access for initiating multiple transaction types” while also laying the foundation for the “secure movement of money.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

African FinTech Chipper Cash has landed a whale of an investor. Chipper CEO Ham Serunjogi confirmed on Twitter the startup, which got its initial foothold in the market as a peer-to-peer (P2P) payments service, has just wrapped up a $30 million Series B round of venture capital. And among the investors was none other than multibillionaire Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who participated through Bezos Expeditions, his personal venture capital fund.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

From concept to pilot to corporate payment game changer. Umar Farooq , CEO of J.P. Morgan ’s Onyx , told Karen Webster that peer-to-peer (P2P) private blockchain networks can help streamline information flows tied to cross-border payments and remove the complexities tied to legacy systems. The conversation took place against the backdrop where, late last month, J.P.

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Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Real-time payments continue to gain traction around the world. Case in point: Brazil. The country’s banking system is giving an upgrade to its instant payments system. Called PIX , the new payment rails have been in the works for some time and launched last week. It will be fully operational starting Monday (Nov. 16) and has already processed 10 million transactions a day.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The push toward digital IDs, toward tracking who’s who – and, in this case, who’s safe – may be getting a tailwind from air travel. To that end, a quintet of airlines is debuting digital health passes that certify travelers do not have the coronavirus. That passport, of a sort, will be known as CommonPass – and will certify negative COVID test results.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Shopify has expanded its payment options for merchants with a new partnership with Alipay , China’s payments app. The deal will unlock “the power of cross-border commerce for Shopify’s merchants,” Shopify said in a press release that called Alipay “Asia's leading digital wallet platform.” The new payment option will ”allow Shopify merchants to seamlessly accept payments through Alipay from more than one billion annual active users in China alone — and, in the future, hundreds of millions more ac

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Cryptos are having a moment. Scan the headlines over the past few weeks and cryptos, well beyond the marquee bitcoin, are making inroads into mainstream consumer and business activities. PayPal is opening its network to allow consumers to shop using cryptocurrency. Square bought $50 million of bitcoin. J.P. Morgan said late in the month that it has gone live with JPM Coin.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The divide between digital and brick-and-mortar commerce hit a tipping point this holiday season, with more consumers than ever going online to kick off their holiday shopping sprees. Three out of every four consumers who shopped for their holiday purchases on Black Friday this year made at least one of those purchases online, and three in 10 exclusively shopped online.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The count of bitcoin ATMs has jumped this year, rising by 85 percent to just under 11,800, CoinDesk reported. The border-free network of bitcoin allows for money to be easily moved in any amount internationally, according to the outlet, which noted that the rise in bitcoin ATMs shows that the digital currency is becoming more and more popular as a method of payment.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

When it comes to global B2B procurement, nothing is simple. For example, suppose a huge global consumer packaged goods (CPG) conglomerate wants to introduce a new shampoo. To do so it needs new supplies of palm oil, and a new supplier in Indonesia has the right quantity and the right environmental profile. Said CPG company would need to onboard the new supplier, which in the past could be a 90-day process full of you’re your customers (KYC) regulations and other laborious processes.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Salesforce has rolled out its new Revenue Cloud product, which will work to simplify B2B purchasing for customers, according to a press release. Revenue Cloud, according to the release, will work to bring together configure, price, quote (CPQ) and billing, partner relationships and B2B commerce capabilities in order to consolidate services and streamline the process overall.

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Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O'Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The rising trend of digitization in commerce and the increased occurrence of card-not-present fraud were not created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, it would be more accurate to note that those macro trend lines were both already on the move quite notably, and then the coronavirus came along and rapidly intensified the situation. That’s one of the takeaways from a recent PYMNTS panel discussion with Visa ’s Director of Global Chip Product Tom Rapkoch , Keyno CEO Robert Steinman and Assistant

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Wells Fargo is beefing up its digital payments arsenal with a new service aimed at business customers. The financial services giant on Thursday (Nov. 19) announced in a press release that it is adding a new solution to its WellsOne Virtual Commercial Card , enabling business customers to digitally pay invoices to suppliers and others. To use the tool, customers electronically send payment instructions, which are routed to the WellsOne Virtual Card Payments service, the release stated.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In the accelerated, digital-first world, few things are more complicated than healthcare payments. In fact, even a medical school degree isn’t enough to sort out the different payment accounts, billing statements and various insurance plans. However, chaos invites someone or something than can bring order, and i2c wants to contribute to that effort.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

At a time when the global pandemic and ensuing economic upheaval have blurred the boundaries between traditional means of payment, the CEO of global payment- and banking-solution provider i2c says the biggest business opportunity ahead will be in credit, with mobile becoming the biggest game-changer. “The stars of financial services in 2021 will have something to do with credit,” i2c CEO Amir Wain told Karen Webster, saying the days of the simple checking or demand draft accounts (DDA) are over.

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Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

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