Anaplan

MAY 9, 2019

What if you walked into a company for a job interview and discovered that they were running their business with telegrams, rotary phones, typewriters, floppy disks, and dial-up Internet?

Sales 110

Sales 110

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

Amazon was the target of an “extensive” cyberattack in which hackers stole money from merchant accounts and funneled them into their own, according to a report by Bloomberg. The attacks occurred between May and October of 2018. Amazon said the hackers compromised about 100 seller accounts, taking cash from either loans or sales and putting it into their own accounts.

Accounting 99

Accounting Sales Investments Banking 99

CFA Institute

MAY 6, 2019

Investors are not yet betting on a recession, State Street's Michael Metcalfe tells Dan O'Connor, CAIA. But they have reduced their holdings of high-yield corporate debt.

Economics 52

Economics Investments 52

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

The world is becoming one big marketplace — even if the marketplace doesn’t always look like one. That’s not some ancient riddle updated for these roaring days of digital commerce and payments, but informed knowledge passed along by Adrien Nussenbaum, CEO and co-founder of Mirakl , during the latest edition of the PYMNTS Matchmakers interview series.

eCommerce 84

eCommerce Retail Construction Technology 84

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

Investments

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

The news last Friday that Facebook has plans to launch its own global crypto-based payments rails is déjà vu all over again. Déjà vu because it was 10 years ago, in May of 2009, that Facebook launched the alpha version of Facebook Credits. Credits was a virtual currency and payments platform used to power in-app purchases on Facebook. It shut down in 2012, 15 months after its official launch.

Currencies 83

Currencies Leverage Planning Investments 83

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

PCI compliance is top of mind for many organizations, with a burden and commitment from the chief financial officer (CFO) suite that is not nominal — and quite capital intensive. FinTech firms, however, are looking to lessen that work through their offerings: Modo , in one case, has a Modal component to its /Checkout product. “We allow a merchant to come in and offload their PCI requirements” by hosting the capture of sensitive data, Modo Chief Product Officer Ryan Lee told PYMNTS in an intervie

Auditing 79

Auditing Compliance Securities CFO 79

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

There is a tendency when talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) — and all the miraculous things it will power in the future — to lose sight of the fact that it’s not really a conversation about the future. While it is still the early days of the connected era, Ludovico Fassati, head of IoT for Vodafone Americas , told Karen Webster in a recent conversation that we are unmistakably in the era of the IoT right now — as of spring 2019.

Healthcare 79

Healthcare Technology Retail Securities 79

PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

In today’s digital economy, with shopping as easy as the tap of a finger on a smartphone screen, brick-and-mortar retail businesses have no choice but to innovate to keep and grow their clientele. A large percentage of all retail businesses recognize this reality, but, in some quarters of the economy, the implementation of innovative technologies has been slow-going.

Planning 79

Planning Entertainment Retail Technology 79

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2019

With the digital payments market heating up in India as major players enter it, Facebook-owned WhatsApp Pay is expected to be a game-changer. According to a report in the Economic Times of India , since Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg revealed in April that WhatsApp Pay is coming to India, the marketplace has been bracing for the latest entrance.

eCommerce 77

eCommerce Economics Marketing Banking 77

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.

Accounting

PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

Google has announced that it is working on bringing electronic IDs to Android devices, according to reports. The company released the news on Thursday (May 9) on the last day of its developers’ conference. The digital ID card would replace an actual ID card but would work the same way, as Google wants it to be used in all “physical world transactions.

Securities 76

Securities Technology 76

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

Three popular payment companies, Alipay, Adyen and Klarna, have teamed up to allow AliExpress shoppers to use Klarna’s “Pay Later” option for online shopping, according to a release. . The pay later option is enabled through Adyen, the payments provider behind AliExpress. With the new option, shoppers in the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Germany can choose when and how they wish to pay.

eCommerce 74

eCommerce Marketing Planning Retail 74

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Open banking regulations like PSD2 are forcing many FIs to open up their data to third-party providers (TPPs), causing a wave of changes as its September launch date approaches. Changes are coming from elsewhere, too, with Australia mandating open banking by July and Israel working on an open banking API standard of its own. Nations where FIs are not required to provide data access to TPPs, however, may be wise to jump on the bandwagon.

Banking 74

Banking Prioritization Securities Compliance 74

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

Walmart Brasil has announced it will shutter its eCommerce division in Brazil and focus on physical stores, according to a report by Reuters. The company said it plans to turn underperforming hypermarkets into brick-and-mortar wholesale stores. Wholesale has become more and more popular in Brazil as the country pulls out of a difficult recession. “The company is working in a new omnichannel strategy which will be later announced,” Walmart Brasil said in a statement on Friday (May 10).

eCommerce 73

eCommerce CFO Sales Planning 73

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.

Accounting

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

Among the highest ideals for digital payments – driving innovation in transactions and customer experience – is, of course, the concept of seamlessness. That implies an ease of use while giving up nothing when it comes to security. Getting there is a long road with many twists and turns, with guidance provided not only by back-end technology but also by updated rules from organizations with a governing role across the payments industry.

Accounting 71

Accounting Securities Risk Management Numbers 71

PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

All too often, firms eye their top lines and growth to the exclusion of most everything else — a mono-mindedness that can have negative repercussions. Operational pain points are often not addressed until they have to be addressed, then, because of that neglect, they suddenly require all sorts of investments in terms of time and money. So it is with accounts payable (AP), as Chen Amit, CEO of Tipalti , told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

Accounts Payable 70

Accounts Payable Accounting Finance Cash Management 70

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

The U.K. government has now started accepting Apple Pay for certain online payment services. 9to5Mac reported that the government’s website is now accepting Apple Pay for four of its online services, including the Global Entry Services, the disclosure and barring service checks, the Registered Traveler Service, and the Electronic Visa Waiver Service.

Securities 70

Securities Planning 70

PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

The banking regulator in Hong Kong has issued an additional four online-only banking licenses to Ping An, Alibaba, mobile phone maker Xiaomi and a joint venture (JV) consisting of Tencent, ICBC and Hillhouse Capital. Reuters is reporting that this totals eight total licenses handed out by the government. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, which handed out the licenses, expects the banks to launch in about six to nine months.

Banking 68

Banking Retail Investments Numbers 68

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Reconciliations

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

From company board rooms to airport boarding gates, the need for seamless authentication is putting biometrics front and center in varying use cases. With that shift, older authentication tools, such as physical tokens, are seeing a decline in use. The new Digital Identity Tracker highlights how biometrics is being embraced across a wide range of markets, including travel, financial services and enterprises.

Securities 68

Securities Treasury Banking eCommerce 68

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

The eyeDisk, a USB flash drive that claims to be unhackable, has been hacked by a U.K.-based cybersecurity firm called Pen Test Partners, according to a report by TechCrunch. The device raised upwards of $21,000 in a Kickstarter campaign, and the company behind it began sending out the devices in March. “With eyeDisk you never need to worry about losing your USB or the vulnerability of your data stored in it. eyeDisk features AES 256-bit encryption for your iris pattern,” the Kickstarter page

Marketing 68

Marketing Securities 68

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

The suit can proceed. The news came Thursday (May 2) that, per a ruling in federal court in New York, the State Department of Financial Services can move forward with a suit that looks to derail national bank charters for FinTech companies. Judge Victor Marrero, presiding over the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, said the case can proceed, a ruling that denied a dismissal of the suit requested by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ( OCC ).

Banking 66

Banking Currencies Finance 66

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

Vending machine operators have become increasingly attentive to the demand for swift digital payment options, and have benefitted from significant sales growth after enabling cashless payments. However, for the 8.4 million unbanked U.S. households, retailers that enable digital payments while dropping cash are less than convenient. Unattended retail operators are taking a fresh look at keeping cash acceptance on the menu to appease lawmakers who recently issued legislation intended to ensure the

Retail 64

Retail Finance Securities Sales 64

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

Sales

PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

A trip to a restroom, even in a restaurant in which customers tend to wear slacks instead of shorts, is a relatively simple and even boring affair (stick with us here; we have a point). With the spread of digital payments, one of the luxuries of those restroom visits is in danger of disappearing – another mark of how the ongoing decline of cash is changing a host of once common activities.

Cash Management 64

Cash Management Economics Numbers Accounting 64

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

Call it a less than auspicious beginning. When the rubber met the road, when the trading actually became reality, Uber sputtered. To say the least. The fact is, a busted IPO is a busted IPO, and while one day of trading does not a trend make, it cannot be argued that Uber’s initial public offering was a triumph. The stock closed down 7.6 percent on the day — and curiously, the general markets, at least as measured by the Standard and Poor’s 500 Stock Index, were up (by roughly 35 basis poi

Valuation 64

Valuation Marketing Investments 64

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2019

Wells Fargo , the embattled national bank, is reportedly upping the money it may lose from legal actions, reported The Wall Street Journal. The report, citing the bank’s quarterly securities filing, said the bank expects the potential losses from legal actions stemming in part from its fake account scandal to be $3.1 billion as of the end of March. That is up from $2.7 billion through the end of 2018 and $2.2 billion through the end of September.

Banking 63

Banking Accounting Securities Investments 63

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Here it comes, the big initial public offering (IPO) from Uber , a highly anticipated event set for Thursday (May 9). But there’s a lot to get through before it happens, including a possible strike, along with a reasonable level of concern about how investors will react, given the recent IPO history and experience with Uber’s smaller rival, Lyft. As PYMNTS readers know, the journey to the Uber IPO – set to be the biggest in payments history – also represents a significant, even historic, journey

Transportation 63

Transportation Securities Planning Investments 63

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.

Marketing