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India’s Federal Bank Teams Up With Blockchain Co Ripple For International Payments

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Federal Bank in India has partnered with blockchain payments company Ripple to facilitate cross-border payments, according to reports. Federal Bank confirmed the collaboration in an announcement to the Bombay Stock Exchange on Thursday (March 28). “ This is to inform Federal Bank has entered into a partnership with Ripple Inc, a blockchain supported global remittance company, for cross border remittance through its network, ” the announcement said. “ Powered by blockchain-enabled solution, the R

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Investing for Retirement: Beware the Unicorn IPO Stampede

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Many of today's unicorns have strong growth prospects, but they often have uncertain paths to profitability. .

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Mastercard On Enabling Apple’s ‘Digital First’ Credit Card

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Ditch the plastic? Maybe, but not yet — and maybe not for a while. The world knows by now that Apple has debuted its credit card — the Apple Card — in conjunction with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard. The card is available in both virtual and tangible, plastic forms. The broad outline is one where the digital version of the card can be used wherever Apple Pay is accepted.

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Visa Partners With Remitly On Real-Time Global P2P

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Instant payments — and the ability to push funds immediately across the debit rails to consumer bank accounts — has entered something of a renaissance. The demand is there: According to the latest edition of the PYMNTS Disbursements Tracker , 75 percent of consumers expressed a preference for faster payments, and 84 percent of those consumers reported debit cards as their preferred way of receiving those funds.

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The Human Side of Finance: The Intersectionality of People, Culture, Adaptability, and Resilience

Speaker: Melissa Hurrington

Finance isn’t just about the numbers. It’s about the people behind them. In a world of constant disruption, resilient finance teams aren’t just operationally efficient. They are adaptable, engaged, and deeply connected to a strong organizational culture. Success lies at the intersection of people, culture, adaptability, and resilience. Finance leaders who master this balance will build teams that thrive through uncertainty and drive long-term business impact.

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Uber To Acquire Careem For $3B

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Uber, the ride-hailing startup, is reportedly gearing up to make a $3 billion bid for Careem Networks , the Dubai-based ride-hailing company. According to a report in Reuters , citing sources familiar with the deal, Uber could make the offer during the early part of the week. Uber is offering $1.4 billion in cash and $1.7 billion in convertible notes, which can be converted to Uber shares at a price of $55 per share.

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Apple Debuts Apple Card, A Virtual (And Physical) Credit Card

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And so a tech giant gets into the credit card game. And not just any tech giant – it’s Apple, the company whose payment services were touted (by at least some) as a credit card killer. News came Monday (March 25) that Apple – specifically, through its payments service Apple Pay – has launched the Apple Card. As reported, the company said users sign up for the card through their iPhone, can get approval through the device and can begin using the card immediately.

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

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To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. New digital innovations, however, provide the promise of offering valuable customer data to merchants. Smart vending solutions are becoming more popular and offer merchants new opportunities for insights, according to the latest PYMNTS Unattended Retail

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Will Amazon Pay Plus Worldpay Conquer Food?

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Most of the payments chatter last week focused on FIS’ mega acquisition of Worldpay. The topic of conversation was the inevitable consolidation of the payments sector, as scale becomes critical to optimizing the payments experience and innovating new payments flows. Another piece of Worldpay news broke last week that has as much potential to innovate new payments flows and shape the direction of commerce in the decade of the 20s, now only nine months away.

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Can AI Turn Banks Into FinTech Firms?

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There are no incumbent banks that are not paying attention to what the challenger banks are doing. What might have been written off even five years ago as a fad for digital financial services companies, or a niche product for a subset of consumers, is now “top of mind” for banks of all sizes, Jim Priestley, chief revenue officer at Feedzai , told PYMNTS in a recent conversation.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Fixing The KYC And AML ‘Horse-and-Buggy’ Model

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The numbers are sobering. Even staggering. When it comes to financial crime, it seems, the bad guys are getting away with financial murder. Consider the fact that, as noted in the most recent AML/KYC Tracker produced as a collaboration between PYMNTS and Trulioo , money laundering is estimated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to be an $800 million to $2 trillion-per-year problem, equivalent to 2 percent to 5 percent of the global GDP.

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Smart Cities? Sure, But Not Without Big Roles For Payments

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It started, arguably, with mass transit , though with many bumps along the way, as the problems are slowly being solved while still bedeviling many cities. But transit will very likely be key – whether that means subways, buses or other, more individual forms of motion, such as rideshares or even scooters. It will certainly involve parking, and then tolls, and then other forms of commerce tied to transportation.

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Without Apple Card, P2P Credit Card Payments Won’t Be Possible

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Apple is reportedly blocking its person-to-person credit card payment service unless a user gets a new Apple Card. According to a report in Cult of Mac , as of Tuesday (March 25), you can no longer send a payment to another person using your credit card via Apple Pay Cash unless its the company’s credit card. The report noted users are still able to send payments via a debit card or via bank transfer.

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Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions Forms Digital Payments Unit

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Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions , a unit of Citi, announced Tuesday (March 26) it is developing a new business unit that will enable consumers to make digital payments to institutions. In a press release , Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions said it’s part of its aim to enable digital commerce for clients and to expand beyond the wholesale payments market.

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Smarter Card Solutions: Meeting the Challenges of Mid-Market Travel & Expense

Our 2025 Center Travel Survey is clear: as corporate travel increases, so does corporate credit cards distribution, and a rise in off-platform travel booking. This 61% rise causes various challenges: compliance, spend control, reporting problems, and a lack of visibility across organizations. To evolve with the ever-changing needs of travelers, decision-makers need a better solution.

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Has Alternative Lending Seen Its VC Peak?

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In 2015, news outlets ran articles about the “ gold mine ” of venture capital investments in the alternative finance sector. The industry indeed proved to be lucrative for FinTechs, with alternative lending often landing at the top of venture capital investment reports with giants like Kabbage , OnDeck and LendingClub securing an early lead in the industry.

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ICBA Bancard And MK Decision Team For Loan Approvals

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ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), announced a new partnership with MK Decision (MK) for its online loan-origination system. In a press release , ICBA Bancard said the partnership with MK Decision streamlines its credit card application process to make it easier for customers when shopping and applying for cards.

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Wells Fargo And Mastercard On Blockchain: Oversold?

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Along any avenue of technology, there is hope … and there is hype … and then there is reality. Blockchain has long been in the process of being divorced – operationally as well as conceptually – from its crypto connection. The hope has been that as blockchain moves beyond bitcoin , the decentralized way of moving data, assets and communications would find a wide berth in business.

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982M Email Accounts Leaked From Online Database

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Close to 1 billion email accounts were leaked by a marketing company in what some researchers are calling the “biggest and most comprehensive email database” breach ever. The Daily Mail reported that personal information from 982 million email accounts included names, gender, dates of birth, employers and even home addresses in the database. The info did not contain passwords or credit card details.

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Bringing AI to Finance: How to Leverage Technology for Efficiency and Control

Finance teams are balancing more than ever, but manual processes shouldn’t slow you down. In this ebook from BILL, discover how AI is transforming finance—automating AP, expense tracking, and document management to reduce errors, increase efficiency, and improve financial control. Learn how real companies are using AI-powered automation to streamline workflows, detect anomalies, and gain deeper insights.

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JPMorgan, BoA Lead US Bank Tech Spending

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New research from UBS points to the largest spenders on bank technology: JPMorgan and Bank of America. Reports in Business Insider on Thursday (March 28) said UBS has published a report that breaks down U.S. banks’ technology budgets and explores which institutions are spending the most on innovation, using transcripts from conference calls, internal bank data released by the institutions and data from FactSet to reach its conclusions.

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Mastercard’s Kirkpatrick: Transit Is The Ticket To Everyday Spend

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The current best-in-class method of payment for a ride on a subway in any American city works just fine – until it doesn’t. Loading funds onto a prepaid card that opens the turnstile once scanned, swiped or inserted works terrifically well – until the customer forgets to check the balance on his transit pass, and finds himself locked out at the turnstile.

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How To Pay The Millennial Workforce

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Demand for instant and peer-to-peer (P2P) payments is heating up, and financial institutions (FIs) are seeking to cater to that need, knowing that if they don’t, their customers are likely to turn elsewhere. This month’s Faster Payments Tracker explores the latest developments, as FIs and other companies seek to provide or tap into accelerated payment services.

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Space: The Final Travel Commerce Frontier

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“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.”. – Gene Roddenberry. If Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships, then Gene Roddenberry had the pen that launched a thousand ships.

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Say ‘Goodbye’ to Clunky Spreadsheets and Say ‘Hello’ to Month-End Automation

Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. Spreadsheets, emails, and shared drives no longer need to slow you down. In under four weeks, your team can start reaping the benefits of month-end close automation by vastly reducing spreadsheets, cut down on reconciliation work, speed up the month-end close, and better manage your remote team.

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The Money Laundering Cycle Spins On

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It’s a $2 trillion problem, according to stats, and global in scope. Money laundering is big business and the recovered funds are scant, which begs a solution (a roadmap was offered up for FIs in a recent PYMNTS interview with Zac Cohen , Trulioo general manager). Elsewhere, Mastercard is targeting contactless payments on a mass scale – for mass transit , rolling out across additional cities through the next few years.

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Line To Expand Into Payments, FinTech To Avoid Complacency

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Line , the Asian messaging company majority owned by Naver, the South Korean Internet search company, is expanding its business into payments and other FinTech services. In an interview with the The Financial Times , Shin Jung-ho, the founder of the company said Line is expanding into cashless payments and FinTech in an effort to not remain complacent or stagnant.

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Treasurers Beware: FX Risk Is Not What It Used To Be

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Globalization and easing barriers to international expansion aren’t simply changing the way corporates manage foreign exchange exposure. For many firms, these trends are forcing the introduction of an FX strategy on a company for the very first time, and when corporate treasurers aren’t prepared, they can run into complications beyond the cost of currency exchange.

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Worldpay To Open Offices In New Zealand, Australia

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U.K.-based payments company Worldpay said it will expand to Australia and New Zealand in an effort to take on more established payments services like Visa, Mastercard and American Express, according to report by Reuters. The move to Australia is an effort to capitalize on the country’s thriving eCommerce industry, which is worth almost $30 billion and rising.

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Outsourcing Vs. In-House: The Ultimate Battle For Better Collections

Speaker: Susan Richards

Your past-due accounts are growing, cash flow is tightening, and the pressure is on. The big question: Do you handle the collections internally or outsource to experts? Both strategies come with advantages and risks - but which one delivers the best impact for your business? In this session we’ll dive deep into the in-house vs. outsourcing debate, examining cost-effectiveness, efficiency, compliance risks, and overall recovery success rates.