1068 Results from 2020
Keith Stanton International Product Manager (Fraud & Risk) at FIS
As I outlined in my previous blog (click here to view), we have seen a rapid movement to card channel payments as cash usage has declined during the pandemic. In the UK, as early as April this year cash withdrawals had declined by 60% (according to the UK Government) - mainly due to a combination of people staying indoors and being unable to use ...
25 October 2020 /crime /covid-19 Financial Risk Management
Amita Choudhary Marketing Manager at Princeton Growth Accelerator
Running a small business requires a good ability to pay attention to small details, and to improve them as much as you can. You need to be much more focused on every individual client than a larger business, and the same applies to the various small aspects of the business itself. Your company’s logo might not seem that important when you’re just ...
23 October 2020 /startups Whatever...
Satya Swarup Das Director, Products/Solutions Management at Unisys
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted the banking and financial services business arena as it has done to many other facets of our lives. The word ‘contact’ is extensively associated with the pandemic with various ramifications. Hence ‘Contactless Banking’ has found a new meaning and speed of adoption post the pandemic period. Banking pr...
23 October 2020 /retail /covid-19 Futuristic Banking
2020 has been a challenging for many reasons – the global situation has changed the face many industries – perhaps forever. For many years, the payments industry has spoken about the replacement of cash as a means of payment. Indeed, the National Audit Office in the UK states that only 3 in every 10 transactions are now cash and had projected that...
23 October 2020 /crime /covid-19 Financial Transformation
Daire Ferguson CEO at AvaTrade
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of our lives. Setting aside the health implications, twelve months ago we could have had no idea that the way we work and socialise would change so dramatically. In the world of trading, we’ve seen further market volatility – on top of the political shifts like Brexit and talks of trade wars and prote...
22 October 2020 /markets /covid-19 Fintech
Scott Raspa Head of Marketing at Hydrogen - www.hydrogen.tech
As the fintech industry continues to change, accessible and straightforward interfaces for end users are key to helping financial institutions better engage their customers. One way many fintechs are creating a superior user experience for customers is with embedded finance. It’s a way to make financial processes like payments work seamlessly with...
22 October 2020 /startups /inclusion Fintech innovation and startups
Nikhita Hyett Managing Director - Europe at BlueSnap
We've all witnessed the exponential rise of e-commerce this year, with IBM figures showing projected growth of nearly 20% in 2020. The industry has effectively jumped ahead five years in just 12 months – and this is just in retail, so doesn't include the vast increase in other online transactions across both B2B and B2C industries. But what we don...
22 October 2020 /payments /covid-19
Retired Member
Given the remote nature of most Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) business operations, it’s easy to imagine they would be well positioned to deal with the shift to remote (work-from-home), and for the most part that’s true. However, while some say that their transition for their own employees to remote work was quick and effective, MSSPs ...
22 October 2020 /security /covid-19 Information Security
Sunil Jhamb Founder and CEO at WLPayments
The payments system is no stranger to regulations, but PSD2 (Payment Services Directive 2) is given additional importance due to its impact and a new generation’s expectations. However, in this new digital era, PSD2 is the key to fighting online fraud while boosting innovation with new payment services. The major development of PSD2 is the intro...
21 October 2020 /payments /crypto Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
John Cragg Chief Executive Officer at MYHSM
Security and compliance in the payments ecosystem cannot be underestimated and should always be adhered to. Yet, understanding the complexity of the various security standards is something that cannot be taken lightly, and regulatory compliance is constantly evolving so navigating it can be a major task. The introduction of PCI Security is intende...
21 October 2020 /security /payments Fintech
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