| Turning Currency Volatility Into A Global FX Strategy In today's climate of global uncertainty, any firm with a global presence risks being on the wrong side of currency volatility. Mark Frey, COO at Cambridge Global Payments, says that uncertainty affects everything from pricing to trade contracts and payments terms. Frey spoke with Karen Webster about the strategic role that managing FX risk can play â and why paying global invoices in USD isnât a way to hedge that risk. |
| How Aaptiv Built The Netflix Of Fitness It all started with a run â and a goal to lose weight after grad school. After 200k paying subscribers and 2,500 classes later, Aaptiv Founder and CEO Ethan Agarwal has mashed up audio inspiration from master trainers, with inspired playlists to make working out with a personal trainer only a smartphone and pair of headphones away. Hereâs why that â and a business model built around subscription payments â has earned them the âNetflix of Fitnessâ moniker. |
| Hereâs Why Context Will Play A Bigger Role In Banking Digital technology and Big Data enables the deeper analysis of all types of corporate banking transactions. Manish Maakan, CEO of financial technology provider iGTB, tells PYMNTS why âcontextualâ banking is on the rise, and what FIs are doing to build it into their banking flows. |
| | Innovation Readiness Playbook | | NEW DATA: Why 80 Percent Of Top FI Performers Put User Engagement First For FIs, retaining and acquiring customers often comes down to the right mix of user experience, digital technology and data analytics. Thatâs why, according to the latest release of the PYMNTS Innovation Readiness Playbook, 80 percent of top performing FIs plan to focus their innovation efforts on driving consumer engagement over the next three years. That said, 120 data points on FIâs and consumer engagement canât be wrong. |
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