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September 22, 2017

SMB Disbursements

Inside Visa And Vantiv’s Plan To Pay SMBs Faster
 

Visa and Vantiv made news last week with the launch of FastAccess Funding, a push-to-card solution that settles SMB funds instantly. Karen Webster spoke with Cecelia Frew, Visa’s head of push payments, and Scott DeAngelo, Vantiv's SVP of product, to get a closer look at a program that’s much more than just instant daily settlement — it’s a working capital lifeline for SMBs and a new opportunity for banks to strengthen those SMB relationships with an underutilized asset — the debit card.

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Commanders-In-Chief Series

Jumio CEO: Outfoxing The Cyberfraudsters In Real Time
 

Jumio CEO Stephen Stuut says innovation is key when it comes to taking on the bad guys in cyberspace — the ones who steal IDs, and then, money — and that Equifax is just the latest wakeup call. Stuut says there are plenty of ways to keep the bad guys pacing the floor at night too, in mobile payments and beyond.
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Financial Inclusion

Mastercard: Micro Businesses Can Move Financial Inclusion's Largest Roadblocks
 

Bringing the estimated two billion un- and underbanked adults around the world into financial inclusion involves a lot more than taking cash away and replacing it with a card or mobile payment tool. Sami Lahoud, SVP of global acceptance strategy & engagement at Mastercard, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster how that realization forced a huge shift in the company’s approach — and why small and micro-businesses are the missing link to solving the financial inclusion puzzle that’s eluded so many for so long.

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PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™

NEW REPORT: Why Mobile Order-Ahead Is The New Frontrunner At Saratoga
 

Whether you've got your money on a thoroughbred or you’re racing to grab food before the starting gun’s fired, speed is what wins at the racetrack. In September’s hot-to-trot PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™, Bob Hughes, COO of The New York Racing Association, discusses newly installed mobile ordering technology at the Saratoga Race Course, America’s oldest horse racing track, and the organization's plans to expand the service in the future. Find that, headlines and rankings of 57 mobile apps with order ahead, inside the Tracker.

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