CONNECT WITH US

SMB Payments

Why Starting Off Small Can Keep Businesses From Growing
 

Most small merchants would like to be big merchants someday. Getting there means walking the tightrope of what needs to be done today and what should be done tomorrow. Marc Castrechini, Cayan’s VP of Product Development joined Karen Webster to offer some advice on the role of solutions providers in getting them to scale.

Read More...

CFPB

Long And Winding (Court) Road For CFPB Case
 

Last week’s ruling by the D.C. Circuit that the CFPB’s structure is unconstitutional sets the stage for a hearing by the Supremes — at least that’s the opinion of Columbia University law professor, Ron Mann. You agree?
Read More...

Data Dive

Truth Less Strange Than Fiction Edition: Coupa, Amex/SMBs And IoT Cybercrime
 

While much of the news cycle went a little crazy last week — payments and commerce managed to be one of the few bastions of normalcy. Coupa managed an IPO coup, Amex leaned in to SMB lending, and hackers found new ways to turn our connected devices against us. But it all made sense, which is more than we can say for the rest of the news we watched last week.

Read More...

First Data CEO On Their IPO – One Year Later
 

First Data went public – for the second time – on October 15, 2015. Karen Webster thought it would be fun to catch up with Frank Bisignano, First Data’s CEO, to get his perspective on the first year in the glare of the public market spotlight, what advice he’d offer IPOs in waiting (yep - that’s looking at you, Snap, Inc.) and what’s next for the largest merchant services player in the world. And on that score, he told her that it has a lot to do with mobile, global, digital – and throwing off lots of free cash flow. Catch their conversation.

Read More...

What's Hot

Watchdog Marks 15 Swiss Banks As At Risk For Money Laundering

South Korea Regulators Investigating Samsung Phone Fiasco

British Banks Mum On Breaches

Have Samsung Galaxy Note, Will Not Travel

Wells Gets Clobbered In Q3 — New CEO Faces Uphill Climb

JPMorgan Top Line Boosted by Consumer Cards and Loans

USAA Rolls Out Samsung Pay

UnionPay Rolls Out Chip Cards

Affirm Expands Access To Credit With New $100M Credit Line

ATMs Are Latest Cyber Fraud Targets

Best of Yesterday 

Meet The Fraudster Mastermind

There’s No Bubble In The Gig Economy