| Fortnite currency used by money launders, Microsoft admits Cortana canât compete, What instant money and antilock brakes have in common |  | | WEX CEO: Why Being Agile Is As Important As Being Innovative WEX made waves last week after it announced plans to buy Discovery Benefits, to further its healthcare payments roadmap. In this weekâs Monday Conversation, Karen Webster talks with WEX CEO Melissa Smith about the deeper motivations behind that deal, and why innovation alone isnât enough to unlock new payments value. |
| What Do Antilock Brakes And Instant Payments Have In Common? Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards says his BMW in the 1980s offered antilock brakes as a cool, value-added option. Ten years later, they were standard with every car. The same will hold true for instant payments, but it wonât take 10 years, Edwards tells Karen Webster. It will be the early adopters who pull the laggards along for the ride. |
| How Inefficient B2B Payments Systems Hobble Business Growth What's often missed in the roadmap for business expansion is the need to transform back-office financial processes, Corcentric President and COO Matt Clark tells PYMNTS. He warns that failing to address inefficiencies in AP and AR can hobble their growth. Hereâs why â and how to keep it from happening. |
| | Faster Payments | | The Big Tech Canary In The Faster Payments Coal Mine While the debate over whose payment rails will be the fastest of all rages, a letter of comment submitted in mid-December by FIN offers some insight on who Big Tech would like to win the closing argument. Karen Webster says that canary in the coal mine isnât so much about making payments move faster, but about sidestepping the âlegacy incumbentsâ that they say stand in their way. Whatâs FIN and what does it really want? Glad you asked. |
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