Why Real-Time Payments Need Real-Time Trust The more payments become faster and digital, the more nervous business buyers are about whether funds sent will end up where theyâre supposed to go or if fraudsters will hitch a ride. PNCâs J. Christopher Ward and GIACTâs David Barnhardt talk with Karen Webster about their partnership, which gives businesses real-time authentication of bank account information and builds confidence in using digital B2B payments. |
Why âMicro-Multinationalsâ Should Worry About FX Risk Even the smallest firms today are peddling their wares on Amazon, entering new markets and navigating the waves of FX volatility that can swamp top and bottom lines. Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist at Cambridge Global Payments, tells Karen Webster the ways that firms large and small â which he calls âmicro-multinationalsâ â can be mindful of exposure to the vagaries of wild currency swings. |
TokenEx On PCI Scope Creep And Getting Into GDPR Gear GDPR is only five months old, yet the prospect of fines for breaches loom (think British Airways). PCI non-compliance exposes card data and ruins corporate reputations built over decades. TokenEx's John Noltensmeyer, head of global privacy and compliance solutions, tells PYMNTS how tokenization in the cloud can satisfy newly mandated data protection rules â as well as those still to come. |
| Faster Payments Tracker™ | TRENDING: Inside Hong Kongâs New Faster Payment System Is the building and adopting of new, real-time payment rails worth the time and expense? In Hong Kongâs case, fixing the languishing state of P2P and C2B payments requires more than just upgrading an existing system. In the latest Faster Payments Tracker, executives from Standard Chartered Bank and DBS Bank (Hong Kong) explain why the countryâs new Faster Payment System is worth all the hassle â and how the FIs prepared for its launch. | |