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EXCLUSIVE: Mastercard And Ingo Partner To Bring Instant Payments To Treasury Banks

Some $30 trillion a year is still paid by check even though more and more payees want instant payments. Mastercard and Ingo Money have partnered to make it easier for treasury banks to deliver instant payments to their corporate customers. Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards and Mastercard’s Sherri Haymond, executive vice president/digital partnerships, tell Karen Webster how it’ll work.

Fintech Innovation

Visa Expands Fast Track Program To Give FinTechs A Post-COVID Digital-First Edge

The post-COVID world will be powered by digital and the ingenuity of FinTechs that see a market need – why Visa’s Senior Vice President, Global Head of Fintech Terry Angelos tells Karen Webster the firm has added new Fast Track program features to help accelerate their growth – and new partners, including one that helped to power a digital community bank platform for the underserved LBGT+ community.

Mobile Order Ahead Tracker

Boston Market Deploys AI To Fight Fraud, Improve ROI

Fraudsters are capitalizing on restaurants’ stepped-up mobile order volumes to hack into customers’ accounts without raising any alarms. In the Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker, Boston Market’s Slaton Smith explains how leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) can help restaurants profit by beating bad actors and enhancing customer experience.

Healthcare Payments

Bringing Order To Chaos:  Open Banking Meets  Healthcare Payments

There are few things more complicated than healthcare, and healthcare payments are no different. I2c President Jim McCarthy tells Karen Webster that he sees hope for simplicity as his company partners to bring an open-banking-inspired card product to market at hyperspeed.

SMBs and Real Time Payments  

The Clearing House: RTP® Network Drives New Use Cases, Creates Value For SMBs This Holiday Season

The global pandemic has accelerated adoption of the RTP Network – and The Clearing House’s Steve Ledford, senior vice president of products and strategy, says some of its most promising B2B use cases include those that help SMBs access funds faster. 

Cash Out: PhonePe On India’s Mobile Payments Adoption

The cash on delivery model in India is starting to change as more Indian consumers embrace digital alternatives amid the pandemic, says Karthik Raghupathy, head of strategy for digital wallet provider PhonePe. In this month's Smarter Payments Tracker, Raghupathy discusses how offering streamlined mobile payment experiences can convert cash-loving shoppers and ease merchants’ headaches.

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