| Ubiquity And The Holy Grail Of Rewards Redemption
Consumers donât really spend a lot of time redeeming their rewards, often because the ability to pay with points is limited at best â or unexciting at worst. Bridge2 Solutionâs Chief Commercial Officer Larry Wine tells Karen Webster why recasting the overall value proposition of the rewards currency itself is the only way to boost redemptions and make rewards, well, more rewarding for merchants and consumers. Read More... |
| Inside Mastercardâs Journey To Predicting Card Fraud
In an age ever swelling with data breaches, reacting to fraud once itâs presented is not good enough. Mastercardâs Early Detection System gives issuers advanced alerts on cards and accounts that may be at risk, before the damage is done to consumers, issuers and merchants. Being proactive is now the name of the game, as Bruce Rutherford, SVP of Mastercardâs Security Standards & Solutions, gives PYMNTS an inside look at the platform and how it all works.
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| Snagajob And The Uber For Hourly Workers
Snagajob was all about the gig economy before the gig economy was cool. Founded in 2000 as a marketplace to help hourly workers and employers find each other, Snagajob CEO, Peter Harrison, tells Karen Webster how the platform has grown to 83M hourly workers and 300K employment locations â and where itâs headed next. That would be the âUber for hourly workersâ, Husl, which just launched in beta. Read More... |
| | PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker™ | | NEW REPORT: With Zelle, FIs Want To Be Everyoneâs P2P Bae
P2P FinTechs like Venmo and Square Cash gained popularity by winning over millennial users, which was rad. Now, the bank-backed platform Zelle is escalating competition by targeting millennials and their parents. Is it game on? In this monthâs PYMNTS Faster Payments Trackerâ¢, powered by NACHA, Melissa Lowry, VP of marketing and branding at Early Warning Services, the bank-owned company that runs the Zelle network, discusses the advantage of a P2P service supported by traditional FIs and the thinking behind offering Zelle as a standalone app. Plus, notable faster payments headlines, inside the latest Tracker. Itâs lit. Read More... |
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