| Podcast: Gig Economy Payments |
| Why Gig Payments Need To Be Just Like Cash Cash: Itâs fast, immediate and can be spent immediately â and paying gig workers must provide that same utility. Thatâs the topic of the conversation between Hyperwalletâs SVP of Digital Markets Michael Ting and Karen Webster, backed by findings from the latest edition of the PYMNTS Gig Economy Index. They say marketplace payments to gig workers canât just be fast, but must offer the ability to be spent fast, too. Listen in. |
| When Credit Risk Is Fraud Risk In Disguise Issuers always ping cardholders shortly after they miss a payment to remind them to pay â but when that cardholder is a fraudster, the ping falls on deaf ears. Worse, yet, theyâve already had a 30- or 60-day head start on defrauding the system. DataVisor CTO Fang Yu tells Karen Webster how AI can help issuers stop fraudsters from getting that running head start. |
| Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost Contactless card momentum is building as institutions large and small begin to consider adding them to their portfolios. Tina Giorgio, president and CEO of ICBA Bancard, tells PYMNTS that the company is determined to help community banks be part of that contactless card movement by offering financial incentives to help those banks take that step. |
| | Faster Payments Tracker™ | | Who Will Lead The US To Real-Time Ubiquity By 2020? Small FIs and major retailers say the Federal Reserve can pave the way to provide a ubiquitous, real-time payments (RTP) system. However, The Clearing House argues that its own RTP rails are here and working, while adopting a second system could mean costs and delays. Januaryâs Faster Payments Tracker digs into the debate â plus, Matt Richardson, Citizens Bankâs head of product solutions, talks tapping RTP for corporate real-time payments. |
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