| Mastercard: Transactis Buy Speeds Bill Payâs Digitization Forty-four percent of the 15 billion bills in the U.S. are paid with cash or check â archaic methods in a mobile world. Mastercard is buying Transactis as it readies its Bill Pay Exchange for launch. Mastercardâs Transactis deal is one that deepens and broadens the payment giantâs online bill payments, as Colleen Taylor, Mastercardâs EVP of new payments, tells PYMNTS. |
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| Vodafone: How 5G Will Impact IoTâs Future The Internet of Things (IoT) era isnât something that will happen, Vodafoneâs Head of IoT for the Americas Ludovico Fassati tells Karen Webster, because itâs happening right now. Fassati explains the use cases and segments using IoT to create new revenue streams and operational efficiencies now, and takes PYMNTS inside those that will emerge as 5G rolls out. |
| Is Real-Time Payments A Threat To Credit Cards? Faster payments can serve to not only build a stronger commerce and payments ecosystem for Asia and elsewhere, but make credit cards less important to the further growth of the worldâs digital economy. In a new PYMNTS interview, InstaReM CEO and Co-Founder Prajit Nanu shares his thoughts on the promise of real-time payments for both consumers and SMBs. |
| | Payment Rails | | Will The Stars Align For Facebookâs Project Libra? Facebook announced its plans last week to create a global payments system based on cryptocurrency and blockchain rails. Karen Webster says that it, like Facebook Credits that launched a decade ago this month, is pretty much DOA. She even sketches out a fictional, three-act play speculating the details, and offering her thoughts as to why. Ready for the curtain to rise? |
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