PayPal Steps Up Offline Retail Presence with iZettle Announcement
PayPal’s $2.2 billion acquisition of Swedish small business commerce platform iZettle will boost its presence in 12 markets across European...
Blockchain Technology Not Suitable for Visa’s Core Business
Visa doesn’t see much use for blockchain in its core business, which is transactions at scale, according to CEO Alfred...
Why Visa and Mastercard Are Coming Together to Support Single Checkout Button for E-Commerce
Mastercard and Visa are B2B firms with a B2B2C mindset, according to Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga. The two rivals announced...
HSBC Looks to Blockchain to Solve a Major Pain Point in Trade Finance
The letter of credit transaction in trade finance is a relatively neglected area when it comes to digitization, which is...
Banks Need to Take Note of Small Businesses or Lose Valuable Customers
Small business loans might be small in dollar amounts, but the SMB customer may be the most profitable customers to...
Virtual Assistants Can Help Banks with Customer Acquisition
As competition to banks increases, customer acquisition is becoming increasingly important. By offering various types of rewards and point programs,...
Fintech Unfiltered: Chris Skinner on Ant Financial and the Global Payments Landscape [PODCAST]
Over the past few years, mobile payments has become a service that customers expect from their banks, FIs and e-commerce...
Conversational Banking Still Has a Lot of Learning To Do
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Largely triggered by Google's demo showing Google Assistant imitating human voice to book a hair appointment...
More Security Startups, Blockchain Still Absent at Finovate Day 2
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Day 2 of FinovateSpring has come and gone, and curiously, there were still no demos focused...
How ‘Computer Vision’ May Change Banking
Chatbots are great for personal interactions with banks, but the camera may soon provide an even more powerful tool for...
