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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce is sounding the alarm that rigid rules surrounding cryptocurrency could backfire by discouraging potential investors, Financial Times reported on Wednesday (June 7). The senior-level commissioner has countered her colleagues’ support of instituting stricter mandates and control over the $1.5 trillion cryptocurrency market. Of the five SEC […]

American Express Co. and Synchrony Financial are among banks bidding for Amazon’s credit card business, which is currently handled by J.P. Morgan Chase, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday (June 9), citing sources. Amazon and J.P. Morgan launched their first co-branded Visa credit card in 2002, and the portfolio is estimated to have $15 billion in loans, […]

According to PYMNTS’ Making Loyalty Work For Small Businesses produced in collaboration with Pollinate, nearly half of consumers said they think it is critical to shop locally in order to invest in their local economies, 44 percent said it is important because it helps keep money in their local community and 43 percent said that […]

As the race toward a passwordless future gains speed and superior security alternatives gain traction, it has become clear that the connected economy will reach its full potential only after the lowly string of alpha-numeric digits are laid to rest once and for all. Not only are these friction-filled identifiers often stolen or forgotten, but […]

Community banks may have fewer resources and a lot less in the way of digital services to offer customers, but what they lack in tech they more than make up for in customer loyalty and trust. At a time when many have wondered if the technological limitations and conventional operations of community banks and credit […]

The cryptocurrency thrill ride can be exciting to watch. Bitcoin’s peaks and valleys, cryptocurrencies that make a splash and then fizzle out, the rise and fall of prices based on speculation — they all paint a picture of a highly volatile environment. But if we walk away from the roller coaster and look at the […]

It took a pandemic to bring healthcare into the connected economy. Before the pandemic, the ability of a consumer to access a doctor via a connected device was minimal. In 2018, the American Hospital Association endorsed the expanded usage of telehealth and noted that the practice needed additional research before it could treat many disease states. For […]

It’s been about six months since Alan Lacan came on board the Paris-based payments technology firm Limonetik as its chief financial officer – and after months of remote working, the firm is gradually welcoming back some team members to the office. Work-from-home mandates became a key motivator for CFOs of all different kinds of companies […]

Data security — and the robust infrastructure to support it — is much more than a barrier that can prevent costly cyberattacks. PYMNTS’ research shows that data security is an essential component of customer service, signaling trustworthiness to consumers who want safe customer experiences as much or even more than they want frictionless checkouts, especially […]

About You, an eCommerce fashion retailer, and its shareholders are seeking up to 941 million euros ($1.1 billion) in an initial public offering (IPO) in Frankfurt, Bloomberg reported. The retailer is betting on more demand as nightlife comes back to pre-pandemic levels, according to Bloomberg. About You’s goal is to digitize the old ways of […]

Yapily, which works in providing open banking infrastructure, rolled out a new open banking bulk payments service with Comma, a Tuesday (June 8) press release emailed to PYMNTS said. The platform will allow for streamlining the process of bulk payments for U.K. businesses. It will give customers an application programming interface (API) connection which they […]

The “what” is this: A significant portion of the bitcoin-denominated ransomware demanded of – and received from – the Colonial Pipeline operator has been recovered. The “how” shows that bitcoin and other digital offerings, lauded by some (including some criminals and, presumably, by DarkSide) as being virtually impossible to trace … may not be as […]

Expense management technology company Airbase, which focuses on serving small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), notched $60 million in Series B funding at a valuation of $600 million. Menlo Ventures headed up the round, which includes Craft Ventures as a new investor, according to a Tuesday (June 8) announcement. In addition, Menlo Ventures Partner Matt Murphy […]

Amazon is on the hunt for those with expertise in decentralized finance (DeFi), CoinDesk reported. “The candidate will have a track record delivering outstanding products at scale in emerging spaces, and is passionate about blockchain, distributed systems, and cloud scale software,” the ad stated. “Ideally you will have experience delivering products or innovations in the […]

Today in B2B payments: Finstro discusses finding the win-win scenario in B2B trade credit, and PayAlly teams with Banking Circle on cross-border B2B payments. Plus, cuBIZloan.com discusses credit unions' business funding role, Nium acquires Ixaris and Lightspeed acquires NuORDER. Finding The Win-Win In B2B Trade Credit Today1 Credit Unions Prep For A Business Funding Demand […]

HSBC has rolled out an application programming interface (API) developer portal that lets programmers and clients locate the APIs that match their business requirements, get a hold of technical paperwork and pilot APIs in the test environment, according to an announcement on Monday (June 7). “APIs are the future of corporate-to-bank connectivity, and the launch […]

In today’s top payments news around the world, Nium announced that it would purchase Ixaris as part of an international expansion, while Worldline announced it will bring Toshiba’s Pro-X Hybrid Kiosk to market. Plus, foreign backers are investing millions into Pakistan’s FinTechs. Nium Invests In B2B Travel Payments With Ixaris Acquisition Payment platform Nium announced […]

At-home boxing fitness company Liteboxer has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round, the company announced in a Tuesday (June 8) press release. Nimble Ventures led the round, with participation from B. Riley Venture Capital and returning investments from Raptor Group and Will Ventures, per the release. “We set out to create a workout experience that’s […]