What the 2025 Chargeback Surge Means for Banks and Merchants

By Douglas Hall, Founder & CEO of EQUE If you’re a financial institution or merchant hoping that chargebacks will plateau anytime soon, I’ve got news for you: they won’t. The just-released 2025 State of Chargebacks report from Datos Insights and Ethoca confirms what many of ...
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Cybersecurity Fraud

Signs Your Organization Needs an Automated OFAC Checking Solution

Phil Binkow, CEO of Financial Operations Networks (FONS) It’s Monday morning, and your finance team is buried under a mountain of supplier payments that ...
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US consumer savings sinking
Banking Payments Research

US consumers fighting for financial security and failing

In 2025, US consumers are fighting a losing battle for financial security. Instead of building buffers, growing debt is dragging them down. Rising ...
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Fast Payments Mobile Payments

Are Physical Credit Cards Doomed?

By John Toman, Co-founder & Chief Product Officer, Pivot Payables A time may soon come when future generations won’t recognize physical credit cards ...
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AI Fraud Payments Trends

AI Payments Are Coming Fast – But So Is Agentic Fraud

By Douglas Hall, Founder & CEO, EQUE The payments industry is entering a new chapter. AI-driven commerce – where autonomous AI agents shop ...
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Cybersecurity Fraud

Attacking ERP Systems: The Next Frontier in B2B Payment Fraud

By Shai Gabay, Co-founder and CEO, Trustmi Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are the bedrock for a business’s operations. They oversee finance, procurement, ...
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Fast Payments Payments Trends

How SMEs Can Shift Power in the Next Era of Transactions

By Melinda Roylett, Managing Director, Lloyds Merchant Services The way we pay has changed more in the past five years than in the ...
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Faster payments mean higher retention
Banking Fast Payments

Payments that lag, lose corporate customers

By Jessica Cheney, VP of Strategic Solutions, Bottomline In today’s real-time economy, anything less than instant needs to be changed. In fact, according ...
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Payments Research Payments Trends

Baby Boomers Choose Security Over Payment Fads

For Baby Boomers, paying for something isn’t about chasing the newest tap-to-pay trend. It’s about knowing their money is safe and that payments ...
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Cybersecurity Fraud

Combating Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks: Best Practices and the Role of Self-Service Supplier Portals

By Phil Binkow, CEO, Financial Operations Networks (FONS) Organizations are under siege from bad actors determined to commit payment fraud.  Among these threats, ...
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Payments Technology Payments Trends

From Bottleneck to Business Driver: Transforming the Payments Back Office into a Profit Center

By Kate Knudsen, Senior Program Director, BHMI Cost, revenue, and profit are the three pillars that determine whether a company thrives or just ...
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