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How SMEs Can Shift Power in the Next Era of Transactions

Fast Payments Payments Trends
By Melinda Roylett, Managing Director, Lloyds Merchant Services The way we pay has changed more in the past five years than in the previous fifty. From biometric authentication ...
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Payments that lag, lose corporate customers

Faster payments mean higher retention
Banking Fast Payments
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 to the US Faster Payments ...
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Combating Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks: Best Practices and the Role of Self-Service Supplier Portals

BEC attacks growing
Cybersecurity Fraud
By Phil Binkow, CEO, Financial Operations Networks (FONS) Organizations are under siege from bad actors determined to commit payment fraud.  Among these threats, Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks ...
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From Bottleneck to Business Driver: Transforming the Payments Back Office into a Profit Center

payments bottleneck
Payments Technology Payments Trends
By Kate Knudsen, Senior Program Director, BHMI Cost, revenue, and profit are the three pillars that determine whether a company thrives or just survives. Nowhere is this more ...
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Open Banking Can Solve Credit Crisis, But US Playing Catch-up

Open Banking impact
Banking Open Banking Payments Trends
By Ivan Arnaudov, CEO of Access Finance Inc Many Americans are enduring a credit crisis, and part of the reason is the slow adoption of open banking in ...
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Modernizing the Payments Back Office: Why “Buy” Deserves a Second Look

back-office technology
Banking Payments Technology
By Kate Knudsen, Senior Program Director at BHMI As financial services companies like banks, merchants, and payment service providers continue navigating the ever-evolving landscape of digital payments, the need ...
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What the 2025 Chargeback Surge Means for Banks and Merchants

$41.7 billion chargebacks by 2028
Chargebacks Cybersecurity
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 ...
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Evolution of Card Payment Settlement: From Batch to Real-Time

real-time payments
Payments Trends
By Casey Scheer, Director of Marketing at BHMI The settlement of card-based transactions is the process of finalizing financial transactions between merchants, acquiring banks, issuing banks, and card ...
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Navigating the Confusing World of PCI Compliance

navigating PCI compliance
Banking
By Matthew Greco, Chief Revenue Officer, Serve First Solutions Operating a business is, unfortunately, more than delivering value to customers and turning a profit. There are numerous regulations ...
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As Credit Card Concerns Rise, Banks Look to ‘Sweeten the Pot’ for Debit Card Users

Future of debit cards
Banking Payments Trends
By Shawn Conahan, CRO, Wildfire Systems The direction of interest rates in 2025 remains uncertain, but one trend is becoming increasingly clear: more consumers are opting for debit ...
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