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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, supply chains, and customer relationships, making them the hub of both sensitive data and payments.   With all this power concentrated in ...
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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 previous fifty. From biometric authentication and digital wallets to AI-powered personalisation and instant settlement, the checkout is no longer just a place ...
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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 to the US Faster Payments Council’s 2025 Barometer, 80% of organizations consider faster payments a “must-have” – with 84% of financial institutions ...
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Boomers prefer payment security
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 are hassle-free. A new PXP survey finds that, while Boomers have adopted digital payments in daily life, they still put their trust ...
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BEC attacks growing
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, Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks have emerged as a particularly insidious form of payment fraud, targeting organizations of all sizes and across ...
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payments bottleneck
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 survives. Nowhere is this more evident than in payments processing, where every operational decision has a direct impact on the bottom line. ...
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Open Banking impact
Banking Open Banking Payments Trends

Open Banking Can Solve Credit Crisis, But US Playing Catch-up

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 the US. Unlike in Europe, where open banking has already transformed access to financial services, the US ...
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Gen X payment preferences
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Gen X Shuns Payment Fads, Prioritizes Security and Familiarity

Despite a race towards more payment convenience, Generation X is pumping the brakes. A new report from payment platform PXP Financial reveals that consumers aged 45 to 60 remain steadfastly loyal to debit and credit cards, prioritizing trust and security over innovative tools like mobile ...
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back-office technology
Banking Payments Technology

Modernizing the Payments Back Office: Why “Buy” Deserves a Second Look

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 to modernize aging back-office systems becomes increasingly urgent. These systems, often homegrown, were built to fit a ...
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$41.7 billion chargebacks by 2028
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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 us ...
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