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  Give EWA a chance

  “It is unclear why critics want to place EWA in the credit silo and call for heavy-handed regulations to restrict access to EWA products,” argues the CEO of the Innovative Payments Association.

  Brian Tate • May 24, 2023

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  How to advance cross-border B2B payments

  “Regional regulatory bodies must work together on common financial standards that support multilateral payment systems if we are to make progress,” writes one payments professional.

  Scott Frisby • May 15, 2023

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  Swift executive calls for payments standardization

  “As a standardized format, ISO 20022 creates a common language for international payments the world over,” writes an executive in support of industry collaboration.

  Stephen Lindsay • April 26, 2023

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  FedNow won’t bring ‘tidal wave’ of change

  “Payments solutions reach scale when they provide better usability, affordability, and security,” write partners at a San Francisco venture capital firm.

  Kevin Jacques and Ben Malka • April 21, 2023

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  Why card networks should embrace gun codes

  Using the new merchant category code for gun and ammunition sales “could help identify dangerous patterns,” one advocacy group lawyer argues.

  Adam Skaggs • April 13, 2023

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  FedNow gives banks a leg up against fintechs

  The instant payment floodgates are about to open when FedNow launches in July, giving banks a chance to win back customers lost to fintechs, says one GFT Group executive.

  Carlos Kazuo Missao • April 3, 2023

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  Eliminating costly false declines online

  “False declines are especially problematic in an environment where demanding customers with high expectations are not afraid to take their business elsewhere,” writes an Experian executive.

  Chris Ryan • Feb. 6, 2023

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  Why the Arizona AG opinion on EWA matters

  “The Arizona decision is in line with decades of decisions across the country that have found that non-recourse products are not loans,” the Payactiv authors write in this opinion piece.

  Aaron Marienthal and Molly Jones • Jan. 24, 2023

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  Can anything challenge ACH?

  The ACH system has proven to be scalable, secure, ubiquitous and reliable, but complaints about processing times persist, writes Sila CEO Shamir Karkal.

  Shamir Karkal • Jan. 6, 2023

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  Why real-time payments make sense today

  The impact real-time payments could have on customers and providers alike should not be ignored — especially in the face of an impending recession, writes a fintech co-founder.

  Justin Adler • Dec. 14, 2022

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  Payments will evolve with digital banking

  “Rather than basic capabilities, consumers want a complete digital banking experience,” a payments firm professional writes. “They want access to all of the buzzworthy features.”

  John Mitchell • Dec. 9, 2022

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  Credit swipe-fee relief needed

  “Congress has a responsibility to bring much-needed transparency and competition” to credit card swipe fees, writes the chairman of the trade association for 7-Eleven franchisees.

  Sukhi Sandhu • Nov. 18, 2022

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  Preparing for the CBDC era

  Central bank digital currencies would allow for faster cross-border payments that would “help boost trade within the region and with the rest of the world,” an Equinix executive writes.

  Lance Homer • Nov. 9, 2022

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  BNPL for business is a high stakes proposition

  “As BNPL providers, especially in the business realm where more money is being spent, fintechs are going to need much more sophisticated, secure, reliable authentication methods,” writes Flexbase CEO Zaid Rahman.

  Zaid Rahman • Oct. 24, 2022

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  FedNow may stumble without nonbanks, cross-border payments

  “In addition to cross-border payments, the benefits of FedNow must be widely available to Americans through competitive, diverse providers — including nonbanks,” writes a U.S.-based Wise executive.

  Rina Wulfing • Oct. 18, 2022

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  Reduce cyber risk as digital bill payment options expand

  “Not all payment platform companies are managing operational and security as judiciously as they could, and that will eventually result in costly payment failures, customer friction, or potentially a breach,” writes PayNearMe Vice President Tim Murphy.

  Tim Murphy • Oct. 13, 2022

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  Future of B2B payments lies in embedded finance

  “Unfortunately, the business-to-business market lags behind its B2C counterpart and is only just beginning to embrace embedded finance,” writes Melio COO Tomer Barel.

  Tomer Barel • Oct. 7, 2022

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  Busting the myths on FedNow

  Jessica Cheney, a vice president at Bottomline Technologies, aims to dispel myths about the meaning and impact of the coming Federal Reserve instant payment system.

  Jessica Cheney • Sept. 27, 2022

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  QR code resurges for payments

  “Businesses that have consigned QR technology to the tech graveyard would be wise to give it another look,” writes Mike Storiale, Synchrony’s VP of innovation development.

  Mike Storiale • Sept. 22, 2022

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  Consumers need credit card reform

  “It's not just merchants at the mercy of the oligopoly,” writes Ed Mierzwinski, a senior director at the Public Interest Research Group. “Consumers all pay more at the store and more at the pump.”

  Ed Mierzwinski • Sept. 2, 2022

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  Blaming cards for high gas prices doesn't make sense, trade group argues

  The leader of the Electronic Payments Coalition tells people looking to blame credit and debit card companies for higher gas prices to find a different scapegoat.

  Jeff Tassey • July 25, 2022

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  BNPL will evolve as providers tweak the model

  “Challengers frequently believe BNPL 1.0 is what it is, and will not evolve,” writes Brian Shniderman, CEO of Opy, a U.S. subsidiary of Australian payments fintech Openpay. “But it can, and very recently, it has proven that it will.”

  Brian Shniderman • July 20, 2022

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  Banks and fintechs don't need to fight

  “Rather than competing with one another, banks and fintechs are increasingly partnering,” writes Modern Treasury CEO Dimitri Dadiomov.

  Dimitri Dadiomov • July 12, 2022

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  Don't abandon stablecoins over Terra, CFO says

  Fintechs and financial services players will "be the driver of innovations and regulations that enable stablecoins, crypto and other digital assets to scale," argues Metallicus Chief Financial Officer Irina Berkon.

  Irina Berkon • July 6, 2022

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  From a payments CEO: 5 discriminatory behaviors that need to go

  “Until the industry addresses this blatant lack of advocacy for women in leadership, it will continue to foster a culture where women can’t thrive,” says Stax CEO Suneera Madhani.

  Suneera Madhani • June 30, 2022

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