| The Light At The End Of The COVID-19 Tunnel The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a number of analog businesses online in a hurry and, in its wake, has shined a big bright light on how inconsistent the delivery of these new digital services can be, and where opportunities for innovation can smooth those rough edges. Thatâs why Paul Purcell, Partner at Continental Advisors, says that although a short-term recession is likely a foregone conclusion, we may all end up getting back to a better version of normal sooner than many people may think. |
| Innovating Cross Border B2B Payments: It Takes An Ecosystem Getting U.S. companies to switch to electronic B2B payments is tough enough, but adoption problems only grow when you add in cross-border transactions. âItâs an area thatâs ripe for disruption. Thereâs just so much inefficiency,â Jim McCarthy of the payments-technology firm i2c tells Karen Webster. Hereâs where McCarthy sees the industry heading. |
| Helping FIs Over Real-Time Payments Tech Infrastructure Hurdles Settling payments in three days wonât cut it in a world thatâs all about right now, forcing financial institutions (FIs) to re-examine and overhaul their tech infrastructure and processes. In an interview with PYMNTS, SmartStreamâs Vincent Kilcoyne, EVP product management, and Roland Brandli, SVP of payment programs, detail the challenges facing FIs that want to embrace cross border payments â and how artificial intelligence (AI) and automated processes can help. |
| | Gig Economy Tracker™ | | Putting The Move On The Moving Industryâs Gig Workerâs Pay Attracting gig workers in a hot industry requires giving them on-demand payments. In fact, one survey finds that 85 percent of gig workers would take on more jobs if they were paid faster. In our latest Gig Economy Tracker, CEO Luke Marklin of moving platform Bellhops explains why enabling seamless, mobile access to wages is critical to winning gig workersâ loyalty. |
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