Are Person-to-Person Payments on the Verge of Taking Off?
Right now, we make an average of 54 person-to-person payments every year. If you consider the number of times you go to buy a cup of coffee in the morning or make a trip to the grocery store, 54 payments doesn't seem like much. Why do we make so few person-to-person payments? If...
Payments Blog • 4 MIN READ
Monitoring Payments in High Volume Environments
Scale is probably the biggest challenge that banks face when monitoring payments in a high volume environment. The typical bank has a large number of payment applications. Payments can come from ATM transactions, store purchases, or direct deposits for payroll. When an employer...
Payments Blog • 3 MIN READ
Could the digital card save your wallet?
Hands up anyone whose wallet or purse, is straining to contain the ever increasing number of cards we struggle to carry around? For all the advances in FinTech, we are still left with a multitude of cards to carry. Well, strain no longer, because digital cards are seeking to...
Payments Blog • 4 MIN READ
How payments technology can help skip the checkout line
I usually don't mind waiting a few extra minutes in line. Whenever I'm waiting to get my morning coffee, though, each minute is practically an eternity. Even with all of today's available technology, we still have to get in line to check out at the local supermarket, department...
Payments Blog • 3 MIN READ
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Minimizing Fraud with Real-time Payments
As payments processing continues to move toward real-time settlement, what does this mean for fraud prevention? Do the smaller approval windows mean the attack surface for fraudsters grows? And how can processors tackle this challenge? We discuss this, and more, in the latest...
Payments Blog • 5 MIN READ
The case of the DLL that couldn't be relocated
The case encountered
When adding FIPS 140-2 compliance to our Windows software, we encountered an intermittent error:
This error happened randomly on various different machines. Once it happened on a particular machine, it would keep happening on that machine until rebooting....
Payments Blog • 3 MIN READ
Amazon steps up in the battle for online payments
Amazon is stepping up in the battle for your digital wallet. In this post to the FinTech podcast, John Dunne shares his thoughts on what this means to the consumer, the market and other players.
Payments Blog • 4 MIN READ
How real-time payment technology is delivering better..
Peer to peer payments may be new to some people, but it's a payment option that has a bright future. John Dunne, Vice President of Products with IR joins us to talk about it in this post to the FinTech podcast.
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Scott: Peer to peer payments may be new to some people,...
Payments Blog • 6 MIN READ
When windows open, only the swift make it through.
Another six months has passed by and another IR sales kick-off event has taken place. I have posted several times about how much I enjoy being a part of these occasions and this year proved to be no exception. Whether it's simply the opportunity to escape the routine or to be...
