Jedox Finance
JUNE 26, 2019
We are pleased to welcome an expert in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Mr. Anders Liu-Lindberg, as a guest to the Jedox blog. Mr. Liu-Lindberg is a Senior Finance Business Partner at Maersk and co-author of the book “Create Value as a Finance Business Partner.” He is also a finance industry blogger on LinkedIn with more than 33,000 followers.
PYMNTS
JUNE 25, 2019
In digital commerce, promise and peril co-exist. Payments fraud is continuously moving from offline settings into the online realm. To that end, Visa said this morning (June 25) that it has inked a deal to buy the token services and ticketing business of chipmaker Rambus. The assets acquired were formerly known as Bell ID and Ecebs Ltd. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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CFA Institute
JUNE 28, 2019
“There is only one thing that keeps us up at night and could topple the economy into a big recession," says PIMCO's Geraldine Sundstrom. "That is a trade war.".
Planful
JUNE 28, 2019
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PYMNTS
JUNE 28, 2019
In the aftermath of Facebook ’s unveiling of Libra and its Calibra wallet, among the many questions raised was how it managed to get so many of the “who’s who” in payments at the table. That was the question Karen Webster had for PayPal Chief Operating Officer Bill Ready when she learned that PayPal was one of those players. The vision, she agreed, is undeniably big, bold and targeted at a worthy goal: the inclusion of the 1.7 million people worldwide who are unbanked, and exist on the financial
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PYMNTS
JUNE 24, 2019
In B2B payments, corporates’ continued use of paper checks confounds FinTech firms working to give businesses more affordable, faster and more efficient payment options. Yet, for many business payers, the reason for using checks can be quite straightforward: It’s simply the way payments have always been made. However, new small businesses (SMBs) being launched by a new generation of entrepreneurs aren’t bogged down by decades-old processes and systems that limit flexibility and
PYMNTS
JUNE 24, 2019
Retailers are getting smarter about artificial intelligence (AI), and the latest example of that innovative effort comes from Walmart. According to a new report , the retail chain, hoping to reduce checkout theft, is turning to cameras powered by AI, with deployments underway in some 1,000 stores. “The retailer began investing in the surveillance program, dubbed Missed Scan Detection, several years ago in an effort to combat shrinkage — loss due to several causes including theft, scanning errors
PYMNTS
JUNE 24, 2019
The news about Libra has been out for about a week. The think pieces have come in waves, as have the reactions from analysts, cryptocurrency enthusiasts and regulators — and the world waits to see exactly what Facebook and its cadre of payments and commerce players design. For Mastercard , one of the founding members of the Libra project, what is happening now is both extremely new and somewhat familiar.
PYMNTS
JUNE 28, 2019
In a move that could mirror the playbook of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Solomon said in an interview with a French newspaper that he is “absolutely’’ taking a look at cryptocurrencies. Solomon also noted the bank is in the process of “extensive research’’ when it comes to tokenization, Bloomberg reported.
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PYMNTS
JUNE 25, 2019
Through a long-term vision to take on the desire of users to window shop and amp up retail, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri seeks to “connect the dots thoughtfully” between sellers, shoppers and “influencers” on the app. The idea is to “unlock” value by rolling out features like “native checkout,” the Financial Times reported. The shopping effort, however, is a longer-term plan and would need infrastructure.
PYMNTS
JUNE 25, 2019
The House Financial Services Committee has scheduled hearings about the proposed merger between BB&T and SunTrust Banks, as well as the Facebook-planned cryptocurrency Libra. According to American Banker , the committee will meet July 17 to examine Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency and its impact on consumers, investors, and the U.S. financial system.
PYMNTS
JUNE 24, 2019
Everyone seems to want faster payments — from gig workers to B2B suppliers to parents splitting expenses — but with not all major financial institutions on board, real-time payments stand at lower chance for mass adoption. According to an earlier Faster Payments Tracker , it was projected that more than 56 real-time payment rails will be live by 2020.
PYMNTS
JUNE 24, 2019
With the Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) compliance deadline less than four months away, banks are still underprepared. While banks continue to open their application programming interfaces (APIs) to third-party providers and FinTech firms, many are still in the dark when it comes to SCA. Merchant partners are also scrambling, with just 40 percent of merchants within the EU currently stating they will be ready by September 2019.
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As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of
PYMNTS
JUNE 26, 2019
Consumers want the immediacy of brick-and-mortar shopping without sacrificing eCommerce convenience. They may enjoy strolling the aisles of physical retail, but many customers still want support features that enable them to quickly and easily find and buy items, through self-serve offerings and other automation technologies. Today, most automated retail models tend to follow either an Amazon Go -style, cashierless store or an intelligent cabinets approach.
PYMNTS
JUNE 22, 2019
It seems every firm is trying to find a way into the expansive — and ever-growing — “health and wellness” market. As of 2018 health and wellness was a $4.2 trillion annual industry , having grown 12.8 percent between 2015 and 2017, according to the Global Wellness Institute. The industry now represents 5.3 percent of global economic output. “As people incorporate more of the wellness values into their lifestyle, our interaction with the wellness economy is also becoming less episodic and more in
PYMNTS
JUNE 27, 2019
Amsterdam-based startup Creative Group announced it has raised €22 million in funding from Prime Ventures. The funding will be used to help the company expand to 30 countries by the end of next year. Founded in 2010, Creative Group enables customers to digitally buy or send prepaid credit to spend with their favorite brands, as well as to send cross-border credit remittances.
PYMNTS
JUNE 27, 2019
The digital payments news out of Brazil has been fast and furious over the last few weeks – particularly when it comes to blockchain. And while the continual drumbeat of announcements from various players looking to find new and inventive ways to apply distributed ledger technology to various parts of Brazil’s financial services industry has something of a tendency to stand out, digital payments and banking news in general has been coming quick and constant.
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PYMNTS
JUNE 24, 2019
Financial regulators are considering allowing smaller businesses (SMBs) more time to comply with sweeping changes in lease accounting standards, which experts have said will place a significant burden as organizations work to comply with the requirements. Reports in Accounting Today last week said Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Chairman Russell Golden revealed that it is considering extending the compliance deadline for small and private firms by as much as two years. “At a pu
PYMNTS
JUNE 27, 2019
When small business (SMB) investment marketplace MainVest announced a $3 million Seed funding round last week, it did something that many Main Street SMBs cannot do. Companies are staying private longer, lengthening initial public offering (IPO) cycles and lowering benefits for the average investor, MainVest Co-founder Nick Mathews told PYMNTS in a recent interview.
PYMNTS
JUNE 27, 2019
Digital fraud prevention company Kount has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)-driven solution to enhance payments fraud prevention. The company said this latest solution creates the closest simulation of the decision process of an experienced fraud analyst, but in a faster, more accurate and more scalable manner. Kount’s AI uses both supervised and unsupervised machine learning, along with additional calculations to deliver a near-human decisions so that companies can control revenue, f
PYMNTS
JUNE 25, 2019
All the world’s a marketplace. Apologies to the Bard — and some of our high school English teachers — for tweaking that famous line. Yet, when one views the global digital economy and landscape, it’s easy to think that the whole world of retail is, indeed, moving toward a future that will be defined by online marketplaces. Sure, eBay led the charge, and Amazon now dominates, but retailers and service providers of all types are building their own marketplaces — an effort that is also bringing pro
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PYMNTS
JUNE 26, 2019
Online marketplace eBay has introduced numerous new API capabilities to enable developers to manage their businesses at scale, the company said in a blog post. “Our goal is to empower developers, enhance the ecosystem of eBay applications and add value for our buyers and sellers,” eBay said. The company launched the new Finances API, which aims to give developers a better view of eBay transactions and to allow for easier payouts to banks accounts.
PYMNTS
JUNE 26, 2019
Two more financial regulators have warned that they won’t allow Facebook ’s planned cryptocurrency, Libra , to launch without looking at it closely. The international Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have joined the Bank of England (BoE) and the G7 in speaking out about the need to thoroughly vet Facebook’s plans to release Libra next year.
PYMNTS
JUNE 23, 2019
As tech firms such as Facebook move into the world of finance, the Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) said on Sunday (June 23) that politicians need to coordinate regulatory responses to risks provided by these companies coming into the space. BIS said that the social media firm’s recent announcement that it aims to roll out its Libra digital currency and grow into payments has focused the minds of central bankers as well as regulators, Reuters reported.
PYMNTS
JUNE 23, 2019
A new survey has found that 19 percent of bitcoin traders have been the victim of a hack on cryptocurrency exchanges, while 15 percent of consumers have been hit with crypto fraud. The report , “Uncharted Territory: Why Consumers are Still Wary about Adopting Cryptocurrency,” also found that only one in ten people truly understand how cryptocurrencies work, and 29 percent have “some knowledge” of digital currencies, with that lack of knowledge stifling mainstream adoption.
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