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Reconciliation is an essential aspect of the accounting process that improves transparency, maximizes decision-making, and ensures regulatory compliance. However, many merchants and payments organizations still rely on inefficient processes that can result in errors, financial losses, or violations. In a recent PaymentsJournal podcast, Nick Botha, Global Payments Sales Manager at Autorek, and Don Apgar, Director […]
The post A Single Source of Truth: Automation’s Impact on Payments Reconciliation appeared first on PaymentsJournal.
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The United States is a unique banking market, with more than 11,000 financial institutions and some of the most stringent regulations in the world. With the launch of FedNow last year, The Clearing House’s RTP network, and a new messaging standard in ISO 20022, U.S.real-time payments have finally arrived. There’s only one problem: The infrastructure here […]
The post Getting the U.S Banking Market Ready for Instant Payments appeared first on PaymentsJournal.
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The end-of-the-year flurry of holiday shopping is a classic example of business seasonality. As fraud professionals have long observed, fraud activity also follows seasonal patterns, with seasonal upticks and slow-downs. The challenge has been reacting to seasonality with precision in real-time, instead of just recognizing them in the rear-view mirror. And new data shows that […]
The post Seasons of Fraud: How Fraud Patterns Shift Throughout the Year appeared first on PaymentsJournal.
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Now that the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard 4.0 has gone into effect, merchants have a year to conform to the 63 new or updated requirements. With many moving parts to the standard, some businesses may struggle to understand their compliance obligations. Simultaneously, they also don’t want to risk creating friction in the customer […]
The post The Clock Is Ticking on PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance: Is Your Business Ready? appeared first on PaymentsJournal.
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Though most people still refer to prepaid products as gift cards, that term has almost become a misnomer in today’s payments industry. Prepaid cards do so much more than carry gifts—not just for consumers but also for issuers. Savvy businesses use them to drive more consumer spending while increasing brand loyalty. To that end, Fiserv […]
The post The New Strategies Driving Digital Gift Cards appeared first on PaymentsJournal.
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The banking industry infamously divides itself into silos to address different aspects of the business, which can be problematic for customers who think they are dealing with a single entity. This can be especially difficult during onboarding and security checks, when different silos at the bank ask repeatedly for credentials. In a recent PaymentsJournal podcast, […]
The post Reducing the Friction in Bank Customer Onboarding appeared first on PaymentsJournal.
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As awareness of the dangers of identity theft grows, it’s important to highlight a particularly insidious threat: stealing children’s identities. Although children have very limited financial activity, this ironically makes them appealing targets for fraudsters. According to Javelin Strategy & Research, 1.7 million children had their personal information stolen in 2021-2022, resulting in nearly […]
The post A Silent Threat: Protecting Children From Identity Theft appeared first on PaymentsJournal.
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Even though the number of checks written continues to decline, mail theft remains on the rise. Beyond the theft of checks directly from mailboxes, there have been instances of stolen mail trucks. The ease of modifying checks allows criminals to simply wash and modify the payee’s name. Q2’s positive pay system, used by roughly 550 banks […]
The post Positive Pay: An Underused Tool for Fighting Check Fraud appeared first on PaymentsJournal.
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The evolution of digital card management has given financial institutions new opportunities to cultivate enduring customer relationships. By making consumers’ lives more convenient and complimenting physical cards, so consumers have the options that work for their lives at a particular time, issuers can foster ease of use and brand loyalty, leading to decades-long relationships. In […]
The post FIs Are Building Long-Lasting Relationships Through Digital Card Programs appeared first on PaymentsJournal.
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As fraud related to artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly sophisticated and accessible, many legacy lines of defense are no longer able to effectively protect financial institutions and their customers. Financial institutions need to take a more proactive approach to fraud. By collecting and analyzing real-time data and using AI to identify patterns, FIs can quickly […]
The post Fighting Financial Fraud When the Bad Guys Are Armed With AI appeared first on PaymentsJournal.