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MasterCard Customer Tech Conference

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The 19.Q2 Mastercard Customer Tech Conference, taking place at the Corinthia Hotel Prague on 13-14 November 2018. The conference will offer interactive information sharing on the business and technical impacts of 19.Q2 release enhancements, revisions to the Dual Message System (Authorization and Clearing), developments within Mastercard’s technology, product, and service offerings


ai Opens Future Solutions Research Lab

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The ai Corporation have opened a research lab focused on researching solutions to power the next generation in payment and risk management. This will enable the team to experiment with cutting edge techniques and to develop unique machine learning algorithms to drive innovation in the payment processing and risk protection of tomorrow. The team, led…


Evolution at the coalface: The future role of fraud operations

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The potential impact and role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is undeniable. We increasingly see highly repetitive tasks moving from human manual labour, to machine-based automation. Fraud prevention is often labelled as one of the ‘quick wins’ for AI, and there is no dispute that the technology’s use is driving better detection. However, AI is also…


Rivals jockeying for position in big race

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Possible outcomes of current disruption in the payments industry could take a number of forms. Here are four favourites Margins for global payments providers are under intense pressure as they face stiff competition from technology fi rms and tougher regulation. These factors are likely to trigger radical changes in the payments industry. For example, this…


Banking ‘as a service’ simplifies payments for businesses

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Automation technologies are enabling businesses to drastically reduce the costs and complexities involved in building and providing payments solutions, while removing the burden of dealing with an ever-complicated regulatory landscape Payments have evolved in recent years as companies have attempted to adapt to the behaviour of consumers on ecommerce platforms. This is often geographically influenced,…


China’s giants show the rest how it’s done

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Mobile payments apps have leapfrogged credit and debit cards in China, signposting the way forward for the rest of the world. China’s two mobile payments giants, Alipay, an affiliate of the Chinese ecommerce group Alibaba, and WeChat Pay, owned by the messaging and social media powerhouse Tencent, are streets ahead of their Western rivals in…


Easy-to-use security is key to frictionless future

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Consumers are increasingly using frictionless payment methods, from contactless to in-app and voice-activated. But before these new ways to pay become the norm, people need to be comprehensively reassured of the benefits. Despite the pace of innovation in frictionless payments, which ease the buying process by removing manual steps, cash and other established payment methods…


Can blockchain ease global payments?

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Bold claims that blockchain can transform the payments industry, particularly in cross-border transactions, may soon be put to the test Anyone who has transferred money between countries recently realises the process has evolved little in decades. Too slow, too opaque and too expensive are the gripes. This is sparking debate among banks worldwide whether cross-border…


Blockchain heralds evolution of the gold standard

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What’s old is new as gold-based cryptocurrencies rejuvenate the role of precious metals as mediums of exchange, while also bringing stability to a market marred by volatility Recent crashes in the value of the Argentine peso and Turkish lira illustrate what happens to fiat currency when people lose faith in a government or central bank….