Visa Enhances Payments Orchestration Tools for Merchant Acquirers
Consumers can now pay with everything from digital wallets to crypto and real-time payment rails—and merchants increasingly expect to support them all. That shift is putting new pressure on merchant acquirers, the financial institutions responsible for processing payments on merchants’ behalf. Acquirers now face fresh challenges as payment methods grow more complex. To help address […]
Irish Banks Launch Zippay, a Zelle-Like P2P Payment Service
Three Irish banks are launching a new peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service Zippay, which is going live this week. The platform is designed to compete with Revolut, which already has around 3 million P2P users in Ireland. Zippay will initially be available to more than 5 million customers served collectively by AIB, Bank of Ireland, and […]
Despite Fintech Encroachment, Banks Can Remain the Go-To for SMBs
For many small business owners, the workday doesn’t end when customers leave. It continues late into the evening—logging into multiple dashboards, exporting spreadsheets, reconciling transactions, and trying to make sense of scattered financial data. In the absence of a centralized solution, many have been forced to stitch together a patchwork of banks, fintech apps, payment […]