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Open banking will be the new normal, whether mandated or not

A version of this article originally appeared in American Banker on November 28, 2017 The move toward open banking is no longer aspirational. It is inevitable for the modern...

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Understanding the payment process from start to finish

From a business perspective, there are two elements to any payment process. The first involves receiving money from customers. The second involves outbound payments to...

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Fad or future? Why bitcoin won’t disrupt the payments landscape

Did you hear the one about the rare Beanie Baby being sold for up to £20,000 on eBay? This is no joke – you may be shocked to find that some of these once so ubiquitous toys...

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4 advantages of working with a third-party payments platform

Your operations team’s ability to process payments should never determine where you can do business. But as you scale and take on new opportunities from varying regions...

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Improving customer experience within the payments process

When you’re creating products for digital-savvy customers, developing a bad user experience isn’t an option. Most customers are used to getting what they want, but they’re...

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How scalable payment options inspire business success

Today’s digital payment landscape is completely different than it was just a few years ago. In the age of instant gratification, customer-centricity and digital innovation,...

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Meet Cynthia Tian: The winner of our 2017 API innovation challenge!

A few weeks ago (oh how time flies!), we hosted our first ever hackathon, in partnership with TrueLayer, HackerOne and Starling Bank, at Campus London. In just 12 hours,...

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A look back at our 2017 hackathon: bots, burgers and foosball

Is there anyone else who from time to time wonders about the possibilities of taking a room full of developers, giving them a range of APIs and asking them to create a...

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Mining the data mountain

There’s no doubt that payments companies have mountains of data available to them about their customers and their payment patterns. The potential of understanding customer...

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The human side of technology – how to get the most out of your tech team

Technology is always reinventing itself, always challenging the status quo. As a result, there are a myriad of tools out there with the sole purpose of improving our day to...

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