The pandemic has driven an unprecedented shift in payments towards digital options. And while that move has been driven in part by sheer necessity, as consumers discover the broad range of tools FinTechs, offer their expectations for legacy institutions will only increase going forward; going back to the old way of doing business is simply not an option. The biggest … [Read more...] about Pandemic Precipitates Rising Trust in FinTechs
Chicago Payments Forum
Building Faster Payments: From Conception to Reality
Selling the concept of faster payments, in many of the myriad forms they can take, isn’t difficult. Most of the industry players agree it’s overdue: the U.S. hasn’t had a new payments structure in over 40 years. Needless to say, achieving it is a huge undertaking; not only in building the technology but also in getting large-scale adoption, as it requires buy-in from every … [Read more...] about Building Faster Payments: From Conception to Reality
Chicago Payments Influencers 2019: Winter Meet Up and Demos
The payments industry is off to a bang in 2019, with Fiserv buying First Data for $22 billion after a year of record FinTech investment. Security, B2B payments innovation, and blockchain technology remain top concerns for the year. Come see how Chicago payments firms and influencers have to say 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Wed., Feb. 20 at 227 W. Monroe 52nd floor, Chicago. That's the … [Read more...] about Chicago Payments Influencers 2019: Winter Meet Up and Demos
U.S. Faster Payments Present and Future
Everyone wants to get paid faster. As faster payments systems come online from central banks around the world, the United States lags with an aging, efficient, and relatively slow payments infrastructure. That's changing as consumers come to expect payments to work as immediately as commerce in general. The Chicago Payments Forum hosted two startups providing solutions for … [Read more...] about U.S. Faster Payments Present and Future