What does the product do?

phos is a software solution which enables contactless payment acceptance via smartphone, without the need for costly additional hardware – converting the merchant’s device into their business hub.

Who needs the product?

The financial-services industry is in the midst of a significant transformation, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the key role digitisation plays in the financial lives of more and more of the world’s population, electronic payments are at the epicentre of this transformation.

More than half (52%) of financial services professionals believe ‘greenwashing’ is rife within the industry, with competitors deliberately misleading customers about their sustainable practices. That’s according to a global poll of 550 decision-makers at financial institutions including banks, hedge funds, insurance and pensions firms, conducted by the data-driven thought leadership agency, iResearch Services.

BNY Mellon today announced that it has launched a first-of-its-kind real-time electronic bill (e-bill) and payment solution. Displacing the inefficient and antiquated process historically used to handle the majority of the 15 billion bills paid in the U.S. annually, this pioneering capability enables U.S. businesses to present digital bills to their consumer clients in real-time and receive instant payment via the consumers’ preferred online and mobile banking channels.

Global SaaS provider Clearwater Analytics and global consulting firm Sionic have today announced the results of a joint Europe-wide study exploring how ready the European asset management industry is for the Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and ESG (Environmental,

Vince Graziani, CEO, IDEX Biometrics ASA comments: “Delays to the Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) will give the payments and e-commerce industry extra time to prepare for the roll out of the directive. However, security measures must be put in place to comply with the SCA requirements sooner, rather than later. If the payment ecosystem fails to use this time to prepare, or implement the right technology to comply with this new ruling, it will open consumers up to a significant threat of card fraud.   

Featurespace has ranked in four "Best Companies" listings, underscoring the company's commitment to its team members and workplace engagement. Winners were revealed during Best Companies Live on May 21, 2021. 

Tennessee-based Andrew Johnson Bank has selected Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions’ ComplianceOne

Financial inclusion measures and the ongoing need for cash led to a rise in ATM numbers in almost half of all countries, but overall, the global ATM installed base fell slightly in 2020

Cash remains the most widely used method of payment in many countries

Ralf Ohlhausen, Executive Advisor at PPRO, comments: