Jan-Feb 2019 Issue

Pleasing restaurants’ payments palates

By Alex Barrotti Historically, the restaurant industry has been slow to adopt technology. The paper pad and pencil have been the standard for hundreds of years in restaurants and are still used by many smaller food establishments. However, with the advent of tablet-based point of sale (POS) solutions that offer …

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Jan-Feb 2019 Issue

STP for SMBs

By Blair Jeffery The growing acceptance of virtual cards, sometimes referred to as v-cards, by small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) is increasing exponentially as billers embrace the improved security and convenience of this digital payment method over paper cheques. But for most SMBs, including business to business (B2B) companies, the …

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Jan-Feb 2019 Issue

Stopping revenue leakage

By Justin Schweisberger Canada’s ongoing transition to a new payments infrastructure that provides full remittance data for electronic transactions will be a huge boon for businesses, accelerating the migration from cheques, reducing manual reconciliation and streamlining the supply chain and collections. All of which is great news for CFOs and …

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Jan-Feb 2019 Issue

Streamlining supply chain payments

By Patrick Bermingham A surprising number of organizations across Canada still rely on traditional payments methods and paper invoicing to pay their suppliers. As recently as 2017, cheques were the most commonly used payment method for both enterprise-scale corporations and SMBs (small to medium businesses), with 70 per cent of …

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Jan-Feb 2019 Issue

The case for adopting ISO 20022

By Edgar Barbosa Businesses that are looking to keep up with the information demands of this transformative age need to evolve their payments capabilities. The ability to capture and consume greater volumes of more detailed data can provide companies with the leverage they need to create differentiation in the market. …

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Jan-Feb 2019 Issue

Unifying mobile and payments cards

By Thomas Rex Canada has embraced the mobile revolution. With smartphone penetration at 72.1 per cent (the global average is just 32 per cent)1, it’s also one of the few countries globally to accept the three major “OEM Pay” platforms: Android Pay, Apple Pay and Samsung Pay. Offering convenience, “cool” …

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Jan-Feb 2019 Issue

There’s a new token in town

By André Stoorvogel The way we pay is changing. Consumers are now using their PCs, smartphones, wearables, cars and even refrigerators to buy goods and services. The size and value of the Canadian card-not-present (CNP) market is therefore increasing as payment use cases across digital commerce (e-commerce, m-commerce, Internet of …

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Jan-Feb 2019 Issue

Making payments acceptance simpler

By Vincent Alimi Over the past several years, the emergence of new payment systems has made it considerably easier and faster for businesses and consumers to send and receive payments. Digital banking tools have made it possible to transfer funds online or through mobile banking apps directly to people you …

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Jan-Feb 2019 Issue

Financial inclusion with voice banking

By Henrique Godinho When Amazon’s Alexa made its Canadian debut in November 2017, experts were quick to speculate about what voice-activated technology could bring to the banking industry. What emerged was early experimentation towards the integration of voice applications into general banking operations, like verbally disseminating branch hours, locations and …

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Jan-Feb 2019 Issue

Cashless payments: there’s an app for that

By David Morrison Faithful churchgoers in the Jarna-Vardinge parish in Sweden no longer toss coins and bills into the collection basket. Rather than reach into their pockets for money, church attendees are apt to pull out their iPhones to make donations. Sweden, whose citizens have difficulty obtaining cash from institutions …

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