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Sharon Butler, executive VP of global education at Flywire, tells Karen Webster that payment plans can ease many pain points of paying for college tuition.

InstaReM CEO and Co-Founder Prajit Nanu discusses the promise of real-time payments for both consumers and small and medium-sized businesses.

Karen Webster talks with Dewald Nolte of Entersekt about how banks could play a bigger role in digital trust, and why the payment card model should be imitated.

An ongoing parade of breaches and data scandals over the last few years have left consumers searching for trusted digital partners, which, says Entersekt SVP of Product Niel Bester, creates an opportunity for banks. With their reputation for security and stability, they could be consumers’ trust brokers of the future, if they can make the upgrades they need, before something else steps up for the job.

Decline rates are on the rise, reaching 30 percent of CNP transactions depending on where you look. Bruce Parker, CEO of Modo Payments, says that’s a bit of a black box and plumbing issue. Going “auth shopping” might help boost conversion rates. A marketplace model among payment services, too, may open up a whole new eCommerce world for merchants and consumers, too.

Illinois and several other states have changed wage and employee mileage reimbursement laws, calling for solutions like Motus' auto-capture tracking technology.