| Sage Payments CEO On Whatâs Next And Whatâs Now In 2017, Sage Payments parted ways with parent Sage Group, was acquired by GTCR and brought on Joe Kaplan as its new CEO in October. Now, itâs officially beginning its first chapter as an independent company with a change of name and focus. Kaplan spoke with Karen Webster about the new Sage Payments, now called Paya (pronounced Pie-ya) â and why being a trusted technology partner is the cornerstone of the new firmâs focus. |
| The US Governmentâs eInvoice Mandate: Better Late Than Never Several years after announcing the plan, the U.S. government is mere months away from adopting an eInvoicing mandate that will require B2G suppliers to submit electronic invoices. The Federal Reserve is looking at examples of eInvoicing mandates by other jurisdictions like Latin America, which deployed these requirements long ago. Which begs the question, according to Esker Chief Operating Officer Steve Smith: What took so long? Smith, and the Fed itself, weigh in. |
| | Blockchain | | Blockchain Security A Moving Target For Both Developers And Hackers From payments to smart contracts, blockchain is breaking into the enterprise in a big way. Corporate awareness of the technology is on the rise, but that doesnât mean businesses trust what is largely an untested innovation. Jeffery Wheat, global director of cyber operations at software testing firm QualiTest, told PYMNTS that before corporates can trust blockchain-based software, developers have to be certain the tool works and, more importantly, can live up to blockchainâs promise of security. |
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