| Digital Consumer Onboarding Tracker⢠|
| DraftKings Throws Fraudsters Curveballs: Hereâs How The $7.2 billion fantasy sports market has fraudsters doing more than fantasizing about big payouts. Jennifer Aguiar, DraftKingâs VP of compliance and risk, says online betting platforms must keep onboarding frictionless for legit players, while making it harder for bad actors to play. In this monthâs Digital Consumer Onboarding Tracker, Aguiar gives PYMNTS a sneak peek into the companyâs behind-the-scenes security operation, and discusses what online betting platforms can learn from the lending sector. |
| Freelancer.com CEO: Platforms And The Future Of Product Development Highly technical professionals, especially software engineers, are in short supply, but high demand â potentially delaying important projects, or preventing them from getting started. Freelancer.com and Arrow Electronics have created a marketplace where corporates with ideas can tap highly specialized talent, and manage those projects, including payments. Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie shares the details with Karen Webster. |
| How Credit Unions Face â And Embrace â Digital Disruption Credit unions (CUs) are often slow to change â but as more consumers move to mobile banking, the pressure to innovate is increasing. Sean Rathjen, president and CEO of Consumers Credit Union of Illinois, tells PYMNTS how CUs can embrace disruption, while still retaining the trust of consumers. |
| | Breaking News | | Visa Next: Visaâs Next âDigital Firstâ Act Visa announces a new platform this morning (April 22), Visa Next, offering beta APIs to help issuers build and test new payment products, driven by consumer demand to take payments to new places and use cases â even on the fly. Sam Shrauger, SVP of digital products at Visa, takes Karen Webster inside Visaâs next move to make payments digital-first and ubiquitous always. |
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