PayCompass – Streamlined Merchant Payment Processing Solutions

For most small and mid-sized merchants, payments are a balancing act. They need money to move quickly but also safely, with little to no room for error. Every delay and dispute eats into time that could be spent running the business itself. Somewhere between the promises of instant processing and the reality of bank queues, …

Infinicept – Payment Facilitator Solutions

Payments decide how modern business functions. Every platform, marketplace, and software company eventually faces the same question: whether to control its own payments or hand them to someone else. Infinicept was built for that crossroads. It helps companies own their payment products and revenue streams while retaining visibility, flexibility, and pace. The company calls itself …

Spreedly – Global Payments Orchestration Platform

Commerce doesn’t slow down for complexity. Every click to buy, every tap to renew, and every checkout on a phone travels through a maze of gateways, processors, and fraud systems. For most companies, that maze is the difference between growth and friction. Spreedly built its business by untangling that web, giving merchants, fintechs, and platforms …

Convera – The World’s FX Payments Leader

Cross-border payments are often associated with the opaqueness of fees, the paperwork, and sharp currency shifts. Convera is changing that with 40+ years of the foreign exchange market combined with a modern, cloud native network. It handles transactions of more than US$170 billion a year across 200+ countries and territories. Businesses can send and receive individual or batch transfers …

AltoPay – Reliable Payment Processing Services for Global Businesses

Payment processing remains one of the least understood parts of online commerce. For many digital businesses, it’s where revenue is won or lost, often for reasons hidden deep within systems they never see. AltoPay was created to bring that process back under control. Founded in 2010 by merchants who were weary of inconsistent approvals and …

Concerns Rise Over South Korea’s Massive US Investments and Their Impact on Domestic Economy

Following the inauguration of US President Donald Trump earlier this year, South Korea’s government and corporations have been under increasing pressure to channel hundreds of billions of dollars into investments in the United States as a measure to avoid elevated tariff barriers. Economic observers have voiced growing unease that these substantial overseas commitments may undermine …

Prolonged Federal Shutdown May Cost US Economy Up to $14 bn, CBO Warns

The ongoing federal government shutdown could reduce US economic output by as much as $14 billion, according to an assessment by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The nonpartisan agency projected that the lapse in government funding could lower gross domestic product by up to 2% during the fourth quarter of the year. As of October …

Tech in Entertainment – Transforming Creativity and Audience Engagement

Advanced Technologies are reshaping the entertainment industry in groundbreaking ways, from content creation and audience personalization to gaming innovations and film production. Now with AI as it continues to evolve, its impact on creativity, storytelling, and business strategies in entertainment will become more profound. AI-Generated Content: The Rise of Creative Machines AI is no longer …

The Impact of Media on Telecommunications and Information Technology Development

This morning, I found myself pondering the long-standing relationship between media and technology, like two dance partners, constantly influencing each other’s moves. So, I decided to take a stroll down memory lane, all the way back to the 1950s, to see who’s been leading the dance: media or technology? Here’s what I’ve gathered so far… …

How AI is Transforming Media & Entertainment

Over my 30 years in the media and entertainment industry, I’ve witnessed the seismic shifts brought about by the internet, Internet streaming platforms, and social media. Each innovation broke traditional molds, but none compared to the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI). From content creation to distribution and consumption, AI is poised to reshape the …