RS2 Software unveiled its vision for North American markets, focusing on providing a single, global Payment-as-a-Service platform. Drawing on its success in Europe, RS2 is looking to power global commerce initiatives in North America, built for growth and profitability with particular emphasis on allowing developers to build and own their own payments ecosystem. This embedded payments approach enables its partners to manage and control their own solutions, giving them complete ownership of the merchant relationship. Present digital and diverse marketplace means businesses need a payments platform that integrates with complex environments, meets customers’ growing needs, no matter the channel or currency. Rapid data analysis, as well as the need to remain in compliance with a complex regulatory framework, also present challenges to achieving an effective, global payments system. In the US, innovation is accelerating technological pressures on payments systems with demands for industry-specific solutions, the need for alternative payment types, and instant payments coupled with real-time infrastructure needs. At the same time, increasing regulatory and fragmented merchant requirements — along with growing omnichannel demands — are adding to global and domestic complexities.