Connected commerce is among the hottest trends in retail, and not just for streaming or ridesharing or online gaming services, but for subscription purchases, too. In fact, according to new PYMNTS research, digital services are expanding in the United States and in markets around the...
The U.S. cannabidiol (CBD) market continues to grow, with nearly 7 percent of Americans saying they use the substance. According to an analysis by Cowen & Co., the market could reach $16 billion by the year 2025, as per a report by Bloomberg. Cowen questioned...
FanDuel, a daily fantasy sports provider and bet taker site, said it lost $5 million on the Super Bowl on Sunday after taking some of New Jersey’s first legal sports bets, according to a report in Bloomberg. FanDuel said that upwards of 75 percent of...
Consumers in the digital age don’t really embark on commerce journeys anymore, so much as they find themselves always on one. This is a situation that Chief Marketing Officer Devon Watson at Diebold Nixdorf calls the “constant stream of commerce,” which means consumers are bombarded with content of...
Here’s a buzzword: seamless commerce. For good reason, too. It is an appropriate way to describe the nirvana of the commerce experience, one in which consumers and merchants make sales without friction, and remove fraud and risk without introducing friction at checkout. It’s a focus...
Halloween, the annual celebration of the spooky and supernatural, is just a couple of days away. For many in payments and the vast ecosystem that it powers, the scariest thing about Oct. 31 might not be the sight of a kid in a full-on Frankenstein...
Halloween is the scariest day of the year for children and parents alike – though for very different reasons. For kids, the proliferation of ghosts, goblins, witches, haunted houses and scary movies tend to have a powerful effect on their sugar-charged minds. For adults, Halloween is the...
On this day in history in the year 2009, the world of payments and commerce was changed forever. The skies parted, the Earth shook and the song of angels was heard from on high. Well, that’s how we remember it, anyway. Nine years is a...
Instagram, the photo-sharing social media network owned by Facebook, is reportedly developing a shopping app which could be called IG Shopping. The Verge, citing two people familiar with the matter, reported the app will enable users to browse through items for sale from merchants they follow...
