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Cross-border Payments
Brazilian Bundle Me on How Alternative Payment Options Are Driving Cross-Border Sales
November 24, 2021

Beauty shoppers around the world want what they want and pay for it with what they have in their digital wallets. In the Cross-Border Retail Payments Tracker, Na’Imah Muhammad, owner of wig and hair extension retailer Brazilian Bundle Me, explains how offering alternative payment methods...

B2B Payments
Mid-tier Banks Look to Stablecoins, Interoperability to Win Business of Large Customers
November 24, 2021

Three or four years ago, Ron Totaro participated in B2B panels at Harvard discussing blockchain and crypto. “It was really nascent, really early, it was retail dabbling for the most part,” he told PYMNTS in a recent interview. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Fintech Investments
Investor Interest in SEA FinTech Sparked by Mobile Shopping, Payments
November 24, 2021

Investor interest in FinTechs in Southeast Asia (SEA) has brought in a record amount of funding, prompted by the pivot to digital-first shopping, payments and money transfers, Financial Times reported on Wednesday (Nov. 24). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Banking
Commercial Banking Customers Want Digital Products, Personalized Services That Resemble Consumer Accounts
November 24, 2021

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Payment Methods
In a World of Buy Now, Pay Later, Lease to Own Payments Convert Customers Merchants...
November 24, 2021

Even before runaway inflation started to dominate headlines, PYMNTS research uncovered that 57% of the U.S. population is living paycheck to paycheck, including 39% of consumers with incomes of $100,000 a year or more. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Bitcoin
BitPay CEO: Taproot Upgrade Gives Bitcoin Greater Flexibility — and Broader Appeal
November 24, 2021

Even bitcoin gets an upgrade from time to time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...

eCommerce
Merchants Use Data, Payment Tech to Reduce Costs, Increase Online Global Sales
November 24, 2021

There’s been an explosion of businesses interested in expanding their online sales outside of their domestic markets, and the pandemic has played an important role in this shift. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Partnerships / Acquisitions
Booking Holdings to Buy Flight Booking Provider Etraveli Group for $1.8B
November 23, 2021

Booking Holdings has announced an agreement with CVC Capital Partners to buy Etraveli Group, a global flight booking provider for 1.63 billion euros (about $1.83 billion), to help offer frictionless flights, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 23) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the...

International
EMEA Daily: Delivery Startup Getir to Buy UK Rival Weezy; Circle Invests $10.5M in UK’s...
November 23, 2021

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, Turkish delivery startup Getir is set to buy U.K. rival Weezy, and Circle uses USDC to invest $10.5M in U.K.-based Crowdcube. Plus, the Italian Antitrust Authority fines Amazon and Apple over $225 million, Klarna introduces Pay...