Owners of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) looking to raise some money now have the opportunity to issue bonds to their everyday customers and cash in on their “beloveability factor.” The idea is that budding entrepreneurs can quickly source the funding they need to grow...
Record online sales posted by JD.com and Alibaba weren’t enough to buoy a sluggish Singles Day in China, the world’s biggest multi-day shopping extravaganza that typically brings in more sales than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Banking customers’ expectations of their financial institutions (FIs) are changing as more transactions and activity go digital — at warp speed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
It might seem as if buy now, pay later (BNPL) and cryptocurrency are being used everywhere, but there’s at least one big space where they have plenty of room to grow: loyalty programs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
All totaled, 12% of online shoppers experienced fraud during the 2020 holiday shopping season, according to The 2021 Holiday Shopping Outlook, a PYMNTS and Kount collaboration that surveyed more than 3,600 consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, Germany’s Delivery Hero predicts a positive 2021 revenue outlook; Mode, a U.K. FinTech, joins forces with PayEscape to test a bitcoin payroll offering; the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and others sign a digital trade...
Loyalty programs and other special offerings are popular in the U.K., where 76% of all consumers receive regular rewards or discounts from at least one of the businesses with which they shop. This data was revealed in a recent PYMNTS report on ‘Making Loyalty Work...
Today in B2B payments, Nimbla helps small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.K. deal with COVID-19 debt and CredAble launches a SMB credit and cash flow management app. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
B2B customers increasingly expect to be able to use the same payment methods they prefer in the B2C realm, and some suppliers are struggling to accommodate that. Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in particular are having difficulties. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...