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Retail
Snapchat, Verishop Partnership Aims To Boost Lagging US Social Commerce Sales
July 20, 2021

Verishop is partnering with Snapchat to launch a social commerce experience within the popular image-sharing app, in a move that marks an escalation of an already intense arms race to expand eCommerce capabilities on social media. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Retail
Macy’s Courts Millennials With New Private Brand
July 20, 2021

A new private brand from Macy’s Inc. launching this week follows the company’s pre-pandemic plans for reinvention, as the brand that defined “department store” transitions to a “digitally-led omnichannel retailer” and tries to court younger consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Retail
BigCommerce, Mercado Libre Team As LatAm’s eComm Sector Grows
July 20, 2021

Amid a growing eCommerce market in Latin America, eCommerce software platform BigCommerce has teamed with Mercado Libre to let BigCommerce merchants sell in Latin America on Mercado Libre’s Marketplace, according to a Tuesday (July 20) announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Payments Innovation
The Payments Time Warp That Is Reinventing The Customer Experience
July 20, 2021

In A Decade of Digital Transformation in 12 Months, 46 C-suite executives spoke with PYMNTS for its Q2 eBook on what the world will look like as recovery rolls on and the next iteration of normal rolls out. In this excerpt, Talbott Roche, president and...

Retail
Retailers Set For Another Unprecedented Holiday Season
July 20, 2021

It may be the dog days of summer, but retailers are already busy planning for a holiday season geared toward experiential, but less expensive, gifting. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

B2B Payments
Recurring Payments Test The Accounts Receivable Modernization Waters
July 20, 2021

From subscription clothing services for consumers to software products for businesses, the recurring billing business model saw a resurgence last year as organizations looked towards business model flexibility to remain in operation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

B2B Payments
APIs Unlock Financing For Underserved SMBs
July 20, 2021

Open banking-fueled FinTech solutions continue to explore more pain points to solve for businesses. This week’s look at the latest in Open Banking and bank-FinTech collaboration finds tools to connect small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to financing and ease integrated payments for third parties. Get...

B2B Payments
Construction Cash Flow Health Is Built On Payments Predictability – Not Speed
July 20, 2021

B2B payment delays can crush a small business in any industry. Often considered a cash flow problem of larger corporates waiting longer to pay their small suppliers in an effort to protect their own financial positions, delayed B2B payments create a domino effect of consequences,...

Security & Fraud
Data Rails Help Issuers Shorten Virtual Card Activation To Usage Gap
July 20, 2021

In the card-issuing space, a predictable pattern exists with plastic cards, Very Good Security’s CEO and Co-founder Mahmoud Abdelkader told Karen Webster. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...