Philippines-based mobile wallet provider GCash is reportedly ready to go public. “We’re pretty much ripe for it,” Ernest Cu, president and CEO of GCash parent Globe Telecom, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television Thursday (June 8), referring to the company’s plan for an initial...
B2B buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Hokodo has acquired a European payments license. With the new payments license, the firm can offer a broader suite of payment solutions, providing benefits to both suppliers and buyers, Hokodo said in a Thursday (June 8) press release....
DOZR has added an order tracker to its online marketplace for heavy equipment rentals. The new feature allows contractors to track the progress of their order from start to finish, DOZR said in a Thursday (June 8) press release. “We want each person who uses...
Millennials with student loans to lose 6.5% of spending power as repayments resume. That’s the headline PYMNTS reported this week and it’s a headline that’s going to be detrimental to the retail landscape. The development has raised concerns about the negative impact on the retail...
While the return to in-store experiences always seems to be in flux these days, the value the store brings to the customer remains a question. Is the ability to get a consumer into your store mean you have a customer who has intent? Going further,...
Payments services company Worldline has teamed with BigCommerce to tackle the problem of cart abandonment. “Every online shopper has a favourite way to pay, whether that’s using a local bank transfer method, a credit card, or a buy now, pay later option,” Björn Hoffmeyer, Worldline’s...
TikTok is reportedly looking to Southeast Asia to massively expand its eCommerce business. The Chinese social media platform aims to grow its eCommerce sales from $4.4 billion in gross merchandise value to $20 billion, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (June 7), citing sources familiar with the...
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That seems to be the prevailing sentiment Wednesday (June 7) when it was announced that the Credit Card Competition Act legislation is being reintroduced on Capitol Hill. This time around, there will be more sponsors across the...
Indian B2B FinTech Zaggle has launched an employee expense automation platform designed for growing businesses. The new XPNS platform is designed to be a “do-it-yourself” solution that helps businesses transition from manual to automated expense processes within 30 minutes, Zaggle said in a Tuesday (June 6) press release. “There is a...