For convenience stores to make good on their promise to consumers, they must offer not only a comprehensive range of essential products but also a quick and seamless retail journey. Noting this need, global convenience store giant Couche-Tard announced last week that it is implementing...
In today’s world where consumers are more and more inclined toward convenience, the arrival of new payment methods has lifted the bar higher in terms of consumer expectations for instant, frictionless and secure payment experiences. According to a research study conducted by U.K.-based open banking...
In much the same way that a myriad of standalone apps are now converging into “super apps,” the emerging “super FinTech” model is powering new payment experiences leveraging digital trust for banks, nonbanks, FinTechs, moving the connected economy ahead in the process. Before diving in...
It was a big week for embedded payments innovations, with a developer in the space achieving unicorn status, banks identifying them as urgent priority in new research and businesses increasingly adopting them as part of their digitization efforts. Airbase Founder and CEO Thejo Kote joined PYMNTS to discuss...
Payments modernization remains the order of the day in 2022 as companies of all sizes decide how to proceed with implementing solutions to reduce friction in B2B payments. Financial institutions (FIs) small and large rely on automated account validation and digital lockboxes but realize that...
The global market for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has exploded in recent years, with forecasts estimating that this segment will reach $716 billion by 2028. According to Griff Parry, co-founder and CEO at U.K. FinTech firm m3ter, most of these SaaS businesses are deploying subscription-based pricing and...
Today’s consumer needs more than mere convenience. They want money mobility — the option to receive any type of disbursement and transform it seamlessly into an outgoing payment or transfer it easily into any account. Seamless “any-to-any” payments and disbursements options are at the heart...
We never knew how cool — and extremely useful — payments options could be until we began to have so many to choose from. That’s putting customer experience into the frame more than ever as people decide on their preferred payment methods and providers vie...
With earnings reports and new surveys from PYMNTS, this week saw lots of numbers in the news. They showed that there’s room for growth in the global digital transformation, that digital banking is overtaking paper checks, and that consumers are practicing some spend management when...