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Payments As A Service
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2.5KAnt Financial Introduces OceanBase SaaS
China-based Ant Financial has introduced a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) version of its popular financial relational database software, OceanBase, according to a press release....
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5.6KNot All ISV Roads Must Lead To Being A PayFac
For software companies, the quickest route to top-line and margin torque might be to offer payments to their merchant customers — onboarding...
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8.3KFinix CEO: Why Every Software Platform Should Be A PayFac
Every firm its own payments processor? Finix, a payments infrastructure firm focused on giving companies what it terms “ownership” of the payments...
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4.0KThinkHR, Mammoth HR Merger Boosts Payroll Position
Human resources management firm ThinkHR is strengthening its payroll footprint with a merger announced Friday (July 12). In a press release, ThinkHR...
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7.3KHow To Build A High-Performing Platform Payments Fraud Team
In recent years, no type of business has expanded globally at the pace and scale of digital platforms. If there is a...
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3.0KDigital Platforms Are Optimistic About the Future
Business investments in voice technology are speaking loud and clear about priorities. According to a new Adobe study, 91 percent of companies...
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9.6KBAMS, First Data JV On The Rocks
Bank of America Merchant Services (BAMS) is considering bringing its payment processing completely in-house, potentially scrapping a joint venture with First Data...
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5.5KPayments 2022: Why Payments Is Make-Or-Break For Digital Platforms
The last decade has seen the emergence of a new generation of fast-growing, multinational businesses. Digital platforms — fueled by the convergence...
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2.9KGiving Consumers A Reason To Shop Small
With one-stop stores and online marketplaces dominating the retail scene, small local shops with limited budgets can struggle to bring in a...
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4.7KTRENDING: Making Local Shopping More Rewarding
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. Mobile wallet providers are running into much the same...
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4.6KFlour, Butter, Mobile: Payments Tech As A Key Bakery Ingredient
Managing payments and the POS isn’t exactly why bakers go into the bakery business. But catering to a mobile-savvy customer base means...
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5.3KTRENDING: Small Cafés Go Mobile To Satisfy Customers’ Digital Tastes
Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts may make headlines with their digital initiatives, but they’re far from the only coffee and baked goods...
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4.4KCan Reservation Platforms Book Customers For Life?
Do restaurants understand their customers? Cancellations and failure to transform one-time visitors into regulars is eating into the industry’s $68 billion annual...
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5.8KTRENDING: Capturing — And Keeping Up With — The Mobile-Hungry Diner
When guests are a no-show, restaurants get burned by losing a table and a paying customer. But reservation platforms are firing up...
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8.7KLiberating Loyalty Points With Blockchain
Retailers create a $7B problem when they reward purchases customers already planned to make. Corey O’Donnell, senior vice president at Mobivity, believes...
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9.6KTRENDING: Blockchain And Loyalty’s $7B Problem
The post-holiday, mid-winter blahs can make people antsy to jet set off and travel to new locations. When they get to their...
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6.1KFrom Laying Plinth To Processing Payments: How Mobile Is Changing The Construction Game
Construction management is about juggling the hiring, scheduling and payment of subcontractors, which is why project management platforms have become valuable additions...
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7.4KNEW REPORT: Contractors Add Payments To Their SaaS Toolbox
From the hammer to the saw to the welding torch, it takes a wide array of tools to successfully complete a construction...
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7.7KWould You Buy (And Pay) For A Car From A Mobile App?
Talk about a U-turn. Bucking widely-held perceptions, studies show millennials are interested in owning cars after all. Now, Fair, a new mobile...
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7.7KTRENDING: How Car Buying Is Moving Into Mobile’s Fast Lane
It’s time to shift gears when it comes to a commonly held perception about millennials and vehicle ownership. After years of believing millennials...
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7.9KCan Fantasy Sports Change The Payments Game?
There’s nothing imaginary about the scope of the fantasy sports market, valued at an estimated $7.22 billion in the U.S. — or...
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4.9KTRENDING: How DraftKings Ups Its Payment Game
Mobile technology is all about helping different parties readily connect. In the B2B payments space, those connections can lead to new payment...
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7.0KOn-Demand Stuff-Storage And Space Reclamation In An Increasingly Urban World
Tiny city apartments create big headaches for residents needing space to stash their stuff. For September’s Payments as a Service PYMNTS Tracker™,...
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5.2KNEW REPORT: On-Demand Solutions That Store Stuff, Reclaim Living Space
Cash flow is key to keeping any business thriving. The past few months saw several companies introduce solutions aimed at helping merchants...
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7.2KHelping Dental Labs Take A Bite Out Of Data
How to get the dental industry aligned on Big Data? Now, that’s something to chew on. In the August PYMNTS Payments as...
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6.6KNEW REPORT: Filling Dental’s Payments Data Gaps
New payment solutions are promising to deliver big changes to the small business community — both the brick-and-mortar and eCommerce varieties. With...
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6.6KAre SMBs Ready For Mobile Order-Ahead?
In the age of instant downloads and prime delivery, speed is king. But can small businesses take a run at the throne?...
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9.4KNEW REPORT: Getting SMBs Ready, Set, Going On Mobile Order-Ahead
Modern innovations have made technology from smartphones and mobile ordering apps to even virtual reality, well, a reality. Now that this technology...
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7.1KBuilding A More Transparent Payments-as-a-Service Marketplace
Not a news flash. It’s a global commerce world, and merchants that can’t accommodate the payments methods of those global shoppers lose...
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8.3KNEW REPORT: Have Payments-As-A-Service, Will Travel
As more customers engage in cross-border trade, the pressure is on merchants to meet the demand for convenient payment options. In an...
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4.8KEnabling The Serious Business Of Summer Fun
Can online tools give rec programs a new way to connect with communities? May’s Payments-as-a-Service Tracker™ explores how modern systems are nixing...
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4.8KNEW REPORT: Upgrade Payment Systems, Build Stronger Communities?
Sunscreen? Check. Bug spray? Check. Updated online systems to reduce paperwork? Check. In recent weeks, companies have rolled out several different types...
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3.9KA Full-Service App That Fills The Tank And Dumps The Pump?
Are suburban commuters pumped for disruption? The April Payments-as-a-Service Tracker™, a collaboration with Paysafe, looks at how various players are changing business-as-usual...
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7.8KNEW REPORT: Will On-Demand Fill-Up Fuel Commuter Disruption?
Can a full-service solution help make the rush hour grind a little easier for suburban office park commuters? Several companies have stepped...
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6.2KA Subscription Plan To Beat (And Join) The Lunch Crowd?
What’s for new for lunch? For some office workers and restaurants, it could feature a change in routine. For the March Payment-as-a-Service...
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5.2KNEW REPORT: How A New Business Model Makes Lunch Great Again
Can today’s office workers have their lunch and enjoy it too? The past few weeks have seen several players around the globe...
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6.0K‘Goldilocks’ Merchants Enter The Full-Service Payments Picture
How can brick-and-mortar merchants stay competitive with eCommerce giants? For the latest Payment-as-a-Service (PaaS) Tracker™, PYMNTS spoke with ShopKeep CEO Michael DeSimone...
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7.1KNEW REPORT: Making EMV Compliance Less Painful
Developments in full-service payment solutions are changing the way companies conduct business by offering faster payment tools for both consumers and merchants....
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4.5KGiving UK Hospitality A Reboot With Full-Service Payments
In a sea of small businesses, what does it take to stand out? For the January Payments as a Service Tracker™, PYMNTS...
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6.4KPayments as a Service Tracker: Beacon Of Hope For UK Merchants?
In a sea of small businesses, what does it take to stand out? For the January Payments as a Service Tracker™, PYMNTS...
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3.9KUsing PaaS Tools To Level The SMB Playing Field
The big squeeze is on: Increasing competition from eTailers and declining foot traffic are pushing SMBs to the edge. So, what’s an...
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7.8KPayments as a Service Tracker: SMBs Bet On PaaS Solutions To Take On Online Giants
Increasing competition from eTailers and declining foot traffic are pushing SMBs to the edge. So, what can small businesses do to keep...
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4.9KKeeping Wellness Customers Coming Back For More
Most health and wellness businesses struggle with member or client turnover. For the latest Payments as a Service Tracker™, PYMNTS caught up...
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6.4KPayments As A Service Tracker: Payments Get The Spa Treatment
Most health and wellness businesses struggle with member or client turnover. For the latest Payments as a Service Tracker™, PYMNTS caught up...
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7.9KIn Pursuit Of The Perfect Payments-As-A-Service Pairing
When it comes to full-service payments, one size does not fit all. With more options available than ever before, PYMNTS spoke with...
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3.8KIs Paying Rent With A Credit Card In Itself A Reward?
Can a rent payment be its own reward? The latest issue of the Payments as a Service Tracker™ features an interview with...
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7.2KRent Payments With Benefits?
Can a rent payment be its own reward? The latest issue of the Payments as a Service Tracker™ features an interview with...
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5.7KOutsourcing The Merchant’s Biggest POS Headache
Merchants today need to do a lot more than they did just five years ago. From advancing technologies to cross-channel payments, it’s...
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9.2KThe PayPal Recipe
PayPal is showing boldness and creativity in both the method and the ingredients with which it is creating its global platform. Visa...
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7.6KFull-Service Payments: Does Loyalty Trump Ubiquity?
Blood is thicker than water, and when it comes to full-service payments building customer loyalty may also be more important than creating...
