When it comes to organizing rec athletics, email chains are about as high-tech as it gets. In the latest Payments Powering Platforms Tracker, Greg Ludke, GM of sports organizations at TeamSnap, discusses the need for a payments-powered assist to help rec leagues streamline scheduling, communication...
What’s the key to a great customer experience? For a growing group of online and mobile platforms, the answer lies in the pursuit of seamless payments. In the latest Payments Powering Platforms Tracker™, PYMNTS explores the latest efforts from industry giants and platform powerhouses around...
Consumers in China prefer mobile payments; Germans would rather use debit cards — and that’s just the beginning. HomeAway’s GM of Commerce Mike Sutter tells PYMNTS that staying competitive means giving consumers payment options that they want to use, not just what HomeAway accepts. In...
Most consumers enjoy the rest and relaxation that comes with a good vacation. However, planning and paying for that trip can often be a time-consuming, complex, and, of course, expensive process for travelers. Even hunting for a fair price for a flight or hotel stay...
Travel payments have long posed a challenge to airlines and hotels in the space. Payments are often expensive to process and come with a host of complexities, ranging from currency conversion to national and international regulatory compliance, to seemingly everything in between. However, the rewards...
The half-year mark. It’s a good place to take stock and reflect on a manner of things: Romance. Job performance. New payments platforms. It’s been six months since New Payments Platform (NPP) Australia went live, where a few intrepid, traditional financial institutions (FIs) and financial services providers...
While more than half of consumers pay bills online, an astounding 80 percent still rely on paper checks to pay rent. But with Zillow now processing rental payments, legacy payment systems are seemingly on track to be upended. In the latest Payments Powering Platforms Tracker,...
From giving sports and music fans a new way to buy tickets to the big game or sold out concert, to helping nonprofits raise more funds for their good cause, payment-powered online platforms have changed how payments are made today. When it comes to paying...
No more plastic. And no more relying solely on virtual cards. Companies need transparency when it comes to booking and paying for road warriors’ trips. Hyperwallet MD Bill Crowley weighs in on how corporate travel is well beyond the purview of OTAs in the age...
