It is easy to get taken in by appearances, which, as the old saying goes, can be deceiving. For example, it can be hard to tell who is financially stable and who is financially struggling, since the consumers most people assume are struggling are actually in...
Healthcare is a massive market in the United States – the insurance industry alone is valued in the trillions of dollars. And yet, as Collective Health Co-founder and Chief Health Officer Rajaie Batniji recently told PYMNTS, the industry needs some curative care itself, as navigating payments is expensive...
For businesses, workers and consumers all over the world, the best time for a payment is right now – if at all possible. Unlocking faster payments has an undeniable effect, as Tipalti has seen very quick adoption since rolling out an early payment option with Vindeo. But faster and...
Good partnerships – Abbott and Costello, Jobs and Wozniak, chocolate and peanut butter – can change the world. When combined, the two individual elements can become more than the mere combination of their parts. But, of course, one has to pick the right partners. The wrong PoS...
Normal operating procedure for consumers on the eve of the 2020s is incredibly different than it was on the eve of the 2010s – and it’s almost unrecognizable from the eve of the millennium. Consumers shop, bank, work and get paid differently than they ever...
Going digital, optimizing for mobile and chasing the great connected commerce change-over are the prescribed solutions for a wide variety of problems. Sometimes quite wisely – digitizing B2B payments make them faster, cheaper, less friction-filled and more transparent to all sides of a transaction. It’s what consumers...
Consumers love choice and are always ready to embrace the next big thing. The explosion of voice assistants and the smart speaker market are a testament to that. But customers also want what they can rely on – which is why subscription services of all stripes have grown in recent...
Capturing customer loyalty is not easy thing when customers are a fickle and mobile group. Offering better pricing is always a good starting point, but consumers – particularly young, affluent consumers – are looking for more in the way of rewards and convenience. Plus, customers are looking at an...
There is a lot to be happy about in 2018 — despite the sometimes dire tone of the headlines. Wages have been going up, consumers have reported feeling more economically stable and cross-border trade is on the incline. However, for all the reasons to put out more celebratory flags, there are plenty of caution lights flashing — seen among...
