How do you measure innovation? That’s a question that takes on fresh importance in today’s mobile and data age – and answers are coming, of all places, via food menus. Innovation and change also stand as constant factors in payments – including purchase financing – and...
There is no shortage of things to worry about in the world of cybersecurity. From data breaches to fraudsters creating synthetic IDs using children’s Social Security numbers, consumers’ concerns are myriad. But they also want their commerce and payments journeys to be friction-free, whether they’re sending funds, paying...
While worries about the domestic and global economies loom large, the story on the Street in early 2019 is mostly about growing forward, instead of shrinking back. Firms like Airbnb are signing on more users in more places. Square is building up its revenue and active...
Consumers have been trained – by Venmo and other P2P payments providers in the U.S. and around the world – to expect to be able to send and receive funds easily and quickly. Hence their disappointment when the experience is neither quick nor easy. And,...
For consumers, merchants and financial institutions, drama usually means hassle, frustration and lost sales. When it comes to the fast-growing world of subscription eCommerce, however, payments are reducing the drama quotient. The same can be said for the increasing use of mobile order-ahead technology for...
It might be a bit of a cliché to note that we live in an increasingly connected world – though given that literally tens of billions of connected devices are predicted to go online in the next year or so, it is a mathematically accurate one. There...
Consumers are looking to their smartphones to manage their money with the help of mobile card services (MCS) in 2019. In other news, consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands such as Procter & Gamble (P&G) are rolling out laundry services as consumers outsource this chore. And Domino’s revenue increased in the fourth quarter year over year, though...
Not all FinTech providers are FinTech firms — the reasons behind that help bring a deeper understanding of the modern digital economy. That said, digital technology continues to bring efficiencies to relatively mundane but vital parts of business, and that includes the task of calculating mileage...
The latest numbers out of the payments and commerce world show eCommerce and other retail gains for a major U.S.-based player, while another company – one more closely focused on lending – showed growth in personal and auto loans. But growth is about more than...
