Reducing friction is among the top goals of the digital era. Sometimes, real-life payments hassles encourage entrepreneurial action to fix a global problem. Other times, innovators combine cutting-edge technologies in an attempt to bring more security and seamlessness to the healthcare space. Reducing friction also can be a...
One of the main goals of digital payments and retail is to encourage seamless connections – and not just when it comes to transactions. Smart operators are figuring out how to integrate payments into not only the workforce, but also the workflow. A growing marketplace...
Even as the economy’s ongoing health and the growth in jobs and payroll win praise from multiple quarters, further evidence keeps emerging that U.S. consumers are operating within narrower financial margins than was the case in the recent past. Digital technology, along with the speed...
While consumers are always looking for services – and tend to reward customer-obsessed brands – it can be easy to forget that customers also loving helping themselves, and tend to reward those who make it easier for them to be self-sufficient. That can mean easier commerce across channels, as well as...
While stock prices have been varied as earnings have come out – depending on specific results – the fact of rapidly digitizing payments and commerce has been the background story of the week, visible in PayPal’s record-setting platform growth and in Visa’s double-digit volume growth. And...
In a “go big or go home” environment, it is not surprising that so many players prefer to go big. It’s why Apple is playing up its super-sized Services revenue, as opposed to its incredible shrinking iPhone issues. Or why eBay is vocal about its...
Customers want what they want, whether that be a voice assistant, a family vacation or to place a wager on the biggest football game of the year. The question is how to deliver on those wants. In the case of the Internet of Things (IoT), that...
Digital commerce is evolving around the world. In some places, like India, it is happening by statute, and leaving no small amount of confusion in its wake. In some places, it is happening by technological advances, like the quickly expanding world of contactless payments. And...
The European Union’s (EU’s) PSD2 is making merchants that deal with payment data from Eurozone citizens enhance their payment protocols. In other news, Fundbox is expanding access to its Fundbox Pay business credit solution. And Starbucks has grown its loyalty rewards program enrollment, while big-name merchants in...
