There are places where one would expect that technological innovations would play a big part in making things run better: banking, finance, payments and wearables are all favored topics here at PYMNTS. But the march of innovation goes off the well-worn path as well. Pawn...
The key to making something more convenient for consumers usually lies in one of two areas: making something faster to do, or making it simpler to access (bothm if possible). It’s why real-time payments are a global hit – particularly among gig workers and contractors...
The key to making something more convenient for consumers usually lies in one of two areas: making something faster to do, or making it simpler to access (both, if possible). It’s why real-time payments are a global hit – particularly among gig workers and contractors...
What consumers want mostly is choice – and they tend to prefer retailers and service providers that offer it to them. That might mean choice in payment methods in a variety of contexts, or it might mean choice in when and where they go to work...
Gambling isn’t new to payments and commerce players – every new idea is a gamble, in a sense – but creating instant payment schemes for literal gambling carries risks bigger than just losing some chips. And in a world where security risks are proliferating and...
The world of 2019 is quickly gearing up to become quite a different place than the year we just left behind. Rules are changing – a fact to which residents of 10 states will get a rude introduction at the end of the month if...
When customers and those that fulfill their needs are in alignment, all is right with the commerce world. Unfortunately, sometimes things get a little out of whack, with customers going one way and retail managers going another. Observable particularly in physical retail and QSR dining,...
A new year is as good a time as any to think about change – which is probably why resolutions are popular to make, if not to follow through on. But whether intentional or not, consumers are changing how they approach commerce, which means those...
The new year is here, and a new lease on efficiency and streamlining is loose in the payments and commerce ecosystem. Merchants are doubling down on mobile point of sale and streamlining checkout in physical stores. Businesses are focusing on stronger spend management, and making paper-based systems a thing of...
