Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. That quote, by management consultant Peter F. Drucker, holds more true today than ever before — particularly given the shifting dynamics and challenges of the contemporary macro operating environment, where courageous and agile...
Inflation, inflation and inflation. The drum beat has defined the past year in the financial services business and reached a crescendo in the first quarter. But, according to payments orchestration solution provider Spreedly, which sees $50 billion in gross transaction volumes on its platform, a successful payments strategy can meet consumers where they are, as companies...
Square has expanded the availability of offline payments to every hardware device, in every country. The company has offered this no-connection-required solution for 10 years on some of its devices, expanding it to a growing number of units over that time, and now offers it across the entire...
Earlier this year, Visa and PYMNTS Intelligence trained a spotlight on the Click-and-Mortar™ shopper. This fast-growing segment, who seek digital features with the instant gratification of in-store shopping, offers both challenge and opportunity for merchants as they offer up reimagined experiences in the aisles, at the register and online. ...
Deutsche Bank Global Head of Embedded Finance Solutions Matthaeus Sielecki told PYMNTS that embedded finance is transforming verticals as far-flung as retail and logistics. Payments are now being actively merged into business models as those models evolve — and the role of chief financial officers...
Forage now provides retailers with an omnichannel Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) processing solution. The payment processor has expanded into in-store EBT processing, a service that joins the online EBT processing it has offered since 2022, Forage said in a Friday (April 5) press release emailed to...
When it comes to payment solutions, merchants today have a growing number of options. But all the options in the world don’t translate to business success, and the integration of innovative payment solutions into existing business models isn’t always as seamless as merchants might want....
Todaq Micro has announced the public beta launch of two new offerings: a micropayments solution and an artificial intelligence (AI) sales agent. More than 100 companies have begun adding these tools to their websites, Todaq Micro said in a Tuesday (April 2) press release. The company’s micropayments solution, TAPP...
In life, and in commerce, it is often the little things that matter most. And as digitization changes the world, those little things are getting both smaller and more important — particularly when it comes to payments. This, as leveraging embedded finance is emerging as...