Australia, while a burgeoning mobile-first market, presents a paradox for financial institutions, FinTech innovators and payment providers. In the Land Down Under, there’s a population eager for digital convenience, particularly one-click checkout, but the demand often outstrips the pace of merchant adoption and technological readiness....
After moves involving banking and cryptocurrency, Robinhood is tackling a new frontier: social media. The online brokerage is adding a social platform to its mobile app, part of a new suite of tools the company unveiled Wednesday (Sept. 10) at its HOOD Summit in Las...
Digital couponing is set to have a moment. Driven by continued growth in eCommerce and mobile-first shopping, several sources have pegged it to triple its total market value of $9 billion by 2032. We took both as a sign to check our app provider rankings...
Robinhood Markets has replaced Caesars Entertainment on the S&P 500. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that change Friday (Sept. 5), saying the trading platform’s inclusion will go into effect Sept. 22. Joining Robinhood among new inductees is the marketing platform AppLovin, replacing bond trading platform...
For all the talk about artificial intelligence and instant payments, the biggest change reshaping how businesses pay each other may be happening in accounts payable. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Virtual Mobility: How Mobile Virtual Cards Elevate B2B Payments” finds that virtual cards and mobile wallets...
OnePay is reportedly adding its own branded wireless plan as it works to become an American super app. The FinTech company, which is majority-owned by Walmart, is making the service available within its app Wednesday (Sept. 3), in partnership with mobile services startup Gigs, CNBC...
Digital banking. The phrase means different things to different consumers, but for the PYMNTS app provider rankings, digital banking includes the apps that enable them to plan, spend and track their money within the same ecosystem. You would expect SoFi’s page to do well here,...
The digital landscape has seemingly leveled the playing field for online shopping across generations. However, what consumers are buying online continues to show some variations among generations, especially when it comes to spending on everyday necessities like groceries and on some discretionary items like restaurant...
It’s good to be Instacart these days. That’s the topline of our app provider rankings this week, which focuses on “aggregator” apps, or better known as the platforms that bring together numerous businesses offering similar products or services and make them available to consumers under...