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eCommerce
58% of Gen Z Shoppers Prefer Debit Cards for Online Shopping 
April 23, 2024

Few things must be as frustrating to an eCommerce merchant as cart abandonment. But, as PYMNTS Intelligence found in compiling its “How Preferred Payment Availability Can Reduce Cart Abandonment” report in a collaboration with Adobe, merchants shouldn’t take cart abandonment personally. Our data reveals that millennials...

Retail
Consumers Demand AI-Powered Expertise When Exploring New eCommerce Categories
April 23, 2024

When trying unfamiliar products online, consumers demand a high degree of expert, personalized guidance — the kind that they are used to getting in stores — and artificial intelligence (AI) can go a long way toward helping shoppers get over their initial hesitance. In an...

Social Commerce
Real-Time Market Value Unlocks New Frontier for Creator Financing
April 23, 2024

Access to financial resources is undeniably critical for business success. Without it, the road ahead can be fraught with challenges, potentially leading to the demise of even the most promising ventures.  Yet, for independent creators — whether they are influencers, musicians or content creators —...

B2B Payments
Virtual Cards Set to Transform Buyer-Supplier Relationships
April 23, 2024

Management guru Peter Drucker once said that “wherever you see a successful business, somebody made a courageous decision.” That’s the spirit behind the Certainty Project, a study from PYMNTS Intelligence highlighting the implications of decision-making in financial operations.  And according to a recent panel discussion of industry heavyweights...

Security & Fraud
Spike in Identity Fraud Forces Banks to Embrace Innovation
April 23, 2024

To the hammer of a bad actor, everything vulnerable looks like a nail. And with the rise of sophisticated fraud techniques, organizations like financial institutions that are operating within security-critical sectors are increasingly faced with the daunting task of safeguarding against a shifting mix of...

Loyalty & Rewards
New Data: 93% of Card-Linked Offer Users Come Back for More
April 23, 2024

Card-linked offers, which provide special savings or rewards attached to a merchant or product, are popular: Roughly 2 in 5 cardholders consistently use them. PYMNTS Intelligence’s research shows how attractive current offers are to users: 93% plan on maintaining or increasing their use in the...

Cross-border Payments
Pomelo Officially Launches Product Combining Credit and International Money Transfer
April 22, 2024

Pomelo has announced its official launch after several months of private beta. The company is launching with $70 million in seed financing that includes $20 million in venture capital and $50 million in warehouse facility, the company said in a Monday (April 22) press release. Pomelo offers a product...

Faster Payments
Lower Costs, Easier Integration Could Boost Instant Ad Hoc Payments
April 22, 2024

The use of ad hoc payments by large enterprises to pay small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and individuals is on the rise — and exclusive data from PYMNTS Intelligence suggests lower costs and easier integration could be making them even more popular.  Ad hoc payments...

Investments
Rippling Raises $200 Million to Enhance Workforce Management Platform
April 22, 2024

Workforce management platform Rippling has raised $200 million in new financing in a Series F round that values the company at $13.5 billion. Rippling has also signed agreements with investors to repurchase up to $590 million in equity from current and former employees and early investors, Rippling...