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“What price will put you nice folks into a used car today?” The cartoonish used car pitches of yesteryear vanished with the pandemic used car shortage and subsequent pricing spike, ...

75% of car buyers favor brands that offer rewards, with a similar percentage (74%) favoring digital payments. In the latest edition of the “Expanding Payments Choice Playbook Series,” PYMNTS examines ...

Auto companies and dealers can no longer depend on direct customer interactions in the showroom to build rapport and keep customers interested. Digital is already dominant, accounting for 72% of ...

Even before the pandemic, there was already an inexorable shift taking place within payments. And yet, depending on where you look, there’s still a few spots that are due for a ...

A survey of companies across Latin and North America found that more than half paid regulatory fines or otherwise suffered financially in the past year due to unmitigated compliance risks. Between ...

One of the first steps in compliance is simply verifying the customer’s identity, according to Bert Friedman, vice president of compliance at Nearside. As a provider of small business banking products, ...

As the digital transformation brings the world closer together, many companies anticipate that both the complexity of regulations and the efforts by governments to enforce them will increase in the ...

Today in the connected economy, Bank of America looks to up its spending on electronic banking after seeing a record number of log-ins last month. Also global payroll solution developer Deel ...

Corporate disbursements FinTech Onbe is working with financial services firm Equity Trust Company on a project the companies say will modernize the way investors pay real estate expenses within their ...

For businesses hoping to compete for talent in the increasingly global digital marketplace, cross-border payments innovations are crucial. A full 73% of independent contractors are prepared to leave their current freelancer ...

Impending recessions aside, new forms of wage access and fast disbursement are hot commodities for businesses that rely on gig workers but are finding them harder to attract and retain. Up ...

Today in B2B payments, companies are starting to tap into the cash reserves they built during the COVID-19 pandemic, while Goldman Sachs leads an investment group that sends $150 million ...

Independent workers experience a greater degree of unpredictability than traditional employees due to the nature of gig economy jobs, making predictability in areas such as payment frequency all the more ...

As digital technology makes it easier for companies to launch new cross-border ventures, financial institutions (FIs) are feeling the pressure to offer their corporate clients more digital-first payment solutions to ...

In the “Expanding Payments Choice Playbook,” art marketplace Artfinder’s COO Joshna Rughani explains the role of secure digital payments in building trust as buyers and sellers become increasingly global.

With no end in sight to eCommerce growth, businesses can look forward to a growing volume of cross-border transactions for the foreseeable future. PYMNTS research indicates that cross-border trading is ...

“Chief collaborator.” “Resource.” “Service Provider.” Just some of the many ways chief financial officers (CFOs) describe their roles within their organizations. When interviewed for the PYMNTS series “A Day in the Life ...

Today is Wednesday, June 22 and Google News is turning 20 this year and getting a facelift. The redesign is inspired by user feedback and focused on personalization. Proteus is ...

The gig economy is a changeable landscape where worker retention is becoming an issue. It’s also an ideal use case for instant and real-time payouts. Real-time payments cure a host of ...

Among the shifts that have emerged in consumer behaviors in response to the pandemic, the growth of the gig economy and the accelerated adoption of digital payment options are coming ...

In “The Expanding Payments Choice Playbook” tech talent agency 10x Management tells PYMNTS how it is helping top-tier freelancers secure speedier and more reliable payment terms while guiding companies to ...

As consumers face increasingly constrained personal budgets in the face of growing economic pressures, many have turned to gig work as a secondary income source, with 16% of all consumers ...

FinTech Onbe today named Tracy Monson chief product officer, promoting her from her previous position of senior vice president for product. Monson, according to the company, will oversee the company’s product ...

Welcome to Wednesday, May 18. Deal or no deal? Elon Musk is still insisting on more transparency before moving forward with his Twitter buy, but now the social platform is ...

Whatever one’s feelings on seminal Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, you’ve got to admit the guy knew a thing (or two) about “duality” — two ideas in one that can each ...

Financial insecurity affects millions of workers: 52% of adults in the United States say they typically live paycheck to paycheck. This instability can mean unexpected expenses have massive ramifications, forcing ...

The gig economy has become an appealing option for American workers seeking flexible self-employment, but delayed payouts can quickly drive these workers into financial hardship, especially if the delays become ...

Payroll is one of the most critical functions at any company, as every employee needs to be paid accurately and on time. This important process is rife with delays and ...

Companies now recognize that they can unlock numerous benefits by modernizing and digitizing how they disburse funds. For one thing, faster and more dependable payments can increase employee loyalty, and instant ...

Rebates, incentives and other rewards are key tools in retailers’ arsenal for driving conversions and maintaining a competitive edge in a crowded marketplace. Studies have found that rebates make customers 75% ...

If you want to help ensure a customer is going to buy from your business, you can’t go wrong by offering rebates. Studies have shown that rebates make consumers 75% more ...

Customer-incentive programs need a digital makeover. In this month’s Expanding Payments Choice Playbook, PYMNTS talked with Neal Cotter, director of customer advocacy and insights at clothing retailer Torrid, to learn ...

Incentives are a vital part of retail advertising, consisting of rebates, loyalty programs and other rewards for making purchases that encourage shoppers to buy more. Coupons for free products make ...

The pandemic decelerated the use of cash and accelerated acceptance of a diverse mix of digital spend channels, the most popular being contactless. Onbe CEO Bala Janakiraman explains why digital-first ...

As more consumers become familiar with instant disbursements, both traditional employees and independent contractors are showing interest in instant pay. Forty-five percent of independent contractors say they would like to be ...

In this era of instant gratification, it’s no surprise that digital payments are becoming more popular every day and that we’re seeing the traditionally stodgy and stuffy financial sector embrace ...

Instant disbursements were on the rise in 2021, with nearly three times as many consumers receiving an instant disbursement last year compared to 2020, while 17% of consumers received at least one ...

Real-time home loan disbursements are of little use if the estimate and approval processes surrounding them are still stuck in manual. In the Expanding Payments Choice Playbook, Better Mortgage’s Ziggy ...

Two decades ago, providing payments to workforce employees and channel members meant signing a check and putting it in the mail. Today, it’s an evolving process that engages recipients through ...

Nowhere is the digitization of disbursements more important than payroll. Businesses can also reap benefits in terms of efficiency and reliability with digital, cloud-based payroll systems. In a competitive talent ...

Last year saw workers around the world move out of survival mode and dedicate themselves to finding solutions to meet the needs of our new reality. Onbe CEO Bala ...

Digital payments have exhibited unprecedented growth in the past several years. The market was valued at more than $5.4 trillion in 2020 and is expected to reach $11.3 trillion by ...

The global health crisis has made consumers more anxious about receiving their money quickly, regardless of how it’s being sent. In this month’s Expanding Payments Choice Playbook, Kristen Miles, director ...

Digital disbursements have evolved significantly in recent years, growing from a little-used novelty to a juggernaut competing directly with checks and cash. There are approximately 1.9 billion business-to-consumer (B2C) payments ...

After finalizing their merger in December 2020, daVinci Payments and North Lane Technologies have rebranded as Onbe, a unified payments firm that seeks to create engaging payment experiences for consumers ...