April 26, 2024
The State of Main Street Heading Into Small Business Week

Despite the moniker attached to their segment, small businesses loom large in the American economy.  And with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrating National Small Business Week starting Sunday (April...

April 26, 2024
Amazon Announces Prime Day’s Return as Shoppers Flock to Seasonal...

With consumer spending increasingly motivated by deals and seasonality, Amazon is gearing up for its tenth-ever Prime Day savings event, as Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, announced via...

April 26, 2024
Study Finds Only Half of Consumers Satisfied With Embedded Lending...

Lenders in key global markets offer an ever-increasing range of consumer credit products. Still, consumers express dissatisfaction with the current options. Just 50% of consumers across six major economies are...

April 25, 2024
Consumers Dissatisfied by Small Merchants’ Digital Presences

As consumers have grown to expect seamless digital convenience, many are finding that smaller merchants fall short of their expectations, PYMNTS Intelligence reveals. By the Numbers The “2024 Global Digital...

April 25, 2024
EBANX Teams With Brazil’s FastSpring to Expand Pix Usage

FastSpring and EBANX have teamed to expand the usage of the Pix payment in Brazil. FastSpring, based in Brazil, powers payments for global Software-as-a-Service and software companies. EBANX is a tech company focusing...

April 25, 2024
Financial Infrastructure Platform QI Tech Achieves Unicorn Status

Brazilian FinTech QI Tech has achieved unicorn status after extending its Series B round. With this extension, the firm raised additional equity with current investor General Atlantic and Across Capital,...

April 25, 2024
Best Buy Forms Retail Media Partnership With CNET

Best Buy has launched a retail media partnership with consumer technology publication CNET. The collaboration is designed to help brands reach larger audiences of “high intent” shoppers at a time when many consumers...

April 25, 2024
This Week in B2B: Enterprise Metaverses, AI Accountants, Virtual Cards

Innovation is a key factor in any company’s ability to succeed in the long run.  And so are the ways in which they pay and get paid. That’s why, within...

April 25, 2024
First-Quarter GDP Slows as Consumers Trim Spending

And now it seems the slowdown is here. Markets slumped by more than 1% Thursday morning (April 25) on the latest reading on gross domestic product (GDP) growth, courtesy of...