April 03, 2024
Shipt Sees Financial Pressure Driving Online Seasonal Sales

As economic pressures continue to constrain consumers’ spending power, Shipt is seeing on-demand delivery shoppers turn to deals and concentrate their engagement around peak times. In an interview with PYMNTS,...

April 03, 2024
Messaging Platform Telegram Pivots to Crypto Payments for Ads 

Throughout nearly their entire history, cryptocurrencies have represented the archetypal innovation in search of a problem. And while they’ve succeeded as an unregulated store of value, as well as a tool for scammers,...

April 03, 2024
Visa Adds Subscription Manager to Digital Enablement Suite for Issuers

Visa launched a new Subscription Manager service that financial institutions can provide to Visa cardholders. The new service provides a single place where consumers can see where their card details are...

April 03, 2024
Working Capital Fuels APAC High-Growth Corporates

Accessing working capital enables companies to avoid operational disturbances in the short term and power growth for the long term. In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, 66% of Growth Corporates accessed...

April 02, 2024
As Visa+ Comes to PayPal and Venmo, Interoperable Cross-Border Payments...

Interoperability in payments — paying anyone, anywhere, no matter the network — remains a Holy Grail in payments. And interoperability is a work in progress. But bit by bit and...

April 02, 2024
Retailers Step Up In-Store Media in Bid for Advertiser Spend

As retailers feel shoppers’ belt-tightening behaviors hurt sales, many are turning to in-store retail media to increase their revenue and profit margins. Mega-retailer Walmart, for its part, shared in a news...

April 02, 2024
Lockchain.ai Debuts Blockchain Risk Management Solution

Lockchain.ai has debuted what it calls the first AI-powered blockchain risk management platform. The company, founded by a trio of cybersecurity CEOs, announced its launch Monday (April 1), saying its platform offered “automated...

April 02, 2024
Gopuff Doubles Down on Speed to Drive Paid Memberships

As on-demand delivery platforms compete to drive paid memberships in an effort to win consumers’ loyalty in the crowded space, Gopuff is looking to speedy fulfillment to boost engagement with...

April 02, 2024
Nuvei Sale Hints at Private Deals and Consolidation in Payments’...

2019, the year of the payments industry mega-deals, seems long ago and far away. Before the pandemic, the headlines were awash in waves of verticalization, where large firms scooped up...