June 07, 2023
Micromobility.com and EVmo Plan Merger to Expand B2B Vehicle Rentals
Micromobility.com and EVmo have signed a letter of intent to merge. The planned merger will bring together micromobility.com’s micromobility solutions and vehicle rentals and EVmo’s vehicle rentals to gig economy...
June 06, 2023
New AI Tools Mean Finance Teams Can Fine-Tune Company Engine
The path to the chief financial officer seat is getting wider as the role’s responsibilities transform. Given the growing accountant shortage, this is a good thing, but it doesn’t mean the journey to...
June 06, 2023
Despite eCommerce Push, 87% of Grocery Transactions Occur in Stores
For all grocers’ efforts, their shoppers continue to favor brick-and-mortar channels by a huge margin, new PYMNTS research finds. By the Numbers Research from PYMNTS’ new study “Tracking the Digital...
June 06, 2023
Flexport Completes Shopify Logistics Acquisition for Last-Mile Delivery
Global logistics company Flexport has acquired Shopify Logistics, adding eCommerce fulfillment, B2B distribution and last-mile delivery to the company’s portfolio of services. The deal made Flexport the official Shopify Logistics Partner...
June 06, 2023
Worldpay from FIS and Volt Enable A2A Payments for Merchants
Worldpay from FIS and Volt have partnered to enable merchants to receive account-to-account (A2A) payments from consumers. The collaboration will bring together Worldpay’s strength as a merchant acquirer and Volt’s open banking payments...
June 06, 2023
B2B Payments Platform Sprinque Secures $21 Million Debt Facility to...
Amsterdam-based B2B payments platform Sprinque has secured a 20-million-euro (about $21 million) debt facility. “We’re extremely happy to be able to share the good news for B2B merchants in Europe that operate...
June 06, 2023
Trulioo Expands ID Verification Platform’s AI-Powered Offerings
Trulioo has debuted expanded versions of its know your customer (KYC) and know your business (KYB) identity verification tools. The updates include expanded geographic coverage, “localization and enhanced artificial intelligence” (AI) to...
June 06, 2023
Mastercard Expands Open Banking Capabilities With Algoan Partnership
Mastercard is expanding its European open banking capabilities with a new account owner verification tool. The company’s verification solution, announced Tuesday (June 6) in a news release provided to PYMNTS,...
June 06, 2023
In-Store Retail Purchases Threatened by Oncoming eCommerce Wave
eCommerce activity is poised to rise significantly in the next 12 months. Thirty percent of consumers expect to purchase more retail products online in the next year, and 32% expect...
The U.S., U.K. and Europe are intensifying their efforts to develop and deploy the policies and infrastructure necessary to advance the use cases and real time payments volume of their domestic networks. This month’s “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, explores the progress and future developments of real-time payments across these regions.
Despite the tremendous growth in Click-and-Mortar™ shopping in Brazil over the last three years, the country’s retailers don’t offer 39% of the features that consumers want. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study, the “2024 Global Digital Shopping Index: Brazil Edition” commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions, draws on insights from 2,200 consumers and 622 merchants to reveal what Brazil’s merchants need to know to drive consumer satisfaction and loyalty.