June 02, 2023
PIX, Pickup and Apps: The New Face of Retail Shopping...
PIX. Mercado Pago. Pickup. Apps. Data protection. These are a few of the digital shopping trends and payment options that are key to winning customers in Brazil — one of...
June 02, 2023
Delegated Authentication Helps Speed the Shift to Passwordless Future
In a world where online commerce continues its inexorable rise, authentication and transaction processes have become more critical than ever. Delegated authentication has the potential to revolutionize the way we...
June 01, 2023
Amazon Fulfillment Executive Melissa Nick Leaving Company June 16
Amazon Vice President, North America Customer Fulfillment Melissa Nick will reportedly leave the company June 16. Nick will be the latest in a series of executives who have left the company over the...
June 01, 2023
Dapi and Mastercard Partner to Provide A2A Payments in UAE
Dapi and Mastercard have partnered to provide account-to-account (A2A) payments in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With this strategic partnership, Dapi, a UAE-based FinTech company, will launch A2A payments on Mastercard Payment Gateway...
June 01, 2023
Instacart Takes on DashMart With Aldi Digital C-Store Partnership
Instacart is working with discount grocer Aldi on 30-minute delivery of convenience store goods, a move that could boost the grocery aggregator’s competitive position in the category relative to competitors...
June 01, 2023
Trader Joe’s Embraces Digital Scarcity Amid Grocery’s eCommerce Rush
As many brands race to become as digitally available as possible, Trader Joe’s is going the opposite route, leaning into its lack of eCommerce presence to set the shopping experience...
June 01, 2023
Small Businesses Struggle as Banks Tighten Lending
Smaller businesses have begun cutting back as banks impose tougher lending standards. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) notes in a Thursday (June 1) report on the phenomenon, merchants are...
June 01, 2023
New World of Global Trade Set to Affect Cross-Border Commerce
Smaller merchants may need more help navigating the new rules than ever before. As reported by The Wall Street Journal in May, international trade deals are fading in favor of...
June 01, 2023
Generative AI Is Evolving Embedded Finance by Accelerating Easy Wins
The digitization of everyday life is transforming nearly every consumer touchpoint, particularly payments. As the world continues to hit new levels of daily digital engagement, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging...
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.