June 01, 2023
Minding the Details in Working Capital Transparency
With businesses of all kinds being squeezed by rising wages and decreased consumer spending, they need to cut costs without cutting essential functions. PYMNTS explains why AP and AR automation...
June 01, 2023
Peru and Pakistan Expect Massive Real-Time Payments Growth by 2027
Each country implementing real-time payment methods has to balance various factors, including its banked population, the current favored payment schemes of the populace and penetration of digital payment methods, among...
June 01, 2023
Real-Time Payments World Map – June 2023
Real-Time Payments World Map – June 2023
May 31, 2023
Cardinal Health Teams With Square on Pharmacy POS Payments
Cardinal Health, a manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, has teamed up with Square to provide payment solutions for independent pharmacies. This collaboration aims to help independent pharmacies...
May 31, 2023
Instacart Introduces ChatGPT-Integrated Discovery Tool as eGrocers Aim to Do...
To extend its role in consumers’ day-to-day food routines, Instacart is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to offer consumers meal planning tools and other inspiration-finding capabilities. The online grocery giant announced Wednesday (May...
May 31, 2023
Dublin-Headquartered NomuPay Raises $53.6 Million to Expand X-Border Payment Platform
Dublin-headquartered NomuPay has raised $53.6 million to expand its cross-border payment platform. NomuPay’s Unified Payments Platform is built for regions seeing high growth in cross-border and eCommerce and currently simplifies payments throughout Southeast Asia,...
May 31, 2023
Is Carvana’s Wall Street Rally an Omen for Online Car...
One day’s surge on Wall Street may be a blip, or it may be an omen. Shares of Carvana rocketed up more than 16% Tuesday (May 30). By Wednesday morning (May 31),...
May 31, 2023
Beauty Brand Laneige Ditches Sensory Experience for Virtual Shopping
For an industry that thrives on sensory experiences and relies heavily on personal touch and physical treatments, the beauty industry is boldly venturing into a new realm — the metaverse. ...
May 31, 2023
Thinking Small Might Be Retail’s New Big Trend
Merchants are embracing smaller footprints in a greater effort to cut costs and renew customer focus. Marking a significant shift in retailer strategy, major stores determined to adapt to the...
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.
The United Arab Emirates boasts a robust digital market, with 89% of retail shoppers leveraging digital tools in physical stores and the second highest ranking in customer satisfaction among the six countries studied. A new 31-page PYMNTS Intelligence report, “2024 Global Digital Shopping Index: UAE Edition,” commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions, examines the state of digital shopping in this country where merchants are challenged to keep pace with shopper’s digital needs.