April 10, 2023
ReserveBar Plots Online ‘Destination’ for Alcohol Sales
eCommerce platform ReserveBar has teamed with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS). The partnership, announced in a Monday (April 10) press release, will let consumers who take...
April 10, 2023
Payments Execs Say Q1 ’23 Forced a New Kind of...
While some dark first-quarter 2023 recessionary imaginings came to pass — witness the tech job cuts and the collapse of important financial institutions — so far, 2023 isn’t the apocalypse...
April 10, 2023
South Africa’s RTP Scheme Hopes to Turn Highly Banked, Cash-Centric...
Compared to other African markets which have high levels of unbanked populations, more than 80% of South Africa’s population has access to a bank account. However, that access to financial...
April 07, 2023
Amazon Closes the Book on Book Depository, Underscoring eCommerce’s Evolution
Every so often, we get a reminder of how far we’ve come — and where we’ve come from. It’s hard to recall, at least for some of us, that eCommerce...
April 07, 2023
Asia Innovations Group Adds AI-Powered Capabilities to eCommerce Platform
Asia Innovations Group (ASIG) has added artificial intelligence (AI)-powered capabilities to its eCommerce platform. The Singapore-based company’s international online marketplace, Hekka, now uses its own ASIG_AIGC platform to deliver AI-generated...
April 07, 2023
Retail Drone Delivery At Scale Needs More Runway, But Datasets...
As robotics and drones get added to the tech roadmaps of retailers of every stripe, the fact remains: it’s hard creating commercial robots and autonomous vehicles, as several programs fall...
April 07, 2023
Walmart Hopes Amazon-Like Website Will Boost Subscribers and Revenue
It is an understatement to say that Amazon and Walmart have a strong presence in the U.S. retail shopping space; the two giants dominate the industry and define the market,...
April 07, 2023
Businesses Fast-Track B2B Payments Digitization to Boost Growth
Merchants have gradually transitioned toward payment digitization for several decades, but these efforts have gained momentum in recent years. Companies are rapidly replacing legacy payment systems with more modern alternatives,...
April 06, 2023
Tillerman Launches Tool That Streamlines Gaining Insights From POS Data
Tillerman has launched a tool that makes it easier to use point-of-sale (POS) data. Designed for retail brands and wholesalers, the new Tillerman Insight provides an interactive and visual dashboard...
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.