March 06, 2023
Brazilian Startup Barte Raises $3 Million for B2B Payments Platform
Barte has raised 16 million Brazilian real (about $3 million) for its B2B payments platform. This seed round brings to 22 million Brazilian real (about $4 million) the amount the...
March 06, 2023
Half of Low-Income Consumers Pay With Debit and PayPal
The payment methods favored by those on stable financial footing compared to those struggling to meet bills is often a tale of living strictly within one’s means or having the...
March 06, 2023
4 in 10 Grocery Customers Can Still Be Lured By...
Grocers may find increased loyalty catering to the wants of shoppers making choices based on more than just deals. With the cost of groceries 11% higher than last year, it seems like...
March 06, 2023
Visa Teams With F5 on Secure eCommerce Checkout for Merchants
Security firm F5 has partnered with Visa to help merchants reduce friction at checkout. “Customers expect seamless commerce experiences and transactions to be secure,” the companies said in a news release Monday (March 6). “Yet, in...
March 06, 2023
Wix and Stripe Enable Contactless Payments via iPhone
Wix and Stripe have partnered to enable merchants to accept contactless payments with an iPhone. With this new Tap to Pay on iPhone offering, merchants in the United States can...
March 06, 2023
What Zara and H&M Are Getting Wrong About Charging for...
If declining sales and the continued stress to keep bottom lines healthy were not enough pressure already, retailers are today faced with another key challenge — the rising cost of...
March 06, 2023
PYMNTS Intelligence: Partnering for BaaS Success
Banks embarking on a banking as a service (BaaS) journey may feel they have their work cut out for them, especially if they are relatively new to the digital banking...
March 06, 2023
The Inside Take on Streamlining Checkout for a Frictionless Experience
The challenge for online merchants everywhere is giving consumers many ways to pay without making the checkout page look like a NASCAR race car — and why Checkout.com’s Akin Kayim...
March 06, 2023
Why 50% of US Consumers Don’t Chase Merchant Deals
Nearly half of U.S. consumers say they shifted to brands and stores that offered steeper discounts than their usual retail and grocery haunts in the last year. Half of consumers...
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.