February 16, 2024
Not All E-Commerce Businesses are Born Equal: Implications for Privacy...

This paper discusses privacy concerns and privacy regulation under two different e-commerce business models: a pure marketplace and a hybrid marketplace. In previous papers we have found that the nature...

February 16, 2024
Can Data Regulation Reshape the Short-Term Rental Market?

We describe whether and how short-term rental (“STR”) platforms share data with local governments, as municipalities attempt to regulate STR markets in the US and Europe. The raw data patterns...

February 16, 2024
Mastercard Says Click to Pay Is Primed for Growth as...

Nearly five years after Click to Pay was introduced (initially as Secure Remote Commerce), Jennifer Marriner, EVP, Global Acceptance Solutions at Mastercard, told Karen Webster, “The actual use cases are...

February 16, 2024
AI Cuts Across Marketplaces to Accelerate Seller Performance

Amazon had a lot to crow about on its most recent earnings call. It started with record revenue for Q4 and the full year of 2023.  It continued as CEO...

February 16, 2024
Tokenization Now Seen by Merchants as Performance Optimization Play

Jeff Hallenbeck, head of payments at Forter, said tokenization, from the merchant point of view, is moving from being thought of as an operational cost to an opportunity to drive...

February 16, 2024
Walmart Sets Sights on Retail Media as Content and Commerce...

This week in the ongoing race for customers’ loyalty and engagement between retail powerhouses Walmart and Amazon, the former may be looking to join in the streaming media space, where...

February 16, 2024
Payments Vaulting Seen as Competitive Differentiator for Subscription Commerce

Joe Meuse, vice president of product at Spreedly, told PYMNTS that subscription-based business models face challenges and opportunities in meeting customers’ demands in the digital age. At a high level,...

February 16, 2024
Stablecoins, Unstable Crypto Market Propel Coinbase Profits

Renewed investor enthusiasm for crypto has been good news for U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. And while 2023 wasn’t the greatest year for crypto, it was no 2022, and Coinbase’s latest quarterly...

February 16, 2024
Eight in 10 Insurers Seek FinTech Partners for Instant Payment...

Insurance companies are crucial in helping consumers with essential needs. They may provide funds to cover significant emergencies such as major medical procedures, home repairs following a disaster or replacing...