May 02, 2024
Private Equity Firm Permira Acquires Majority Stake in Fraud Prevention...
Private equity company Permira has acquired a majority stake in Israeli fraud/financial crime prevention provider BioCatch. The agreement, announced Thursday (May 2), values BioCatch at $1.3 billion, and comes amid a...
May 02, 2024
Competing With Giants: How Small Businesses Can Optimize Their eCommerce...
This National Small Business Week, merchants are increasingly moving beyond Main Street — and into eCommerce. And with the news that the post-pandemic growth for most Main Street small and...
May 01, 2024
Epos Now Considers Sale of Minority Stake
British payments group Epos Now is running a private placement process to sell a minority stake in the business and bring on a strategic partner “for the next stage of...
May 01, 2024
Nearly One-Third of Healthcare Providers Are Waiting for $100K+ in...
Late business-to-business (B2B) payments aren’t just a headache for the people in the accounts receivable (AR) department; for some businesses, past due payments can mean the difference between success and insolvency. AR...
May 01, 2024
68% of Main Street SMBs Leveraging Social Media See Increasing...
Since April 2021, most Main Street small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.S. have been experiencing significant growth. In fact — according to PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest SMB Growth Monitor...
April 30, 2024
Pinterest: Consumers Will Adopt Social Commerce If It’s Easy
As consumers seek more frictionless eCommerce experiences, Pinterest is seeing user demand for shoppable features, as long as the purchasing journey is simple and intuitive. The social media company shared...
April 30, 2024
TikTok Shop Marks 500,000+ Merchants in the US
TikTok saw its U.S. eCommerce merchant base more than double at the end of 2023. The social media platform says TikTok Shop had more than 500,000 merchants selling to American users at the...
April 30, 2024
LTK Adds New, Longer-Format Videos to Commerce Platform for Creators
LTK now offers new, longer-format videos on its commerce platform for creators. The company has also added a new Products Tab and Link Optimization technology, LTK said in a Tuesday...
April 30, 2024
BoE Urges UK Payment Firms to Upgrade Operational Resilience
Are companies offering payments services in Great Britain prepared for disruptions such as cyberattacks? Sasha Mills, executive director for financial market infrastructure (FMI) at the Bank of England (BOE) said there...
