January 14, 2020
Travel Meets Connected Commerce
By 2021 – about a year from now – over 20 percent of all payments globally will be made with a mobile wallet. As usage grows, brands are responding with...
January 10, 2020
PayPal Deal, Connected Economy And Cyberwar Top Week’s News
The first full work week of the new decade brought a gusher of payments and commerce news, and this latest edition of the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure...
January 10, 2020
Reaching Millennial Travelers With Payments Technology
Hotels, airlines and homesharing platforms need strategies to satisfy the travel needs of four generations of jetsetters, who each have different booking and payment preferences. Some millennials, in one case,...
January 10, 2020
Homesharing Platforms Vie For Millennial, Gen Z Travelers
With millennial travel spend expected to reach $1.4 trillion in 2020, hotels and home-sharing platforms are clamoring to win their business. But it takes more than just mobile-friendly booking experiences...
January 09, 2020
Top News in Payments: Uber Halts Upfront Pricing in CA;...
In today’s top news, Uber drops upfront pricing in California in response to the state’s new gig economy law, and the central bank in China said it accepted an American...
January 09, 2020
Airbnb: How To Win The $1.4T Battle For Millennials
Airlines, hotels and homesharing platforms need strategies to satisfy the travel needs of four generations of jetsetters, each with different payment and booking preferences. This can be difficult, even for...
December 13, 2019
Sharing Platforms Fight Fraud, Make Friends
We now inhabit a world where one can rent almost anything. It’s a world that has sprung up around the spending power and tastes of millennials and Gen Zers, and...
November 22, 2019
Elavon’s Sage Pay Acquisition, Google’s Citi Deal, Facebook Pay Top...
It’s the end of the workweek and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything — and that you start off your weekend right, with the...
November 22, 2019
Lawmakers Question Airbnb On Non-Compliant Listings
Airbnb is facing questions from U.S. lawmakers who want information about hosts who go against the company’s policies and don’t comply with local laws. Six members of Congress said in a...