March 15, 2012
What Facebook’s IPO Filing Reveals about Its Payments Business
Facebook’s S1, which was filed on February 1st in preparation for its IPO, shows that this almost 8-year old company will likely become a global powerhouse in payments. Payments is...
February 28, 2012
Facebook Commerce: From F to Phi Beta Kappa
The web was buzzing last week with the news of Facebook’s failing grade for generating sales for merchants on its social platform. The case examples cited were J.C. Penney, Gamestop...
February 27, 2012
Facebook Commerce: From F to Phi Beta Kappa
The web was buzzing last week with the news of Facebook’s failing grade for generating sales for merchants on its social platform. The case examples cited were J.C. Penney, Gamestop...
February 19, 2012
Five Innovations to the Consumer Shopping Experience, Well, Fit for...
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February 16, 2012
Retailer/Customer Relationships: What Retail 2012 Can Learn from Retail 1912
Mary walks into her favorite store on her way home from lunch with a few friends. Upon entering the store she’s greeted by name by the shopkeeper and asked how...
February 13, 2012
Perfect Pairings: True Love Trifecta (and the Top Break-Up Contender)
Ah, Valentine’s Day – the day when love reigns supreme and couples rule. In the spirit of bringing a little romance to payments and PYMNTS.com – here are a few...
February 09, 2012
Heartland Payment Systems Reports Adjusted Net Income Increased 73%; Adjusted...
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (NYSE: HPY), one of the nation’s largest payment processors, today announced GAAP net income of $11.2 million, or $0.28 per share, for the three months ended...
January 26, 2012
PayPal’s Thompson to Take Reins at Yahoo
Talk about starting 2012 off with a bang! It can now be confirmed that Scott Thompson, President of PayPal since 2008, will become the CEO of Yahoo. The announcement is...
January 08, 2012
Handicapping PayPal and Google in the Mobile Transaction Platform Race
Ah, September! It’s the beginning of fall: back to school, football, sweaters here in Boston, and now apparently, the race to the physical point of sale – mobile payments style....
As Americans increasingly rely on BNPL for essentials, November is poised for record spending via this payment method, with 1 in 5 consumers planning to use it. The latest “FinTech Tracker®,” a collaboration with Sezzle, examines the economic forces driving this upswing, BNPL’s shift from optional to necessary spending, and the mounting calls from critics for stronger regulations and safeguards.
Split-payment plans like BNPL are gaining traction, with 3 in 5 shoppers having used these options in the last year. There’s a “but” — merchants and acquirers aren’t sure which plans have the most appeal to consumers or when to present them in the purchase flow. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest report, “Divided, Not Conquered: Acquirer and Merchant Confusion Clouds Split-Payments Landscape,” a collaboration with Splitit, draws from multiple surveys of consumers and executives to get a 360-degree view of the split-payment space — the facts and the gaps.