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March 18, 2024
The Apple Pay Threat Facing Banks

A friend was preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime yoga retreat to a fancy resort in Malaysia. The trip was a long one with stopovers in Qatar and two days in Kuala...


March 17, 2024
LinkedIn ‘Playing With’ the Addition of Games to Its Platform

LinkedIn says it is exploring a gaming element for its employment networking platform. “We’re playing with adding puzzle-based games within the LinkedIn experience to unlock a bit of fun, deepen relationships,...


March 15, 2024
Subscription Merchants Alienate Their Best Customers With Excessive Marketing

To maintain the loyalty of retail subscriptions’ best customers, PYMNTS Intelligence findings show, it is essential to maintain a light touch. By the Numbers The report 2023 “The Subscription Commerce Readiness...


March 14, 2024
Amazon Business Enters 10th Market With Mexico Launch

Amazon Business says it is bringing its procurement services to Mexico. The launch, announced Wednesday (March 13), makes Mexico the 10th country where Amazon Business is available, joining the U.S.,...


March 13, 2024
Half of Consumers Consider Ease of Checkout When Shopping Online

As retailers, brands and marketplaces alike increasingly invest in easy, intuitive user experiences on their eCommerce channels, consumers are coming back to digital more and more. According to data from...


March 13, 2024
DocStation and CPESN Team to Help Pharmacies Provide Medical Billing

Pharmacy software provider DocStation has launched a collaboration with pharmacy network CPESN USA designed to help pharmacies enter the medical billing space. “Pharmacists’ roles expanded during the pandemic, leading to an increase in clinical...


March 12, 2024
Mastercard Introduces White-Label Subscription Management Solution for Financial Institutions

Mastercard is piloting a subscription management solution that financial institutions can add to their consumer banking offerings. The new Smart Subscriptions solution enables consumers to cancel, pause and resume their...


March 12, 2024
Telegram Ponders IPO as It Approaches Profitability

The owner of messaging app Telegram is reportedly considering taking the company public. In an interview with the Financial Times posted Tuesday (March 12), Pavel Durov said that his Dubai-based platform has 900 million...


March 11, 2024
Chuck E. Cheese CIO: Paid Memberships Boost Personalization Opportunities

Chuck E. Cheese is leveraging paid memberships to drive app engagement, boosting its ability to meet consumer demand for personalized offers. In an interview with PYMNTS following the brand’s launch...


Resolving Failed Payments for a Successful 2023
Subscription merchants that fail to offer multiple ways for consumers to buy their products will see their sales take a hit, says Bean Box CEO Matthew Berk. Only giving consumers one way to buy and pay is a key driver of voluntary churn, especially in these times. Read the “Subscription Commerce Tracker®,” a collaboration with Vindicia, for more.
A Household Supply Deep Dive
42% of Consumers With Retail Subscriptions Shop Less Often at Physical Stores Retail subscriptions are changing the shopping landscape, and nearly one-third of subscribers purchase most or all items using scheduled or auto-fill subscriptions. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 2,011 consumers and 188 retail subscription merchants, “The Replenish Economy: A Household Supply Deep Dive,” a collaboration with sticky.io, details the replenish economy and its impact on in-store shopping habits.