The Asia-Pacific region is poised to become a major area of growth for U.S. and U.K. merchants in the next three years, especially for specialty eTailers like Victoria’s Secret, Adidas and Sephora, which focus on a specific retail sector. And omnichannel retailers, direct-to-consumer (D2C) merchants, and online marketplaces are...
Twitter will be adding encrypted direct messages (DMs) and voice and video chat to its app. The encrypted DMs “should happen” Wednesday (May 10) and the voice and video chat is “coming soon,” Twitter CEO Elon Musk said in a Tuesday (May 9) tweet. With...
Stored payment credentials are a driving force in eCommerce, and while most consumers are using stored credentials in some way, research shows that there’s an opportunity to further increase adoption of stored credentials if security is kept at the forefront. Discussing the study “How We...
The masters of entertainment are out in force and making moves. One look at the PYMNTS Provide Ranking of Streaming Apps reveals all one needs to know about the gyrations of the music and video apps we can’t get enough of. This latest monthly update shows a...
Sometimes change is a good thing, and sometimes entire business sectors find their level and stick with it. Until something changes. Change isn’t in the cards for this edition of the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Personal Loan Apps, where not a single app in this...
It’s always smart to keep a sharp eye on one’s finances, and for that reason, we produce PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Personal Finance Apps to make it easier. We’ve seen a good deal of movement since our last check-in, so follow along as we run...
Crypto winter may be turning into crypto spring, as we see in the latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Wallets. With certain crypto wallets now seemingly locked in place, there’s strength in the sector yet and plenty of trading activity as well. The Top 5...
As peak summer travel season rapidly approaches, patterns are forming in PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Travel Apps with fewer tied scores and many apps holding their positions month over month. That means more loyalty to certain apps that have risen in the rankings as they...
Al Maryah Community Bank (Mbank) and Dgpays Group have partnered to offer a digital wallet in the United Arab Emirates. The collaboration brings together the capabilities of Mbank’s digital bank and Dgpays’ FinTech platform to help business owners, entrepreneurs and freelancers integrate digital payments into...