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Merchants Turn Fresh Eyes to Second-Look Financing to Boost Sales
Merchants Turn Fresh Eyes to Second-Look Financing to Boost Sales
September 19, 2023  |  Retail

Labor Day has come and gone, and the holiday season is just around the corner. But current economic and financial conditions are forcing consumers to...

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Can Migrating to Digital Solve Ongoing Order-to-Cash Migraines?
Can Migrating to Digital Solve Ongoing Order-to-Cash Migraines?
June 27, 2023  |  CFO

Manual migraines are hamstringing the order-to-cash and source-to-pay continuum.  And the legacy headaches couldn’t have picked a worse time to stick around, what with today’s...

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Adidas, PayU and Mastercard Say Emerging Markets Remain Important Stepping Stones for Retail Growth
Adidas, PayU and Mastercard Say Emerging Markets Remain Important Stepping Stones for Retail Growth
March 27, 2023  |  Payment Methods

With the first quarter of 2023 almost a wrap and many developed markets stuck in the latest crisis — collapsing banks — a lot of the...

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Time, Investment and Creative Thinking Needed to Accelerate UK and EU Open Banking Adoption
Time, Investment and Creative Thinking Needed to Accelerate UK and EU Open Banking Adoption
March 01, 2023  |  Digital-First Banking

Five years after open banking became a regulatory requirement, the U.K. now claims 7 million active users. That figure, representing less than 20% of the...

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FinTechs Team With Credit Unions to Deliver Banking’s ‘Marketplace Model’
FinTechs Team With Credit Unions to Deliver Banking’s ‘Marketplace Model’
February 24, 2023  |  Credit Unions

Credit union members are famed for their loyalty. That historic bond is being tested as more CUs take a cautious approach to digital innovation due...

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Instacart Says Consumers Don’t Shop Channels, They Shop the Experience
Instacart Says Consumers Don’t Shop Channels, They Shop the Experience
January 27, 2023  |  Retail

Retailers’ success depends on seamless, intuitive shopping experiences that keep customers engaged. But as a trio of payments executives told PYMNTS in a recent discussion,...

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Employers, Payers Have the Power to Deliver a Digital Healthcare Experience
Employers, Payers Have the Power to Deliver a Digital Healthcare Experience
December 14, 2022  |  Healthcare

Consumers have tasted the digital healthcare platform experience, and they want more of it. In an On the Agenda® panel discussion, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster welcomed...

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‘Digital Nomads’ Demand Speedy Cross-Border Payments
‘Digital Nomads’ Demand Speedy Cross-Border Payments
December 08, 2022  |  Payroll

While COVID expanded remote work, fast global payments made the digital nomad lifestyle possible. At a time when headlines are filled with layoff announcements, including...

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Payments Orchestration Helps Smaller Merchants Compete With eCommerce Giants
Payments Orchestration Helps Smaller Merchants Compete With eCommerce Giants
December 06, 2022  |  eCommerce

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can finally remove persistent payment pinch points that have long favored the online juggernauts. While superior service has always been...

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