The very nature of commerce itself is changing. We’re no longer doing everything online, and the post-pandemic economy demands that a broad — and growing — range of payments options be on offer, no matter where consumers are shopping. The payments modalities and data analytics...
Alternative Payments has launched a product designed to improve the accounts receivable (AR) collections process for services companies. The new Collections Assist product joins the company’s B2B payments and checkout infrastructure offerings, Alternative Payments said in a Monday (Dec. 18) press release. What sets Alternative Payments apart is...
“There are so many payments companies out there today,” Casey Bullock, Citcon’s new CEO, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. “And many of them try to do too much. They try to do end-to-end payouts or end-to-end issuance,” he added. No single firm can be all things...
As physical locations closed or access to them became otherwise restricted during the pandemic, companies had to pivot to digital channels to survive. Even stores that remained open had to evolve. With health concerns swirling, for example, the use of contactless payment options took off....
June 04, 2024
The very nature of commerce itself is changing. We’re no longer doing everything online, and the post-pandemic economy demands that a broad — and growing — range of payments options be on offer, no matter where consumers are shopping. The payments modalities and data analytics on the payments consumers prefer to use are especially critical […]
October 20, 2023
“There are so many payments companies out there today,” Casey Bullock, Citcon’s new CEO, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. “And many of them try to do too much. They try to...
February 24, 2023
Merchants are expanding their operations abroad on a grand scale, taking advantage of the eCommerce boom to market in new regions and demographics. While industry giants such as Alibaba and...
November 23, 2022
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has quickly grown in popularity among consumers. PYMNTS research found that in the past year, 50 million consumers across the United States have leveraged this...
April 24, 2025
Alternative Payments raised $22 million in total funding to accelerate the development and adoption of its integrated B2B payments and checkout infrastructure. With this platform, the company aims to digitize and automate B2B payment workflows for industries that have been underserved by the FinTech industry, including IT service providers, managed services providers and blue-collar industries, […]
December 18, 2023
Alternative Payments has launched a product designed to improve the accounts receivable (AR) collections process for services companies. The new Collections Assist product joins the company’s B2B payments and checkout infrastructure offerings,...
May 05, 2022
eCommerce fraud is a fast-growing problem, with scammers working every day to steal customers’ data, corporate funds, and consumer goods on a daily basis. One recent study showed that more...
April 07, 2022
U.S. Bank is expanding ExtendPay, the buy now, pay later (BNPL) program it launched a year ago. The Minneapolis bank stated in a news release that the program lets buyers...
