Specialist payments orchestration platform Paytently launched an open banking partnership with Mastercard. Paytently Open Banking is an account-to-account payment option powered by Mastercard Open Finance, the company said in a news release Thursday (Sept. 11). Customers who use the option at checkout can pay directly...
Online businesses are grappling with a pervasive problem that costs them sales: the abandoned shopping cart. A recent report titled “How Preferred Payment Availability Can Reduce Cart Abandonment” by PYMNTS Intelligence sheds light on the challenge faced by online marketplaces, retailers’ sites and brands’ sites:...
Early stumbles in self-checkout are giving way to a new era of self-service commerce powered by artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, reshaping retail and unlocking new opportunities for businesses. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Commerce Transformed: How AI and IoT Are Rebooting Self-Service Retail,”...
Global eCommerce players focus on user experience, brand loyalty and speed, but they often overlook payments. No matter how sleek a front-end experience is, a failed or clunky checkout can undo every strategic effort that led to the sale. PYMNTS Intelligence findings from the May...
June 20, 2025
Online businesses are grappling with a pervasive problem that costs them sales: the abandoned shopping cart. A recent report titled “How Preferred Payment Availability Can Reduce Cart Abandonment” by PYMNTS Intelligence sheds light on the challenge faced by online marketplaces, retailers’ sites and brands’ sites: Consumers frequently abandon their shopping carts. The February 2024 report, […]
June 12, 2025
Early stumbles in self-checkout are giving way to a new era of self-service commerce powered by artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, reshaping retail and unlocking new opportunities for...
June 11, 2025
Global eCommerce players focus on user experience, brand loyalty and speed, but they often overlook payments. No matter how sleek a front-end experience is, a failed or clunky checkout can...
May 09, 2025
U.S. eCommerce merchants are increasingly pressing their payment service providers for technology upgrades, with the primary objective being boosting conversion rates, a direct impact on their bottom line. The PYMNTS...
October 07, 2025
Pay later platform Sezzle expanded its merchant list ahead of the holiday shopping season. “Holiday budgets are under pressure,” a Tuesday (Oct. 7) company news release said, adding that PwC found that price sensitivity is expected to drive many purchase decisions this year. “Retailers are preparing accordingly, and many are turning to Sezzle,” the release […]
September 11, 2025
Specialist payments orchestration platform Paytently launched an open banking partnership with Mastercard. Paytently Open Banking is an account-to-account payment option powered by Mastercard Open Finance, the company said in a...
June 04, 2025
Worldpay and Early Warning Services partnered to integrate the Paze online checkout solution into Worldpay’s offerings for merchants. The collaboration aims to provide Worldpay merchants with a convenient new checkout...
March 25, 2025
Merchants can now add Splitit’s one-click installment payments and credit card processing service to their Shopify checkout. This capability is enabled by Splitit’s new embedded Shopify app, Splitit Card Installments,...
