Main Street businesses’ investment and upgrade plans suggest that they intend to capitalize on new opportunities to gain and service customers. Just over half of these businesses are planning for their future growth by investing in equipment, according to “The Main Street Index,” a PYMNTS and Melio collaboration...
Digital wallets could soon be used to prove that a patient has been vaccinated as part of the fight against COVID-19. Los Angeles County, a hot spot for the spread of the virus, is now offering a digital record that can be placed in an...
Six in 10 consumers are shopping more online and less in stores than they did before the pandemic, so removing friction from checkout is key. In the inaugural Anatomy Of A Consumer Payment Playbook, Rachel Wilkie, senior director of eCommerce for online footwear retailer Merrell,...
To help bolster the American economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve could utilize digital wallets and a “digital dollar” to provide “qualified individuals” with payments. With passing of the draft legislation, legal adults would receive $2,000 and $1,000 would be provided for each...
January 26, 2022
Main Street businesses’ investment and upgrade plans suggest that they intend to capitalize on new opportunities to gain and service customers. Just over half of these businesses are planning for their future growth by investing in equipment, according to “The Main Street Index,” a PYMNTS and Melio collaboration that surveyed more than 750 U.S. businesses. Get the report: The Main […]
January 20, 2020
The rumors about hand-based payments out of Amazon have been building for the last few months. In early September 2019, reports emerged that Amazon was testing hand recognition-based payments at Whole...
November 26, 2019
There are, as of last count, approximately 170 mobile wallets of various descriptions worldwide. Some are massive and deep-pocketed and have active user counts in the billions, while others are...
November 22, 2019
The headlines focus on trade wars, on tariffs, on shifting supply chains and on slowing GDP growth. And yet the Chinese consumer keeps spending — on travel, on luxury goods...
April 08, 2024
Tranglo has expanded its cross-border payment network to allow transfers to more than 30 digital wallets. The Singapore-based FinTech announced the expansion Monday (April 8), noting that its direct-to-wallet transfers eliminate the need for intermediaries and ensure funds are available to recipients immediately. “This is especially important for millions of rural recipients, who often lack access to traditional financial […]
December 28, 2020
Digital wallets could soon be used to prove that a patient has been vaccinated as part of the fight against COVID-19. Los Angeles County, a hot spot for the spread...
March 23, 2020
To help bolster the American economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve could utilize digital wallets and a “digital dollar” to provide “qualified individuals” with payments. With passing of...
February 12, 2020
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has proposed the removal of the 49 percent foreign ownership limit on payment intermediary businesses, according to reports this week. SBV said it won’t...
