Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Klarna and payments service provider Nets partnered to bring more payment options to merchant clients in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Through the collaboration, eCommerce merchants can offer their customers BNPL and installment payments without having to perform multiple technical integrations, according to a Wednesday (May 15)...
The recent move by Norway to enact rules ensuring consumers’ ability to pay with cash reflects a growing concern over the potential exclusion of certain segments of the population who are reluctant to use digital payments. The proposed measures will enable customers to pay with...
The government of Norway has reportedly proposed rules designed to ensure that consumers can pay with cash. These measures are meant to ensure that those who are reluctant to use digital payments can pay with notes and coins, Bloomberg reported Friday (March 8), citing a...
Each country implementing real-time payment methods has to balance various factors, including its banked population, the current favored payment schemes of the populace and penetration of digital payment methods, among many other variables. This month PYMNTS explores the state and future of real-time payments in...
March 12, 2024
The recent move by Norway to enact rules ensuring consumers’ ability to pay with cash reflects a growing concern over the potential exclusion of certain segments of the population who are reluctant to use digital payments. The proposed measures will enable customers to pay with cash at any sales location where other types of payment […]
June 01, 2023
Each country implementing real-time payment methods has to balance various factors, including its banked population, the current favored payment schemes of the populace and penetration of digital payment methods, among...
April 26, 2021
Focus may be on China’s progress with the digital yuan — and whether the dollar’s dominance will be threatened — but in the last few days, a slew of announcements...
February 01, 2021
The global payments ecosystem is still in flux after a year of rapid changes caused by the pandemic, and instant payments are becoming more intriguing to consumers around the globe....
March 16, 2025
Two of the planet’s most cashless societies are now reexamining their move from paper money. As The Guardian reported Sunday (March 16), Sweden and Norway have the lowest amount of cash in circulation — in terms of percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) — out of any country in the world. For example, just 10% […]
May 15, 2024
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Klarna and payments service provider Nets partnered to bring more payment options to merchant clients in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Through the collaboration, eCommerce merchants can offer their customers BNPL and...
March 08, 2024
The government of Norway has reportedly proposed rules designed to ensure that consumers can pay with cash. These measures are meant to ensure that those who are reluctant to use...
January 18, 2023
ShipManager servers fell victim to a ransomware attack on Jan. 7. DNV, the Oslo-based company that operates the fleet management platform, announced the cybersecurity breach on Wednesday (Jan. 18), saying...
