There are nearly as many ways to pay and be paid as there are types of small businesses. But there’s one common thread connecting both Main Street businesses and the payment mechanisms they employ: the need to secure those payments without creating checkout frictions that...
ECommerce solution provider PrestaShop has partnered with Mastercard to offer Click to Pay in Europe. The Click to Pay functionality will be integrated into the PrestaShop platform for merchants based in France, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom and then extended to other European and...
Crypto payments have traditionally suffered from a pervasive “cold start” problem. Among other issues hamstringing the integration of blockchain-based digital assets as a payments mechanism, many potential customers simply don’t own any crypto and therefore can’t use it to carry out transactions. And that doesn’t...
Mastercard is introducing a card issuance function for its FinTech Express platform. The payments giant made that announcement Thursday (April 25) as part of a broader rollout of enhancements to FinTech Express and its Engage program. The idea, the company said in a news release, is...
April 25, 2024
Businesses that use data strategically can unlock opportunities, fuel growth and reduce risk, Jeff Pomeroy, SVP and head of Omnicommerce at Carat from Fiserv, writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty.” In the face of uncertainties, data is emerging as a business’s most powerful ally. Organizations that treat data as more […]
April 24, 2024
Technological transformation is at the heart of both modern commerce and payments innovation. With technology as the driving force, consumers are demanding more than transactions from their payment experiences; they...
April 10, 2024
The jury is still out as to how artificial intelligence (AI) will affect jobs in the financial services industry. But if the past six weeks have shown anything, it is...
April 03, 2024
When it comes to payment solutions, merchants today have a growing number of options. But all the options in the world don’t translate to business success, and the integration of...
April 30, 2024
Are companies offering payments services in Great Britain prepared for disruptions such as cyberattacks? Sasha Mills, executive director for financial market infrastructure (FMI) at the Bank of England (BOE) said there is still work to be done. In a speech Tuesday (April 30), Mills said these companies — FMIs, as she calls them — need to […]
April 29, 2024
ECommerce solution provider PrestaShop has partnered with Mastercard to offer Click to Pay in Europe. The Click to Pay functionality will be integrated into the PrestaShop platform for merchants based...
April 25, 2024
Mastercard is introducing a card issuance function for its FinTech Express platform. The payments giant made that announcement Thursday (April 25) as part of a broader rollout of enhancements to FinTech...
April 25, 2024
Dutch payments firm Adyen saw its digital processed volume leap 51% year over year during the first three months of 2024. This happened during a quarter in which the company’s...
