Social Commerce 2 news and trends

Mastercard and Flowcart Power East Africa Social Commerce

September 07, 2026
Mastercard
X Moves US Creator Payouts From Stripe to X Money
Social Commerce // September 02, 2026

Social platform X is moving U.S. creator payouts to its own payments service, X Money, as it expands the role of its financial products within the platform. Starting Wednesday (Sep. 2), all payouts to creators in the United States participating in X’s Original Content Rewards...

X Money Wants to Make the Feed a Financial Front Door
Mobile Payments // August 17, 2026

Digital wallets have made the phone a familiar place to pay. X Money is testing whether a social platform can claim a place in that payment routine. Consumers already have wallets on their phones, stored credentials at merchants and payment apps that reduce the work...

Social Media Sales Growth Increases for 46% of SMBs
SMBs // August 12, 2026

For small businesses in the United States, the clearest growth opportunities increasingly sit beyond the storefront. “Why Main Street’s Digital Survivors Are Pulling Ahead: Four Years of Small Business Data” drew on 23 PYMNTS Intelligence surveys conducted from July 2022 through February 2026. The research...

TikTok Tests Prime-Style Shopping Membership Service
eCommerce // July 26, 2026

TikTok is reportedly testing a membership program for U.S. shoppers, similar to Amazon Prime. That’s according to a report Friday (July 24) from Business Insider, citing screenshots of the offering seen by its journalists. According to the report, the program is called TikTok Shop Plus,...

Interviews & Exclusives
X Money Wants to Make the Feed a Financial Front Door

August 17, 2026
Digital wallets have made the phone a familiar place to pay. X Money is testing whether a social platform can claim a place in that payment routine. Consumers already have wallets on their phones, stored credentials at merchants and payment apps that reduce the work required to complete a transaction. But success is no layup: […]

Social Media Sales Growth Increases for 46% of SMBs

August 12, 2026
For small businesses in the United States, the clearest growth opportunities increasingly sit beyond the storefront. “Why Main Street’s Digital Survivors Are Pulling Ahead: Four Years of Small Business Data”...

X Money Tests Whether Social Commerce Can Hold Consumer Deposits

April 17, 2026
Social platforms have long influenced what consumers browse and buy, but the next step is to determine whether they can also hold the money that enables those decisions. That question...

95% of Shoppers Research Influencer Picks Before Buying

January 27, 2026
Influencer marketing has become a routine part of shopping, but its real power lies less in persuasion and more in starting the process. That was the central takeaway from the...

Quick Reads
Mastercard and Flowcart Power East Africa Social Commerce

September 07, 2026
Mastercard launched a partnership with Kenya-based social commerce company Flowcart, according to a Monday (Sept. 7) news release. The collaboration centers on embedding “secure, seamless card payments directly within social and conversational commerce journeys,” the release said. “Social commerce is redefining how consumers discover and engage with brands,” Shehryar Ali, senior vice president and country […]

X Moves US Creator Payouts From Stripe to X Money

September 02, 2026
Social platform X is moving U.S. creator payouts to its own payments service, X Money, as it expands the role of its financial products within the platform. Starting Wednesday (Sep....

TikTok Tests Prime-Style Shopping Membership Service

July 26, 2026
TikTok is reportedly testing a membership program for U.S. shoppers, similar to Amazon Prime. That’s according to a report Friday (July 24) from Business Insider, citing screenshots of the offering...

X Opens X Money to Premium Subscribers Ahead of Broader Launch

June 26, 2026
X has taken another step in the rollout of X Money by expanding the tool to members of the top tier of the social media platform’s premium subscription service. “Today,...