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...
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...
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...
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...
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: […]
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”...
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...
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...
October 23, 2026
Cross-border payments firm LianLian Global’s social commerce, marketplace and eCommerce clients can now send payouts to PayPal accounts globally and Venmo accounts in the United States, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. The capabilities are enabled by LianLian Global’s new partnership with PayPal and are powered by PayPal Payouts, according to […]
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...
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....
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...
