Embedded Payments Help Platforms Maximize Revenue
Few areas of life and business have been left unaffected by the economic impact of the pandemic. In Europe, for example, the payments ecosystem has changed considerably in the last two years, with an accelerated shift to online and contactless payments. There...
Albertsons Expands Smart Cart Test
As online grocery adoption rises, brick-and-mortar grocers are challenged to bring the frictionless convenience consumers have come to expect into their physical stores. Many shoppers are growing frustrated with long waits in line to check out with cashiers. As...
B2B Payments Digital Shift Follows Adam Smith
B2B payments, in the digital age, might owe a lot to that 18th century giant of economics, Adam Smith. BigCommerce CEO and Chairman Brent Bellm told Karen Webster that in Smith’s reckoning, humans can be counted on to optimize their activities based on their...
Sellers Getting ‘Buy Button’ Push via Payoneer
The one-click “buy button” simplicity popularized by the Amazons and PayPals of the world is no less desired by small online sellers, and FinTechs are not letting that opportunity pass by. In what he calls “probably the biggest thing that we’ve ever done,”...
Five ways to build a frictionless e-commerce checkout experience
Even though e-commerce growth has slowed somewhat after a pandemic spike, online sales are expected to accelerate to $357.26 billion in 2022 alone. With that shift in play, online shoppers are showing retailers that they care less about where they shop and...
Google brings virtual cards to Chrome and Android
Google is working with Visa, Mastercard and American Express to bring virtual cards to Chrome and Android. Starting this summer, shoppers with an eligible Visa, American Express, Mastercard or Capital One card using Autofill...
PayPal at the Vanguard of ‘Commerce 2.0’ Movement
If you remember Internet 1.0, it looked like a pinball machine and wasn’t very smart, making search results an adventure that often ended in disappointment. Selling is much the same, passing through its early “just slap up a website” phase and graduating to the...
Customer Experiences In Beauty And Wellness
The beauty and wellness industry ranked among the top three industries for website performance in 2019, moving to the top spot in 2020. The sector owed some success to streamlining the online purchasing process, such as adding digital wallet acceptance. Still,...
How BNPL Is Shaping Consumer Behavior
The buy now, pay later (BNPL) market is skyrocketing, fueled by both increasing consumer awareness and aversion to high interest rates, particularly among younger generations. Recent PYMNTS research found that consumers’ enthusiasm for BNPL continues to grow...