


How Mobile Payments Change Consumer Choices
Consumers in the United States spend a collective $555 billion each month buying groceries, food, retail products and travel-related purchases — and the way they pay is changing faster than the tides. The prolonged public health and economic crisis has had consumers...
Digital-Enabled Sales Important to Customers
The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing global B2B firms to eCommerce channels and marketplaces, and the payments and processes that go with them. B2C firms adapted to digital years ago, but B2B was slower to adapt. That changed with the pandemic, however, as more...
4 Things About BNPL in a Complex Landscape
It’s hard to think of a payments phenom to beat buy now, pay later (BNPL). Initially seen as a retail novelty when it first began appearing in the U.S. with Afterpay’s 2014 debut, adoption grew slowly at first, then underwent a pandemic acceleration that’s turned BNPL...
Microsoft Faces Backlash Over BNPL Pay Function
Microsoft faced criticisms Wednesday (Dec. 1) for its proposal to add in buy now, pay later (BNPL) functions to its Edge web browser, over assertions that the payment plan could lead to more users in debt. The BNPL model usually involves paying for a service which...