Why Gen Z Is Trading Smartphones for Dumb Devices

There’s a special look kids give a floppy disk. They turn it over, tap the little metal shutter, and then ask, politely but devastatingly: “So where do you plug in the Wi‑Fi?” It’s the same energy adults bring to a rotary phone: reverence,...

Revolut Launches Merchant Acquiring Product in Australia

The product integrates account-to-account, online and in-person payments within a core business account, enabling businesses to manage their entire payments operation from a single platform, the company said in a Wednesday (Feb. 4) press...

Bolt Adds Atomic’s Embedded Investing to Financial App

Bolt has partnered with investing-as-a-service platform Atomic to add embedded investing capabilities to the Bolt SuperApp, a consumer finance platform. With this collaboration, the Bolt experience will offer consumers the ability to open...

Walmart+ Paid Membership Program Continued Growth in January

Walmart’s paid membership program continued to see double-digit growth in January and ended the month with 28.4 million members, a Morgan Stanley survey found, Seeking Alpha reported Monday (Feb. 2). Walmart+ membership grew about 12% year...

Apple revamps how you buy a Mac online, removes preconfigured options

Apple has updated its website with changes to the checkout flow when buying a new Mac. Previously, the Apple Online Store would show you a range of preconfigured options with specific processors, RAM, and storage configurations, before...
How Behavioral Analytics Can Reduce Frictions

How Behavioral Analytics Can Reduce Frictions

Consumers were quick to develop new shopping habits in the wake of pandemic restrictions and closures this past year, with eCommerce sales in 2020 growing by 32% year over year in the U.S. alone. Merchants and their customers swiftly realized the conveniences...

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PayPal: Venmo Coming to Amazon

PayPal: Venmo Coming to Amazon

The biggest buzz for PayPal and its latest quarterly results released on Monday (Nov. 8) is a new partnership with Amazon that will allow U.S. shoppers to use Venmo at checkout starting in 2022. As would be expected as PayPal posted its latest Q3 results,...

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Alexa Is Maturing Into Voice of Connected Economy

Alexa Is Maturing Into Voice of Connected Economy

Would it have been more successful had it been called “Finch,” “Friday” or “Samantha?” That’s something to contemplate as we mark the 7th birthday of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. Those were some of the names being thrown around in brainstorming, according to...

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Digital Payments Impact On Cross-Border Retail

Digital Payments Impact On Cross-Border Retail

As businesses are working to support an increasing volume of cross-border transactions, eCommerce growth is expected to continue long after the pandemic ends. Recent research established that more than $120 trillion in payments volume flows between trading...

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Driving Customer Spend With BNPL Services

Driving Customer Spend With BNPL Services

Retailers attempting to recover from the pandemic and take advantage of the holiday shopping season are under pressure to entice consumers back to the store. Those who still have coronavirus concerns and those who got used to shopping online have different...

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