Klarna Expands BNPL Services to Ireland
Klarna has officially launched in Ireland, offering interest-free ‘Pay in 3’ installments on its app and through retail partners, according to a press release on Tuesday (Nov. 9). The fee-free buy now pay later (BNPL) offering is intended as an alternative to...
Spreedly Links Gateways to Merchants, Platforms
Spreedly on Tuesday (Nov. 9) debuted a gateway certification program that gives payment service providers (PSPs) and gateway partners a new way to integrate their offerings with the Spreedly Payments Orchestration platform and payments ecosystem....
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...
Digital B2C & B2B eCommerce Sales Reach New Levels of Growth Post-pandemic, Forecast to Reach $6 Trillion in 2022
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New data from fintech and payments research specialists Kaleido Intelligence has found that B2B and B2C eCommerce spend on physical goods and digital services will reach $6 trillion in 2022, up from $4.8 trillion in 2020....
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,...
Amazon gebruikers kunnen volgend jaar betalen met PayPal-app Venmo
Nieuws - 9 november 2021 - 06:13 Vanaf volgend jaar kunnen Amazon gebruikers aan de kassa betalen met Venmo, een soort Tikkie van PayPal. Dat maakte het Amerikaanse bedrijf maandag bekend bij de kwartaalcijfers. De omvang van de transacties via Venmo groeide...
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...
Global Social Commerce Market Report 2021: Market to Reach $2.9 Trillion by 2026 – Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality Emerge to Revolutionize Social Commerce – ResearchAndMarkets.com
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Social Commerce - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global market for Social Commerce estimated at US$559.7 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a...
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...