85% of Merchants Say Fraud Tools Must Reduce Checkout Friction

Merchants fighting fraud increasingly face a strategic challenge that extends beyond blocking criminals. The real task is protecting revenue while keeping checkout smooth for legitimate customers. A new PYMNTS Intelligence report suggests...

Survival vs. Splurge Defines the New Consumer

The most endangered species in retail isn’t brick-and-mortar. It’s the mid-market shopper share of wallet. Findings in the March edition of the PYMNTS Intelligence “Share of Wallet: Amazon vs. Walmart” report reveal that modern consumer is...

Walmart Shuts Down Agentic Commerce With OpenAI

Walmart is pulling back from OpenAI’s Instant Checkout feature inside ChatGPT after internal data showed conversion rates were roughly three times lower than transactions completed on its own website, as reported by Wired. The shift marks an...

Visa Says Login Isn’t Enough as AI Enters the Checkout Flow

There’s an innovation race growing over digital identity. On one hand are banks and merchants that have traditionally been reliant on tools like passwords, one-time passcodes, biometric selfies and voice checks to power online...

Shopify’s USDC Integration Paves Path for Crypto Adoption

Merchant friction and user confusion are two big barriers holding retail stablecoins back. Or is it user friction and merchant confusion? Regardless, the success of stablecoins as a payment mechanism across eCommerce is increasingly coming...
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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Embracing Digitization For Holiday Shopping

Embracing Digitization For Holiday Shopping

Small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are the growth engines of the United States economy. There are approximately 31.7 million SMBs in the U.S. — they account for 64 percent of new job openings in the economy and represent more than 99 percent of all businesses...

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Secure Onboarding Using Behavioral Analytics

Secure Onboarding Using Behavioral Analytics

Businesses worldwide enhanced their digital platforms to meet the needs of health-conscious consumers during the pandemic. As a result, the number of online profiles increased, and many consumers plan to keep conducting transactions digitally in some capacity....

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Square Is All About ‘Enabling Commerce’

Square Is All About ‘Enabling Commerce’

For digital payments giant Square, every day is a new opportunity not just to grow its brand and boost its profits — which it is doing — but to expand its commerce capabilities through a growing suite of integrated products for businesses and consumers. To hear...

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BNPL Was ‘Highly Needed’ Across MENA

BNPL Was ‘Highly Needed’ Across MENA

It’s been a little over a year since buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Tamara launched in Saudi Arabia, and looking back at the last 12 months, Abdulmajeed Alsukhan, the firm’s co-founder and CEO, says one thing has been clear — the BNPL service serves a huge need...

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Klarna koopt nog een prijsvergelijkingssite

Klarna koopt nog een prijsvergelijkingssite

Klarna heeft voor een onbekend bedrag de Scandinavische prijsvergelijker Pricerunner overgenomen. Het is de tweede prijsvergelijker die de Zweden overnemen, want in maart van dit jaar kochten ze nog het Europees werkende Shoptail. Pricerunner voegt hier...

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Klarna Launches All-in-One Shopping App

Klarna Launches All-in-One Shopping App

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Klarna has introduced its new one-stop shopping app across the company’s markets, according to a Wednesday (Nov. 3) press release. With the app, customers can shop at all online stores, peruse exclusive offers, take advantage...

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Powering Loyalty With Contactless Payments

Powering Loyalty With Contactless Payments

With all the upheaval in the world during the pandemic, one thing has remained constant: The masses still need their caffeine. It is more important than ever for brands to connect with their customers and make it as easy as possible to access and pay for their...

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