Digital Payments

Digital Payments
Tap to Pay Popular as Checkout Moves With Consumers Wherever They Go
August 23, 2023

Tap to pay has tapped into consumers’ desire for speed at the register and to have some control over checkout — in effect taking the checkout with them no matter where they travel. As for physical safety? Sure, it’s a holdover from the pandemic, where...

Digital Payments
Cost of Payments Acceptance Is Top of Mind for Merchants
August 23, 2023

Merchants have much on their minds when they interact with Link Money, CEO Eric Shoykhet told PYMNTS. “Cost of payments acceptance — that’s the main focus,” he said. Enterprises want to drive these costs down. Interchange rates have been rising, which makes card transactions more expensive; alternative payment...

Digital Payments
JPMorgan Debuts Tap to Pay for Merchant Clients
August 22, 2023

J.P. Morgan Payments has debuted a contactless payment solution for its merchant clients. The new Tap to Pay offering lets merchants accept payments using their iPhones, without the need for a physical terminal, according to a Tuesday (Aug. 22) press release. “Enhancing the ability for consumers to pay...

Digital Payments
Most Bridge Millennials Would Pay via Bank Transfer If Offered Rewards 
August 17, 2023

The majority of bridge millennials would pay for retail purchases via bank transfer if they could earn rewards for doing so, PYMNTS research reveals, but other generations are more hesitant.    For PYMNTS’ study “New Payment Options: Building Stronger Customer Ties With Pay By Bank...

Digital Payments
Payoneer Singapore Acquires Payment License to Help Small Businesses Transact Globally
August 15, 2023

Payoneer Singapore has been granted a payment license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the city-state’s principal financial regulator. With the MAS license, the subsidiary of Payoneer Global can now expand and offer a number of new services, including account issuance, cross-border money transfer, domestic money...

Digital Payments
Digital Payments Turn the Checkout Occasion Into a Scalable Advantage
August 14, 2023

If there was one key to success, winning businesses would double it and scale it. However, success is anything but static, meaning that those singular keys need to continually fit into ever-evolving locks. Nowhere is that more true than in payments. “Every day I get...

Digital Payments
Sorare Taps Mangopay for Fantasy Sports Cash Wallet
August 02, 2023

Player-owned fantasy sports platform Sorare is offering its users a new way to make payments. The company on Wednesday (Aug. 2) announced it was teaming with payments solutions provider Mangopay to debut Cash Wallet, which lets its “managers” make payments using real-world currencies. “The Cash Wallet offers a secure and effortless...

Digital Payments
Over Half of Retailers and Manufacturers Investing to Modernize Procurement Processes
July 31, 2023

Here on the other side of the pandemic, industry verticals that are modernizing through digital payments transformation are seeing the payoffs across functions including accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), and a host of other critical areas. Examined in the study “Digital Payments Technology: Investing...

Digital Payments
Unlocking the Virtual Prepaid Card Opportunity
July 31, 2023

Money today is different than it was five years ago. It’s more nimble, secure, online and democratized. That’s why PYMNTS sat down with Chris Winter, managing director and head of APAC at Discover® Global Network, and Suresh Rajagopalan, CEO at Wibmo, a PayU company, to discuss the changes —...