The pandemic largely flattened the $18 billion trade show industry, leaving businesses scrambling to find better ways to foster and form virtual relationships with potential vendors. In the latest Payments Orchestration Playbook, multivendor wholesale platform Ribbon's Lindsay Thain explains the role of payments orchestration in...
With Amazon reporting its earnings this week, there was much news about eCommerce, competing platforms and the challenges around supply chain, inventory and fulfillment. The metaverse also continued to earn space in the news, with Activision Blizzard and Meta releasing earnings reports too. Teikametrics CEO...
What consumers want out of their interactions with businesses has changed rapidly since the onset of the global health crisis, with more individuals than ever flocking online or to digital-first payment methods, such as mobile wallets, to complete their purchases. Recent PYMNTS data found that...
Visa is calling for a standardized payment system for Europe’s electric vehicle (EV) charging points that will allow drivers to pay with their chosen method. As Business Review reported Wednesday (Feb. 2), the system would chiefly be based around the adoption of open-loop and interoperable...
Adopting the latest digital payments innovations can help firms keep their businesses operating smoothly while also benefiting business relationships. Not only do 68% of firms say that digital payments innovations have improved their operational efficiency, but 40% say it has improved customer satisfaction and 32%...
Small-business customer communications platform Weave has surpassed the $1 billion mark in payments processed through its Weaves Payments tool, the company announced in a news release Friday (Jan. 28). “Communication serves as the foundation of everything a small business does,” said Roy Banks, Weave’s CEO....
Super apps, buy now, pay later (BNPL), and the grocery category were in the news in recent days. Matt Naish, head of product strategy at FISPAN, joined PYMNTS to discuss the hot topics in This Week in Payments. The week saw several announcements of “super...
Digital technology and automation have begun to take a larger role in the world of disbursements, and one area primed for innovation is payroll. Companies have overhauled their payroll methods as consumers demanded financial innovation and remote access to paychecks. Last year marked the first...
Launching new products and services is key to staying competitive, but it is not always easy. Nearly half of all United States and Canadian businesses say that data management costs and compliance barriers are preventing them from bringing digital innovations to market. These challenges extend...
