Consumers may not spend much time thinking about payments, but they certainly have expectations for them. High expectations, in fact: As the 2010s are drawing to a close, customers demand a better experience when it comes to buying — and if they don’t get it,...
Many startups desire to be the Ubers or Airbnbs of their respective industries, but taking these crowns means facing fierce competition from other services. Becoming the dominant online marketplace in the shared parking segment requires finesse. These platforms need to grow their user bases by...
Embedded payments can give control and options to merchants and improve the customer experience. Daniela Mielke, CEO of RS2 Software, tells Karen Webster that embedding payments in a transaction’s value proposition is easier said than done, but that third-party providers can provide better tools and insights...
With 225 million U.S. drivers, parking can be a tight squeeze. Of course, marketplaces are vying to solve the parking problem — but enticing drivers and driveway lenders to participate takes more than just offering an app and competitive prices. In the latest Payments And...
The value of online payments for all transactions is set to blow past $6 trillion by 2024, and much of this money will be spent via person-to-person (P2P) marketplaces. However, the more comfortable consumers grow with online payments and marketplaces, the harder it becomes for...
Businesses are becoming more aware of tech-enabled solutions and prioritizing tools that can help them work smarter — and not harder. As part of that awareness, companies across all industries are realizing the strategic value of accounts payable (AP) automation and developing an understanding of...
To offer a new way to shop and spend, the new virtual Samsung Pay Cash account is letting users add money and shop online as well in stores with the Samsung Pay app. The offering is described as an easy way to manage a user’s...
It’s not exactly high time for legal online gambling yet – that comes in early 2020, with the Super Bowl and then the NCAA college basketball tournament – but the betting season is certainly heating up on more ways than one. And that new fuel...
From barter, to cash, to eCommerce, and now, to contactless payments – even those enabled by voice command. The steady drumbeat of tech has brought purchasing from bills and coins to cards and contactless payments – done across all manner of devices and through pushes,...
