“When do you want to get paid?” It’s a basic question that — when posed to anyone, particularly, a small business (SMB) — most always has the same answer, no matter who one asks or within what industry: now. Until recently, “now” was almost never...
Corporations today receive payments through a variety of methods: They might take in funds through checks, traditional automated clearing house (ACH) or wire transfers. Some corporates may accept cash, credit cards or web payments. In other words, corporates have a mix of payments coming in...
Uber filed its S-1 last Thursday (April 11), two weeks after Lyft went public. By close of business on Friday, Lyft’s stock was trading at $59.90 a share, 20 percent off its $75 high at the end of its first day of trading. Lyft’s market...
Carsharing digital marketplaces also enable owners to rent out their vehicles to customers. But how can owners trust their automobiles to strangers? The following case study, featured in the most recent Payments and the Platform Economy Playbook, provides an in-depth look at how car rental...
After an influx of investors turned the rental scooter market into a multibillion-dollar industry, startups in the space are clamoring for capital and customer loyalty. Players like Bird, Juice Bike and Spin are all revamping their approaches to user design and comfort in a world...
Trust keeps the sharing economy afloat. It’s what makes sellers feel comfortable with lending their personal properties to buyers whom they have never met. It’s also what keeps buyers feeling assured that suppliers will not take their hard-earned cash without delivering the services they promise....
Does the Apple Card signal the age of the ‘digital first’ and…eventually….’digital only’ credit card? Mastercard’s Jorn Lambert, EVP of digital solutions, delves into the mechanics of the card itself, how Mastercard is securing transactions … and why, at least for now, plastic has its...
Most of the payments chatter last week focused on FIS’ mega acquisition of Worldpay. The topic of conversation was the inevitable consolidation of the payments sector, as scale becomes critical to optimizing the payments experience and innovating new payments flows. Another piece of Worldpay news...
Very soon, eBay shoppers will be able to choose Google Pay as their payment method when checking out. The move comes as the latest expansion of its newly redesigned payments experience. In early 2018, eBay announced its plans to intermediate payments through a multi-year implementation...