June 14, 2024
Walmart and Amazon Race to Digitize the Physical Store
As Walmart and Amazon compete to stay at the forefront of retail’s omnichannel transformation, the two industry giants are integrating digital technologies into physical stores, aiming to provide the most...
June 13, 2024
Stream Innovations Secures Warehouse Facility to Expand Home Improvement Loans
Stream Innovations has secured a $400 million warehouse facility from Goldman Sachs to expand its portfolio of home improvement loans. The company, which provides point-of-sale financing for home improvement and solar...
June 13, 2024
The One Thing All Parents Have In Common: They Don’t...
As consumers look for ways to cut back their retail spending, many are willing to make sacrifices on product quality, but not when it comes to buying products for their...
June 13, 2024
Shein Reportedly Raises Prices as IPO Looms
As it prepares to go public, fast fashion retailer Shein is reportedly driving up prices. The company has raised prices on a third of its core products, a strategy likely to increase...
June 13, 2024
Embedded Finance and BaaS: From Marketing Buzz to Banking Bedrock
Embedded finance and banking-as-a-service (BaaS) are having their watershed moment. Banks and financial institutions (FIs) everywhere are increasingly integrating application programming interfaces (APIs) that unleash the power to manage our...
June 13, 2024
Trustly Inc. CEO Says Pay by Bank Is the Next-Gen ACH
It’s said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that’s the case, payments industry veteran and Trustly Inc. CEO Alex Gonthier should feel quite validated these days. While...
June 13, 2024
Intuit to Preview AI-Powered Marketing Tools
Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks and Mailchimp, will preview a new artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to help businesses increase revenue through smarter marketing. The Mountain View,...
June 12, 2024
Consumers Embrace BNPL for Groceries Amid Rising Food Costs
Around the world, grocers are exploring buy now, pay later (BNPL) capabilities to offer installment options to consumers struggling with inflation. In the United Kingdom, for instance, BNPL is getting...
June 12, 2024
Epicor Adds Product Information Management Capabilities With Kyklo Acquisition
Epicor acquired Kyklo to further its aim of providing businesses with “easy-to-use, practical, outcome-focused and responsible AI.” The acquisition will add Kyklo’s product information management (PIM) and content-driven lead generation...
The U.S., U.K. and Europe are intensifying their efforts to develop and deploy the policies and infrastructure necessary to advance the use cases and real time payments volume of their domestic networks. This month’s “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, explores the progress and future developments of real-time payments across these regions.
Nearly half of consumers in Mexico shop in-store without using digital shopping features — but merchants hear their customers’ cries for a better experience and are planning to add many. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest 33-page report, the “2024 Global Digital Shopping Index: Mexico Edition,” commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions, features eight charts that provide a blueprint for merchants in Mexico to increase customer satisfaction and drive revenue.