December 09, 2021
Lagging Service Sector Subscription Models Lack Automated B2B Payments
It’s often said that the consumerization of B2B payments is one of the hottest trends in the FinTech industry today. But, for all the noise being made by the hundreds...
December 08, 2021
Amazon Outage Grounds Deliveries, Ticket Sales, Media Outlets, Streaming
People couldn’t change flights on Delta, order concert tickets from Ticketmaster, read several news outlets, and more when Amazon Web Services (AWS) went down on Tuesday (Dec. 7) for more...
December 06, 2021
Bundled Streaming Services Could Be Answer to Consumer Burnout, Churn
As streaming services continue their steady flow into homes and devices, viewers are taking more and more over-the-top (OTT) services. However, many already subscribe to paid TV services, and it’s...
December 03, 2021
Popular Content Becomes Hot Merchandise for Media Companies
Contextual commerce is rapidly expanding as brands try to become more integrated into different parts of consumers’ everyday lives, with shoppable recipes, purchase options within videos and product listings alongside...
December 03, 2021
Brazil’s Movile Bets on Logistics, Payments and the Metaverse to...
A star of the pandemic digital shift, from massive mobile commerce growth to attracting FinTech investment, Brazil is cementing its position as an epicenter of digital innovation in Latin America....
December 01, 2021
Popsugar Launches Home Fitness Line With Target
Media company Popsugar is rolling out a line of home fitness gear, including yoga mats, weights and other basic gym equipment, as part of a collaboration with Target that kicks...
December 01, 2021
Post Walmart Acquisition, MeMD CEO Shares Vision for Omnicare Healthcare...
Telehealth was the right tech at the right time in 2020 —and is even on the rise — as are calls for “omnicare,” which combines digital and in-office visits to...
November 30, 2021
Central Bank Gives Nod to Mobile Money Licenses; Airtel Fast-Tracks...
The long-anticipated wait is over. Until November, Nigeria did not operate a telecommunications (telco) company-led mobile money model, opting instead for a bank-led model that allowed only banks or licensed...
November 29, 2021
Subscription Merchants Challenged to Create ‘Ideal Experience’ to Reduce Customer...
Subscription commerce’s turbo-charged growth, unsurprisingly, has been fueled by the pandemic. Trace Galloway, chief strategy officer at Vindicia, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription-billing and revenue recovery platform, told PYMNTS the model...
The “Subscription Commerce Tracker™,” powered by Recurly, explores how companies use subscription-based commerce to build long-term customer relationships and steady revenue sources. The report includes notable developments in the market and the companies that are rapidly innovating the space.