July 30, 2021
Open Banking, Restaurant Rewards, Social Commerce Top This Week’s News

In this week’s news, we saw Lloyds Bank is teaming up with Mastercard to launch PayFrom Bank. Also, new insights have emerged on social commerce and restaurant rewards. The Weekender...

July 29, 2021
High Tech Streaming Video Games Due For A Digital Payments...

Video games used to fit neatly into a box with some very well-defined parameters. Gamers were generally young and male; games were physical goods to be purchased; and playing them...

July 28, 2021
Latest Streaming App Provider Ranking Deals Ends The Suspense

Some of us are ancient enough to remember when there were just 500 cable channels. With streaming contenders now coming out of the woodwork, it’s the perfect time to tune...

July 28, 2021
Barbie, Hot Wheels Boost Mattel Sales As Shoppers Return To...

Mattel is seeing strong growth in sales of both Barbie and Hot Wheels products as consumers return to in-person shopping, pushing the children’s entertainment company to a better-than-expected second quarter....

July 27, 2021
The Key To Creating Scale Amid A Crisis

In A Decade of Digital Transformation in 12 Months, 46 C-suite executives spoke with PYMNTS for its Q2 eBook on what the world will look like as recovery rolls on...

July 26, 2021
Netflix Working On Live-Action Pokemon Series, Report Says

Netflix is developing a new Pokemon TV show, Variety reported. Joe Henderson, who is co-showrunner on the hit Netflix show “Lucifer” is set to write and executive produce, according to...

July 26, 2021
Digital Business Helps Hasbro Make Up For Lagging Board Game...

Following a year in which board games were among the highlights of social interaction, Hasbro has seen a decrease in demand for some of its mainstay products, but an acceleration...

July 20, 2021
Netflix Attributes Mixed Q2 Result To ‘Choppiness In Our Growth’...

Netflix released a somewhat uneven earnings picture for the second quarter of 2021 as the massive streaming service came out slightly ahead of predictions when it came to top-line revenue...

July 20, 2021
Data Rails Help Issuers Shorten Virtual Card Activation To Usage...

In the card-issuing space, a predictable pattern exists with plastic cards, Very Good Security’s CEO and Co-founder Mahmoud Abdelkader told Karen Webster. Consumer demands card. Issuer prints card, sends it...