alternative payments

The most common alternative payment methods are debit cards, charge cards, prepaid cards, direct debit, bank transfers, digital wallets, phone and mobile payments, checks, money orders and cash payments.

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Alternative Payment Methods Help Build-A-Bear Workshop Adjust to New Consumer Spend Trends
Alternative Payment Methods Help Build-A-Bear Workshop Adjust to New Consumer Spend Trends
June 04, 2024  |  Payment Methods

The very nature of commerce itself is changing. We’re no longer doing everything online, and the post-pandemic economy demands that a broad — and growing...

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Alternative Payments Adds Collections Support for B2B Payments
Alternative Payments Adds Collections Support for B2B Payments
December 18, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Alternative Payments has launched a product designed to improve the accounts receivable (AR) collections process for services companies.  The new Collections Assist product joins the company’s B2B...

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New CEO Sharpens Citcon’s ‘Laser Focus’ on Alternative Payment Methods 
New CEO Sharpens Citcon’s ‘Laser Focus’ on Alternative Payment Methods 
October 20, 2023  |  Payment Methods

“There are so many payments companies out there today,” Casey Bullock, Citcon’s new CEO, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster.   “And many of them try to do...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Benefits Abound for Merchants Undertaking Payments Modernization
PYMNTS Intelligence: Benefits Abound for Merchants Undertaking Payments Modernization
April 11, 2023  |  Payments Innovation

As physical locations closed or access to them became otherwise restricted during the pandemic, companies had to pivot to digital channels to survive. Even stores...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Enabling Local Payment Methods via Payments Orchestration
PYMNTS Intelligence: Enabling Local Payment Methods via Payments Orchestration
February 28, 2023  |  Payments Innovation

Local and alternative payment methods — including digital wallets; online bank transfers; buy now, pay later (BNPL); and direct debit — are the most common...

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The Risks of Not Offering Local Payments
The Risks of Not Offering Local Payments
February 27, 2023  |  Payments Innovation

Three-quarters of global eCommerce is conducted using local payment methods, but offering such a diversity of payments may be difficult for merchants to do on...

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Offering Local Payments Is Merchants’ First Step Toward Expanding Overseas
Offering Local Payments Is Merchants’ First Step Toward Expanding Overseas
February 24, 2023  |  Payments Innovation

Merchants are expanding their operations abroad on a grand scale, taking advantage of the eCommerce boom to market in new regions and demographics. While industry...

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Shoppers Expect Seamless BNPL Checkout Both Online and In-Store
Shoppers Expect Seamless BNPL Checkout Both Online and In-Store
January 11, 2023  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Shoppers are returning to physical stores this holiday season, but digital habits adopted during the pandemic show no signs of abating. More than three-quarters of...

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How eCommerce Can Unlock the Latin American Retail Scene
How eCommerce Can Unlock the Latin American Retail Scene
November 30, 2022  |  Cross Border Commerce

PYMNTS talks with Karen Bruck, vice president of commerce and strategic initiatives at Mercado Libre, about the unique opportunities and challenges in Latin American eCommerce. — Latin America’s eCommerce...

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