consumer payments

Brand-New Data: Imminent Vaccine Availability No Magic Bullet Against COVID Fears
Brand-New Data: Imminent Vaccine Availability No Magic Bullet Against COVID Fears
December 09, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Days after the first Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine announcement was made, PYMNTS set out to discover how a much-anticipated COVID-19 immunity shot is likely to move the...

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Deep Dive: Analyzing Consumer Payments’ Inner Workings
Deep Dive: Analyzing Consumer Payments’ Inner Workings
August 31, 2020  |  Consumer Payments

Most financial experts agree that the very first online purchase using secure credit card rails occurred in 1994, when 21-year-old college student and eventual payments...

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Igloo On Payments As A Strategy, Not Just A Way To Pay
Igloo On Payments As A Strategy, Not Just A Way To Pay
May 19, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Many consumers in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and other markets are experiencing financial distress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and...

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Where Faster Payments Fits Between B2B Buyers And Suppliers
Where Faster Payments Fits Between B2B Buyers And Suppliers
January 17, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Accounts payable (AP) automation technology has hit the ground running, with solutions designed to accelerate invoice processing, optimize payment strategies and promote digital adoption. Yet,...

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Fed Study: Electronic Devices Used In 24 Pct. Of Consumer Payments
Fed Study: Electronic Devices Used In 24 Pct. Of Consumer Payments
December 09, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Cards over cash – specifically, debit cards over cash. Among the findings of the recent 2018 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice, produced through several of...

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PayPal’s Schulman: Why Payments’ Biggest Innovations Are Yet To Come
PayPal’s Schulman: Why Payments’ Biggest Innovations Are Yet To Come
December 09, 2019  |  Innovation

“Do you see PayPal as a tech company, or as a financial services company?” Dan Schulman still vividly remembers the first question he was asked...

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What It Takes To ‘Own’ The Customer eCommerce Experience
What It Takes To ‘Own’ The Customer eCommerce Experience
December 04, 2019  |  Consumer Payments

Not all that long ago, eCommerce was more notion than reality. Buying something online still required interaction with the brick-and-mortar world, with cash, and even...

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Why Amazon Decided To Bring Alexa Into The Bill Pay Flow
Why Amazon Decided To Bring Alexa Into The Bill Pay Flow
November 04, 2019  |  Amazon Payments

It has happened to almost everyone. The bill comes in the mail — or maybe via email reminder — and the customer says, “Oh, I...

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The Push And Pull Of Real-Time Payments
The Push And Pull Of Real-Time Payments
October 10, 2019  |  Faster Payments

With real-time payments spreading throughout the world (perhaps more slowly than expected, but still spreading), the characteristics of pull payments mean they are likely to...

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