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Study: Over Half U.S. and U.K. Retailers Embrace Real-Time Payments
Study: Over Half U.S. and U.K. Retailers Embrace Real-Time Payments
December 12, 2022  |  Faster Payments

If payments choice is a driver of consumer experiences, real-time payments aim to go further. This, according to findings in the new report, “Navigating Big...

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Study: Price Hikes Top Cost Cuts Among Main Street Businesses
Study: Price Hikes Top Cost Cuts Among Main Street Businesses
December 09, 2022  |  SMBs

Hurting Main Street SMBs have had little choice but to meet inflation with price hikes. PYMNTS analyzed this in the “Main Street Health Survey Q4...

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45% of Transportation and Logistics Planning Is for AP Automation
45% of Transportation and Logistics Planning Is for AP Automation
December 07, 2022  |  Accounts Payable

Transportation and logistics firms with soaring payables are embracing the automation trend. This is according to the new study “AP Automation: Transportation Companies Innovate To...

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71% of Financial Firms On Board With Receipt-Level Data Solutions
71% of Financial Firms On Board With Receipt-Level Data Solutions
December 06, 2022  |  Data

Banks, FinTechs, and others understand the benefits that item- or SKU-level data deliver. Specifically, that greater adoption of this technology is needed, and that once...

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57% of US Consumers Are Interested in One-Stop Bill Pay Service
57% of US Consumers Are Interested in One-Stop Bill Pay Service
November 28, 2022  |  Consumer Payments

While most consumers accept the norm of doing monthly bill pay through a variety of portals, apps and even paper checks, a meaningful number would...

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56% of Consumers Say Storing Payment Info With Retailers Improves Checkout
56% of Consumers Say Storing Payment Info With Retailers Improves Checkout
November 22, 2022  |  eCommerce

Manually entering credit card information for each online purchase is such a source of friction and irritation that more than half of consumers are setting...

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40% of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Will Use Financing to Make Holiday Happen
40% of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Will Use Financing to Make Holiday Happen
November 17, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

With 15 million consumers — close to 6% of the United States population — sitting out holiday gift buying this year, roughly 40% will use...

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94% of Companies Plan Investments to Digitize Payments and Finance Functions
94% of Companies Plan Investments to Digitize Payments and Finance Functions
November 15, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Demand for digitization in the payments and finance areas has reached critical velocity as a new sampling of CFOs shows near unanimous support for additional...

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80% of Firms Hiring Overseas Workers Run Into Payday Roadblocks
80% of Firms Hiring Overseas Workers Run Into Payday Roadblocks
November 11, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

With more companies seeking talent in geographies other than their home turf, the challenges of paying those overseas contractors can seem daunting, but purpose-built platforms...

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