Charitable Giving news and trends

PayPal Teams With Meta to Expand Charitable Giving
Partnerships // September 07, 2023

PayPal and Meta have joined forces to allow more social media users to give to charity. The partnership, announced Thursday (Sept. 7), expands the PayPal Giving Fund’s relationship with Meta to allow charitable giving on Facebook and Instagram in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K. starting Oct. 31. According to a news release,...

How IoT Payments Make The Old (Transaction) New Again
Intelligence of Things // February 25, 2019

There’s room for payment technology providers to marry speed and safety as IoT transforms the way consumers receive and make payments. According to NMI CEO Vijay Sondhi, government efforts can help with security, and loyalty programs can help with consumer stickiness.

Deep Dive: Spend Solutions To Help Charitable Organizations Spread Cheer
Spend Management // December 19, 2018

During the holiday season, nonprofit and religious organizations step up their fundraising efforts for charitable causes. These groups must demonstrate a high level of accountability, however, and workforce spend solutions can help them track spending and remove the friction from waiting for reimbursements. The following...

Is #donate The First Step To #buy?
Matchmakers // December 05, 2018

By almost any measure, John Gossart, COO and Co-founder of fundraising resource Goodworld, has done more than his fair share of public service. He served two decades in the military and government, eventually working in a Department of Defense counter-terrorism post that took him to Pakistan,...

Interviews & Exclusives
How IoT Payments Make The Old (Transaction) New Again

February 25, 2019
There’s room for payment technology providers to marry speed and safety as IoT transforms the way consumers receive and make payments. According to NMI CEO Vijay Sondhi, government efforts can help with security, and loyalty programs can help with consumer stickiness.

Is #donate The First Step To #buy?

December 05, 2018
By almost any measure, John Gossart, COO and Co-founder of fundraising resource Goodworld, has done more than his fair share of public service. He served two decades in the military and...

Charitable Giving Goes Online — Now What?

December 08, 2017
Online and alternative forms of payment are fast becoming a hallmark of the nonprofit sector, and complexity reigns amid gifts and donations. In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, iATS...

Tap To Give To Charity – Yes, It’s A Thyng

August 08, 2017
People don’t write a check to pay for their dinner, movie tickets or groceries, so why are they still writing them for charitable giving? PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster has volunteered...

Quick Reads
Shift4 and Give Lively Team to Improve Digital Donations for Nonprofits

September 24, 2023
Payments technology company Shift4 has launched a partnership with nonprofit fundraising platform Give Lively. The collaboration, announced Saturday (Sept. 23), is designed to help nonprofits in the U.S. avoid “cumbersome and expensive” funding platforms. The companies say the partnership will see Give Lively add Shift4 as a payment processor in 2024, allowing for lower fees and secure transactions, as […]

PayPal Teams With Meta to Expand Charitable Giving

September 07, 2023
PayPal and Meta have joined forces to allow more social media users to give to charity. The partnership, announced Thursday (Sept. 7), expands the PayPal Giving Fund’s relationship with Meta to allow charitable giving on Facebook and Instagram in...

Goodworld And Verrency Partner To Make A Good World Through Donation Payments

March 15, 2018
Social payments charity platform Goodworld and Australian payments marketplace Verrency announced a partnership that will create a new Corporate Social Responsibility offering for major banks. The offering aims to make...

Charitable Giving Surpassed $971M During Holidays

January 11, 2017
Thanks in part to the convenience of mobile pay, charitable giving during the holidays surpassed $971 million in 2016, according to PayPal. According to a report, which cited data from PayPal’s...