After nearly a week of market rumors, PayPal released a short but sweet statement on Monday morning (Oct. 25) stating that it is not pursuing an acquisition of Pinterest “at this time.” PayPal didn’t deny its interest in Pinterest nor that a deal had been...
Many United States consumers are now out and about, free to shop at any number of reopened businesses and dine at various restaurants. If you were to stop any of these consumers and ask where they made their last purchases, however, the odds are strong...
Ninety-two percent of all consumers have placed online orders for products. More than 85 percent have paid bills online and nearly 75 percent have booked hotel tickets online. These statistics — findings from PYMNTS’ latest research — are all remarkable indicators of the digital adoption...
Accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) have historically been entirely separate functions in the back office. But FinTech innovators are beginning to explore the concept of bridging the gap between these two intrinsically connected workflows. After all: one company’s accounts receivable is another’s accounts...
June 21, 2021
Ninety-two percent of all consumers have placed online orders for products. More than 85 percent have paid bills online and nearly 75 percent have booked hotel tickets online. These statistics — findings from PYMNTS’ latest research — are all remarkable indicators of the digital adoption that has taken place over the past 15 months. Even […]
July 27, 2020
That a market is massive and emerging as a target for digitization, does not necessary mean it will be an easy target to pursue — a lesson learned the hard...
January 10, 2020
It wasn’t long ago that the measure of a car or truck revolved around such things as the punch and pull of the engine, the smoothness of the transmission, perhaps...
December 06, 2019
The past few years have seen contentious relationships between financial institutions (FIs) — particularly larger ones — and data aggregators. At a high level, FIs have been concerned about how...
November 09, 2021
Spreedly on Tuesday (Nov. 9) debuted a gateway certification program that gives payment service providers (PSPs) and gateway partners a new way to integrate their offerings with the Spreedly Payments Orchestration platform and payments ecosystem. Spreedly-certified payment service providers can use the gateway certification program to help their customers gain access to their services more […]
February 18, 2019
As far as eCommerce drama goes, the running tension that defines the relationships among the European Union and U.S.-based companies such as Amazon, Facebook and Google has little competition. Now...
February 07, 2019
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and CIV:LAB, a global nonprofit connecting urban innovation ecosystems, have partnered on the launch of The Grid, a network for New York City’s...
November 08, 2017
As of today, the trucking industry is facing a severe shortage of workers. The digital economy has created a boom in the shipping industry, and it is having a hard...
