Smartpay is using open banking to streamline online installment purchases for customers in Japan. The new Smartpay Bank Direct enables customers to pay for online installment purchases from their bank accounts. It is offered through the company’s network of 67 partner banks in Japan, Smartpay...
All-in-one Japanese payment experience Smartpay has introduced an interest-free buy now, pay later (BNPL) offering, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 16) press release. The free, secure and fully automated installment payment option is aimed at solving Japanese consumer payment issues, according to the announcement. Underlining...
Barclaycard Payments has extended its partnership with SAP in order to expand the availability of its payments gateway product Smartpay to more customers across Europe, according to a press release. The Smartpay feature will now be available on the SAP Commerce Cloud, the release states....
The next big thing is not often easy to spot. Sometimes, the thing that everyone sees coming fails to actually show up. Need proof? Check out the PYMNTS/InfoScout mobile wallet adoption numbers and compare them to the more exuberant predictions about Apple Pay in late 2014....
April 17, 2018
The next big thing is not often easy to spot. Sometimes, the thing that everyone sees coming fails to actually show up. Need proof? Check out the PYMNTS/InfoScout mobile wallet adoption numbers and compare them to the more exuberant predictions about Apple Pay in late 2014. Other times, the next big thing isn’t nearly so obvious, […]
February 28, 2018
What makes a consumer loyal? There really is no magic formula, and brands are spending serious money on strategies before truly answering this question. Rewards programs are one big category...
November 15, 2016
What do $58 million, $2.61 and 66 days have in common? Three important data points that show the power of consumer adoption of alternative payments at gas and C-stores. ZipLine...
June 22, 2023
Embedded payments solution provider Fortis has expanded to Canada, added a new feature and acquired SmartPay. The expansion to Canada, which is Fortis’ first market outside the United States, makes all of the company’s solutions available to software platforms and businesses operating in the market, Fortis said in a Thursday (June 22) press release. The new feature added by Fortis […]
December 27, 2022
Smartpay is using open banking to streamline online installment purchases for customers in Japan. The new Smartpay Bank Direct enables customers to pay for online installment purchases from their bank...
November 16, 2021
All-in-one Japanese payment experience Smartpay has introduced an interest-free buy now, pay later (BNPL) offering, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 16) press release. The free, secure and fully automated installment...
