It is a testament to the business-to-business (B2B) landscape that firms tend to pivot toward, and not away, from it. After all, you hear a lot more about one-time business-to-consumer (B2C) firms embracing B2B channels than vice-versa. But that doesn’t mean that the B2B landscape, for...
Zip has added new enterprise capabilities to its intake and procurement orchestration platform and intake-to-pay suite. This new suite of capabilities called Zip Premier is designed to help businesses manage compliance, strengthen integrations with other tools and scale faster, the company said in a Wednesday...
With Valentine’s Day around the corner and Christmas fairly close in the rearview mirror, consumers’ budgets are likely stretched thin. If you’re looking for a way to get your sweetie something special and pay over time without interest, buy now, pay later might be the...
The use of split-pay plans is already widespread, and the last holiday shopping season was no exception, with consumers relying on different installment plans. The question of whether consumers will continue using these plans is already answered — they will — but another question has...
October 11, 2023
Technology simplifies, at least that is its promise. That’s because, when effectively implemented, digital solutions can break down legacy silos and remove countless man hours from laborious and redundant processes. Add into the mix generative artificial intelligence (AI), and technology can now do more than just simplify — it can eliminate long-entrenched superfluities and automate […]
May 10, 2023
Sift through the filings, listen to the calls with management, and earnings season gives a sense of how consumers — and merchants — are embracing buy now, pay later (BNPL)....
July 18, 2022
The Connected Economy 100 (CE100™) Index continued its dip, and one wonders if earnings season will offer any respite. For the week, the group was down by 3.3%, and now...
February 28, 2022
This year is looking a bit like 2021, at least in one respect: The buy now, pay later (BNPL) industry continues to consolidate. As reported late Sunday evening (Feb. 27),...
April 03, 2024
Zip has added new enterprise capabilities to its intake and procurement orchestration platform and intake-to-pay suite. This new suite of capabilities called Zip Premier is designed to help businesses manage compliance, strengthen integrations with other tools and scale faster, the company said in a Wednesday (April 3) press release. “Developed alongside our largest enterprise customers, […]
October 17, 2023
Mastercard is leveraging its open banking technology through partnerships announced Tuesday (Oct. 17) to provide flexible and secure lending and payments experiences for consumers and small businesses. By partnering with...
September 11, 2023
Zip has teamed with Primer to further tap into the U.S. buy now, pay later (BNPL) market. “With an $11 trillion total addressable market in the U.S., BNPL services account for a mere...
July 03, 2023
Australian buy now, pay later provider Zip says it is continuing to streamline its operations. And part of that streamlining apparently involves cutting 20% of the company’s staff, according to...
