By Jeff Domansky, May 4, 2021 Despite the impact of Covid 19, 84% of business travelers are keen to travel with proper pandemic protection. New research shows 93% of business travelers reduced travel for work by 60% or more during the past year. Those over ...
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By Douglas Hall, Publisher, PaymentsNEXT A new report from The Strawhecker Group (TSG) and the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) reflects the impact of the pandemic on payments and the plans for US small businesses to respond to the new consumer payment preferences evolving. Of the ...
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By Jeff Domansky, April 29, 2021 With the buy now pay later (BNPL) market exploding worldwide, competition for market share and consumer attention intensifies. As many as 39% of US consumers have tried BNPL, according to a February 2021 report by The Strawhecker Group, and ...
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By Jeff Domansky, April 28, 2021 It looks like new online shopping habits by consumers could ring up $4.2 trillion in e-commerce sales globally this year, an increase of 20% over 2020. Adobe’s Digital Economy Index report showed a surge in online purchasing in March ...
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By Jeff Domansky, April 27, 2021 It’s financial results season, and it’s not just big business seeing an economic recovery underway. A new report from Intuit QuickBooks by economist Susan Woodward shows US small businesses are on the road to financial recovery from the impact ...
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By Jeff Domansky, April 26, 2021 Any idea who the world’s biggest unbanked countries are? New data from Finbold paints an interesting picture of the largest unbanked populations. It also raises a few interesting possibilities about the potential opportunities for fintech companies. Unbanked still surprisingly ...
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By Jeff Domansky, April 23, 2021 We’ve got a Friday global payment news roundup to keep you at full speed as you follow the latest fintech news. Look for buy now pay later news, Amazon palm pay technology, fear of financial fees, the Daily Reopen ...
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By KC Karnes, April 21, 2021 The fintech industry is having a moment, and it’s likely to last for many years. At the beginning of 2021, Fintech startups recorded ten deals worth $100 million or more compared to three deals in the same period in ...
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By Jeff Domansky, April 19, 2021 April is National Financial Literacy Month in the US, and we can all forget about the fear of missing out (FOMO) on financial literacy. It looks like most consumers have a massive fear of financial literacy, according to research ...
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By Jeff Domansky, April 15, 2021 According to new research, when it comes to consumer spending priorities during Covid-19, mortgages mattered most, followed by car loans and credit cards. TransUnion researchers found the pandemic had a pronounced effect – in a short period – on how ...
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