By Jeff Domansky, Jan 15, 2021 New research from Forter shows merchants losing billions of dollars in missed opportunities as they struggle to balance the growing incidence and cost of fraud with the impact of false declines of good customers, particularly for new online shoppers ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Jan 13, 2021 Walmart announced plans for a new fintech startup that could soon offer its 265 million weekly customers a basket of fresh new financial products like those available from other successful fintech startups. The announcement offered no initial details on ...
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By Stefan Merz, Chief Operating Officer at PPRO, Jan 12, 2021 It has been a year of momentous change for the payments industry. Previously, emerging trends have seen a massive acceleration as a result of the pandemic. Years of transformation happened in just a few ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Jan 11, 2021 Stripe announced it will no longer process payments for the Trump campaign website and fundraising after last week’s riots at the Capitol building in Washington, DC. On its website, the credit card processor’s terms of service say that users ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Jan 8, 2021 Shopify closed two Trump brand stores on its e-commerce platform yesterday in response to the Wednesday violence at the Capitol building in Washington DC. Shopify shuts Trump online store The Ottawa, Canada e-commerce giant powers e-commerce stores for more ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Jan 7, 2021 California-based fintech startup PrimaHealth Credit launched a ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) payment plan specifically designed for credit-challenged patients seeking elective healthcare treatments. According to the company, most healthcare lending products focus on the prime market, leaving behind 52% ...
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By John Minor, Chief Product Officer for PayNearMe Jan 5, 2021 We all know the types of problems that can get in the way of a smooth payment transaction: exceptions, fraud, compliance concerns, human error, insufficient funds, and overloaded customer service teams, to name a ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Jane 4, 2021 New research from Checkout.com and Oxford Economics shows that disconnected payments cost merchants more than $20.3 billion in the US, UK, France, and Germany last year. The research also identified those disconnects and where improvements can still be made ...
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Dec 30, 2020 As 2020 fades into the rearview mirror, we’ve got a last look at a year notable for the stories of struggle, resilience, and survival in the payments world. It’s a credit to the industry that many grew their business and at the ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Dec 17, 2020 Prior to the pandemic, the economies of SE Asia were booming, and e-commerce was showing substantial growth as well. A new PPRO report shows the region’s e-commerce growth even eclipses the more developed marketplaces during the COVID-19 crisis. The ...
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