According to Credit Suisse analysts, India’s payments market could grow from $200 billion today to reach $1 trillion by 2023. Walmart is smiling because it’s $16 billion purchase of more than 80% of e-commerce giant Flipkart included small payments subsidiary PhonePe. With Indian mobile usage ...
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Quick. Name a country where 80% of transactions are still paid for in cash. Surprisingly, that would be Japan, second only after Germany as the country that pays more in cash for transactions than any other. With all its advanced technology and financial services know-how, ...
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Could you double your financial services company revenue by offering loans for as little as $30 and insurance policies at 30-cents per month? After 10 years in operation, Indian digital payments company MobIKwik believes that’s its path to profitability this year and double its revenue ...
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Chinese travelers are currently the largest spenders and the fastest-growing traveler segment in Europe. This presents EU businesses with an opportunity for growth by serving this new consumer market if they can figure out how to handle payments seamlessly. To help EU merchants meet this ...
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At Fortune’s Brainstorm Finance conference in Montauk, NY yesterday, Bank of America (BoA) CEO Brian Moynihan said his bank is ready for a cashless society. Moynihan highlighted how his financial institution has embraced fintech and “probably spent $30 billion on code” in the past eight years ...
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Preferences shape how consumers like to pay and how your business should collect payments which impact customer satisfaction and churn. A new report from GoCardless looks at payer preferences for various types of recurring purchases in different markets and what’s needed for sales success. Eight ...
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Getting a handle on what’s happening in banking this year and in the future is a big challenge. Cornerstone Advisors surveyed 305 senior executives at US-based, mid-size financial institutions (FIs), 60% from banks and 40% from credit unions to get a picture of banking in ...
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Here’s your global payments news roundup for this week. National Retail Federation predicts $16 billion in spending on Father’s Day gifts. 67% of consumers will shop at a retailer with mobile coupons. The payments industry has $2 billion of VC financing so far this year. ...
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If you thought coupons were going the way of pay phones and fax machines, new research from BRP Consulting’s report The Mobilization of Retail may get you to reconsider your bias. Not only are 41% of consumers planning to increase the frequency of their shopping ...
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The explosion of business apps in recent years has been remarkable and while some may die a slow death after great launches on Product Hunt with much fanfare, a handful of mobile invoicing apps are genuinely useful for business owners and their customers. Mobile invoicing ...
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