Payments Trends

Payments Trends

Ticketmaster ripoff
Credit Card & Online Fraud E-commerce Payments Trends

Ticketmaster decides ripping off consumers is okay

In a headshaking, tone-deaf move especially during the coronavirus pandemic, the brain trust at Ticketmaster has decided to add to the misery of consumers who bought tickets for concerts now canceled, postponed or delayed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 crisis. If you need a refund ...
Read more
international student payment preferences
Payments Research Payments Trends

Two-thirds of international students prefer familiar tuition payment options

A new report by payments company Flywire says 67% of international students are concerned if they can’t use their tuition payment method of choice at UK universities. While the report has a direct impact on the recruitment of international students by universities in the UK, ...
Read more
Coronavirus rocks the world
E-commerce Fintech Payments Trends

April 10 Payments NEXT big global news roundup

The weeks are sliding by slowly as we all stay at home and wait out the COVID-19 crisis. Today, on this Good Friday, we’ve got another big roundup of global payments, fintech, and e-commerce news. It feels like there are not quite as many clouds ...
Read more
coronavirus impacting payments industry worldwide
Banking Payments Trends

April 6 Global payments news roundup

We’re starting this week with a big global payments news roundup since there’s so much going on in the payments, fintech, and e-commerce industry around the world. We hope you find the business intelligence valuable and that you’re staying safe and healthy during these trying ...
Read more
coronavirus philanthropy
Payments Trends Retail

Companies doing GOOD during coronavirus pandemic

It’s a sad reality that so many businesses have closed, laid-off employees, seen massive revenue decreases, and suffered other harsh impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. Many businesses have been forced to go into crisis management and survival mode as a result. But some companies are ...
Read more
cashless payments growing
Payments Research Payments Trends

Cashless or classless: The flaws in today’s payment debate

By: Steve Villegas, VP of Payment Partnerships at PPRO There is a constant debate on whether global economies should continue to offer cash payments or go cashless by converting solely to digital. Critics say this move would disenfranchise unbanked, cash-dependent consumers and does not drive ...
Read more
concern for coronavirus impact on rent and lease payments
Banking Payments Trends

First of month rent, mortgage and lease payments raise US financial concerns

Only about one-third of US workers can work from home and they earn about 45% of the country’s wages. Being the first of the month, there are millions of rents, business leases and other payments due. The big question, is what happens with them? In ...
Read more
2019 US coffee sales $47.5 billion
Payments Trends Retail

Unlimited Coffee-as-a-Service?

It was inevitable. You can get pretty much Anything-as-a-Service thanks to the cloud. That includes payments, banking, insurance, investment advice, cloud storage, clothing, groceries, and now coffee. That’s right. Coffee-as-a-Service, for just $8.99 a month, courtesy of Panera Bread. Right now, millions of impoverished students ...
Read more
Brazil introduces real-time digital payments
Banking Fintech Payments Trends

Brazil’s Central Bank plans new real-time digital payment system

Brazil’s central bank – Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) – launched testing of a new real-time digital payment system based on QR codes and is expected to go live by November this year. Use of the new payment system called PIX will be mandatory for ...
Read more
future of payments is changing fast
Fintech Mobile Payments Payments Trends

Future of Money Study sees new payments methods ahead

Money matters to consumers and the new Future of Money market research by Logica shows changes ahead in how we pay for things in the future. And those changes are coming fast. Digital payments are growing, but cards still are the leading payment method used ...
Read more