PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

The last several weeks have certainly made for unexpected and unprecedented times for consumers and all players in the retail ecosystem and left a lot of businesses standing at a crossroads as they face the back half of 2020 and questions about what to do next. In other words, trust has become a primarily valuable currency of late.

Retail 75

Retail Economics eCommerce Currencies 75

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

According to Will Byrne, CEO of Worldnet Payments , the kiosks and smart shelves that are gaining traction across any number of commerce and retail settings may even shift the employment picture a bit. The Changing Retail Footprint. As unattended retail notches an increasing footprint, said Byrne, other use cases will also emerge.

Retail 55

Retail Transportation Leverage Technology 55

PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

It helps optimize transaction acceptance rates by showing which card types or currencies are most likely to be declined. PYMNTS: Can you show me some data or proof points on how the company has helped retailers? Having a big retailer put their trust in our technology at such an early point meant the world to us.

Leverage 54

Leverage Startups Retail eCommerce 54

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

In April, for example, the EBF, European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) and the European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG) said that tech-driven priorities include the development of instant payments capabilities across the EU and robust data sharing. Ready for Digital Currencies? .

Banking 126

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Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

billion (about $464 million) IPO for discount grocery retailer Boxer. Against this thriving backdrop, Bank Pekao found itself perfectly positioned to leverage its superior offerings in the debt, loan, and equity businesses, pushing the bank to a record-breaking near-$3 billion in revenue for the full year of 2024.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

As PYMNTS has reported, consumer expectations and retail commerce have both evolved quickly to meet the demand that everything from credit to debit cards to digital wallets be on offer as payments choice. Flexibility Is Key. PaaS could be worth as much as $16.7 Morgan (Onyx is a new J.P.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

And find the entire musical playlist of At the Money on Spotify Responsible Crypto Investing Matt Hougan How should retail investors responsibly think about crypto? I’m Barry Ritholtz, and on today’s edition of At the Money , we’re going to discuss how retail investors can responsibly invest in crypto. With crypto.

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Global Finance

MARCH 3, 2025

Absa has been integral to structuring facilities that have financed green buildings, affordable housing, renewable energy, and sustainability-linked products within health care, retail, mining, real estate, and manufacturing sectors. Absa partnered with Norsad Capital to raise 400 million rands in sustainability-linked funding in Botswana.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Flexibility, he said, comes in the form of digital currency — easily transferable and usable across any number of spending categories, moving from travel, for example, to groceries. Social media represents another way to leverage and reward loyalty, noted panelists. It’s important to make sure that redemption is easy and flexible.

Leverage 118

Leverage Currencies Banking Accounting 118

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

The collaboration gives the 12,000-plus national ACTA members an opportunity to tap into Western Union’s payments expertise and knowledge of foreign currency transactions and currency risk management, according to a Western Union press release on Thursday (Aug.

Currencies 71

Currencies Risk Management Leverage Accounting 71

Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

trillion in extended credit and new capital for its consumer and institutional clients while moving $10 trillion in over 120 currencies daily. Its Consumer & Community Banking business added a substantial amount of retail branches and advisers and leads the First Republic integration. Throughout 2023, JPMorgan Chase raised $2.3

Banking 111

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

Motivating a change in consumers or retailers is not always easy work, a reality evidenced by the plodding pace of contactless payments in the U.S. That has motivated a sea change as brands and physical retailers are working to rebuild their consumer experiences around digital, she said. Widening the Range Of eGifting’s Capability.

Retail 59

Retail Economics Entertainment Currencies 59

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

However, among the more enthusiastic refrains from supporters: Cryptos will become ubiquitous as they scale into everyday retail environments. Every so often a marquee name in retail comes out with a statement that it is exploring using cryptos at the point of sale, or that tests are underway. It’s been a slow start.

Sales 85

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

According to a press release , Fit Pay said the new device will enable cryptocurrency holders to use their digital coins to pay for goods at retail locations. Flip TM uses the value exchanged from virtual currencies to make traditional payment transactions. That’s exactly what Flip achieves. More recently, it was valued at $8,240.

Currencies 61

Currencies Communication Leverage Retail 61

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

One company, Stem , seeks to leverage the platform model to help independent musicians and the host of people who may be behind a recording (the composers, the producers and others) get paid through what’s known in the industry as the “splits” — what they’re owed when its owed as music is uploaded to streaming services such as Spotify.

Foreign Exchange 125

Foreign Exchange Accounting Investments Manufacturing 125

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Credits was a virtual currency and payments platform used to power in-app purchases on Facebook. And this plan is a way for Facebook to leapfrog them by using cool, modern tech and stablecoins tied to fiat currency – today’s hot payments play – and keeps them out of the bitcoin fray. Zynga adopted Credits as its exclusive currency.

Currencies 83

Currencies Leverage Planning Investments 83

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

In collaboration with TD, we are unlocking opportunity for consumers and building a bridge that connects the online and offline — or digital and retail — worlds. One example is its exclusive partnership in June with discount retail chain Dollar General. The goal is to enable more payment options for consumers around the world.

Currencies 76

Currencies Leverage Accounting Retail 76

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Another 33 believe D2C retailers have better deals on their websites, while 33 percent say it’s easier to see all of a brand’s offerings on one site: Even better, from the brands’ point of view, is that the consumers most interested in D2C are typically younger, better educated and wealthier than those with less interest in the concept.

Education 103

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CFO Talks

JULY 4, 2024

For instance, retail businesses need to benchmark their payment solutions against industry standards and customer expectations to ensure seamless and efficient transactions. Leverage Digital Payments for Efficiency The shift towards digital payments is not just a trend; it’s a strategic necessity.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Open banking has opened the path toward a number of banking/FinTech and digital partnerships leveraging APIs to speed innovations. The company said that the API-led platform will let partners — including banks, retailers, credit unions and others — access payment and foreign exchange services through a single place.

Foreign Exchange 68

Foreign Exchange Treasury Currencies B2B 68

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Western Union’s history as a retail cross border remittance platform is moving money between people, largely via cash, within minutes. We move money in minutes on the retail side of our business, and asked ourselves whether we could move money in real time to an account or mobile wallet,” Ersek told Karen Webster.

Accounting 82

Accounting Banking B2B B2C 82

PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

As noted in Retail Dive, the two companies said in a press release that Visa banking and FinTech partners will have the option to use Currencycloud’s cloud-based payments platform. The platform can be leveraged to provide services across multi-currency wallets, and real-time notifications on FX transactions.

B2B 75

B2B Compliance Currencies Leverage 75

PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

AAX will leverage LSEG’s Technology to deliver a world-class exchange that ensures safe, trusted and secure digital asset trading for all. The company had been testing a new service to select customers, which allowed them to store vast amounts of digital currencies, as well as receive enhanced trading capabilities.

Currencies 74

Currencies Leverage Technology Banking 74

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2016

That, he said, isn’t about 100 different apps stretching across 100 different retailers, but instead, there should be strong integration across platforms, such as the Apple Pay wallet, where digital cards pop up automatically on a user’s home screen when they are walking into a merchant.

Leverage 75

Leverage Retail Currencies Technology 75

PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

This interest comes as part of an effort by the companies to encourage consumers to leverage crypto payments for their daily purchasing habits. customers can use to leverage funds stored in their crypto wallets for in-person retail payments. Trading platform CoinDeal recently announced a forthcoming debit card that U.S.

Securities 66

Securities Leverage Currencies Retail 66

PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

Consumers value seamless, personalized checkout experiences, which means retailers who wish to earn their business must accommodate their various preferred payment methods. These include everything from transaction success rates to currency exchange rates to local or regional security regulations.

Advertising 63

Advertising Retail Currencies Leverage 63

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

It seems blowing past $1,400 at the start of this week wasn’t enough for the digital currency. The digital currency’s market cap sat at just over $25.4 The digital currency’s market cap sat at just over $25.4 Some exchanges even pegged the digital currency’s value at over $1,600.

Currencies 47

Currencies Banking Retail Leverage 47

Global Finance

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Financial institutions can better understand the risk profiles of small suppliers by leveraging alternative data and machine learning, thus expanding access to financing. Societe Generale also offers a dedicated and simplified solution to retail clients or small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) based on their ESG rating.

Finance 52

Finance Invoicing Banking Manufacturing 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

Retailers can be stuck in “calcified” ways of processing payments and tracking consumer behavior, often frustrating buyers at the point of sale. In retail and in omnichannel, the customer is everything. Which is a big departure from the good old days of plastic cards and countertop terminals and shopping only in a physical store.

Retail 40

Retail Currencies Technology Leverage 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

For the third quarter in a row Walmart has beaten analysts’ predictions on revenue and marked same-store sales increases (a difficult magic trick in retail these days) — and in Q3 the company also had some more than solid growth in eCommerce lines and on the global scene. percent (excluding currency swings). Digital sales popped up 20.6

eCommerce 63

eCommerce Forecasting Sales Retail 63

PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

Jennifer Westbury , Pollard Banknote Executive Vice President of Sales & Customer Development, said the partnership would leverage Blackhawk’s “breadth of retail and payments expertise” to help expand lottery products. But she said the pandemic has expedited the transition to new contactless forms of currency.

Sales 56

Sales Currencies Leverage Retail 56

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

eCommerce platforms and marketplaces are leveling the retail playing field by connecting buyers who have specific needs with groups of sellers that can meet them,” said Bill Ready, chief operating officer at PayPal. Jetlore’s platform is used by some of the leading retailers around the globe.

eCommerce 50

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2017

Shares of global retailer Gap Inc. While the retail environment continues to be challenging, we are focused on delivering the best possible product and customer experience, and our ability to leverage a portfolio of iconic brands and operating scale uniquely positions the company for long-term growth,” Peck said.

Currencies 49

Currencies Sales Leverage Retail 49

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

And it looks like the world’s favorite digital currency has just made a big step forward, as the coffee that America runs on can now be bought with bitcoin. Aéropostale And The Retail Miracle. Kohan, VP of retail consulting at store analytics firm RetailNext. “I Will Aéropostale be able to capitalize on this reprieve?

Advertising 77

Advertising Retail Currencies Banking 77

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The Japan Times reported that the mandate would seek to keep tech giants such as Amazon from abusing dominant market positions when competing with smaller online retailers. Digital Currencies, Too. Separately, the movement by at least some central governments to embrace digital currencies continues.

Marketing 52

Marketing Currencies Banking Leverage 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

As PYMNTS has reported, consumer expectations and retail commerce have both evolved quickly to meet the demand that everything from credit to debit cards to digital wallets be on offer as payments choice. Flexibility is Key. PaaS could be worth as much as $16.7 Morgan (Onyx is a new J.P.

B2B 61

B2B Compliance Currencies Technology 61

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

FIS, Fiserv or Infosys will be tapped to provide the processing software for Robinhood’s upcoming mobile bank if it receives approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. retail consumers. retail consumers,” it says in its application to the OCC, according to the report.

Banking 45

Banking Currencies Leverage Retail 45