Новости за 25.04.2024

Trying to balance inflationary pressures and the need to allow themselves at least some indulgences, shoppers are trading up on beer but not springing for premium wine and spirits. Heineken reported Wednesday (April 24) that beer sales were up in its first quarter fiscal 2024, with beer volume organic growth of 4.7% and with premium […]

Lending marketplace Upstart has debuted a tool to help lenders offer customized loan offers. That tool, dubbed Recognized Customer Personalization (RCP), lets banks and credit unions (CUs) identify when a customer is actively seeking a loan and make them an offer of credit, Upstart said in a Thursday (April 25) news release. “In the current economic environment, lenders are […]

Threads now has more than 150 million monthly active users. The Meta-owned text-based social media platform is “growing well,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday (April 24), during the company’s quarterly earnings call. “There are now more than 150 million monthly actives, and it continues to generally be on the trajectory I hoped to see,” […]

Global commerce platform WEX has launched a virtual card partnership with Booking.com. The new arrangement, announced in a news release Thursday (April 25), expands on the two companies’ 11-year-old partnership, with WEX becoming Booking.com’s virtual card provider and WEX’s payment solutions supporting Booking.com’s travel-related products and services sales. “Building on years of working together, we remain committed to delivering […]

American consumers are projected to spend $33.5 billion on their moms next month. That’s according to new data from the National Retail Federation (NRF), which noted that amount is the second-highest in the history of its surveys of spending on Mother’s Day, following last year’s record of $35.7 billion. “Mother’s Day is a time to […]

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) should change its rules to ensure that it reviews any “suspicious changes” in bank control, FDIC board member Rohit Chopra said Thursday (April 25). Chopra, who is also director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), said during an FDIC board meeting that changes to the Bank Control Act […]

FastSpring and EBANX have teamed to expand the usage of the Pix payment in Brazil. FastSpring, based in Brazil, powers payments for global Software-as-a-Service and software companies. EBANX is a tech company focusing on payments for rising markets. “This partnership with EBANX allows FastSpring to leverage local payments, starting with the largest Latin American market, by delivering one of the […]

Web provider GoDaddy has introduced a smaller point-of-sale (POS) tool for small businesses. Smart Terminal Flex, announced Thursday (April 25) is designed to fit inside an apron pocket while still helping businesses operate with more efficiency. The tool, the company said in a news release, is “ideal for brick-and-mortar businesses, particularly those that have limited space or […]

As consumers demand more immersive, captivating eCommerce journeys, many are increasingly interested in adopting extended reality — augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) — to improve their shopping experience. Take Perfect Corp., a company providing AR try-on options for the beauty and fashion industries. The company shared in its most recent quarterly earnings report […]

Brazilian FinTech QI Tech has achieved unicorn status after extending its Series B round. With this extension, the firm raised additional equity with current investor General Atlantic and Across Capital, QI Tech said in a Thursday (April 25) press release. This announcement comes six months after QI Tech raised $200 million in its Series B […]

In a recent edition of PYMNTS Intelligence’s ongoing How We Will Pay Report, “Multitasking Consumers Want to Shop — and Work — at the Same Time,” we examined how the ubiquity of connected devices and apps has altered how U.S. consumers spend their time.  The report, based on surveys with more than 4,600 U.S. consumers, […]

Best Buy has launched a retail media partnership with consumer technology publication CNET. The collaboration is designed to help brands reach larger audiences of “high intent” shoppers at a time when many consumers are demanding digital integration in their in-store journey, according to a Thursday (April 25) press release. Through the partnership, customers will see “curated content and […]

Innovation is a key factor in any company’s ability to succeed in the long run.  And so are the ways in which they pay and get paid. That’s why, within the B2B payments landscape, innovation plays a crucial role in enabling businesses to streamline processes, reduce costs, mitigate risks and enhance the overall efficiency and […]

As Walmart looks to speed its digital transformation in an effort to shrink the eCommerce gap between itself and rival Amazon, the retailer is giving digital shoppers exclusive access to get them to engage more. The superstore chain announced via an emailed news release Thursday (April 25) that it is kicking off its first spring Walmart+ Early […]

With eCommerce often proving the most convenient option for the practical elements of shopping, consumers are demanding brick-and-mortar retailers provide them with an experience they cannot get online. Foot Locker on Wednesday (April 24) announced its new “store of the future” in Wayne, New Jersey, a retail format that will provide learnings to be incorporated […]

Nuvo has added business credit reports and business principal credit reports from Equifax to its trade credit management platform for B2B sellers. This addition will streamline customer onboarding, underwriting and credit approval processes for businesses that extend trade credit, the companies said in a Wednesday (April 24) press release. The new partnership of the two […]

Small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the healthcare provider segment now use real-time payments more widely than other payment rails. PYMNTS Intelligence finds that in the last year, 83% of businesses surveyed either sent or received real-time payments and 57% used real-time rails in both directions. Moreover, 38% of healthcare provider SMBs identify a real-time […]

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. That quote, by management consultant Peter F. Drucker, holds more true today than ever before — particularly given the shifting dynamics and challenges of the contemporary macro operating environment, where courageous and agile decisions are the life blood of business success. “The FinTech […]

The golden rule for payments is to put yourself in the end users’ place.  That’s because in payments, as in life and business, innovation is the key to unlocking new realms of convenience and efficiency — and innovation can only scale if it gives end users what they want.  That’s why PYMNTS sat down with Evgeny […]

Businesses that use data strategically can unlock opportunities, fuel growth and reduce risk, Jeff Pomeroy, SVP and head of Omnicommerce at Carat from Fiserv, writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty.”   In the face of uncertainties, data is emerging as a business’s most powerful ally. Organizations that treat data as more […]

Inflation, inflation and inflation. The drum beat has defined the past year in the financial services business and reached a crescendo in the first quarter. But, according to payments orchestration solution provider Spreedly, which sees $50 billion in gross transaction volumes on its platform, a successful payments strategy can meet consumers where they are, as companies mull returning to growth mode.  As Spreedly President Peter Dougherty noted in […]

Higher prices at Chipotle haven’t kept customers from visiting and spending at the fast-casual restaurant. They’re doing so because of value, executives said during the company’s quarterly earnings call. Chipotle saw its comparable restaurant sales increase 7% year over year during the first quarter, the company said in a Wednesday (April 24) earnings release. The company attributed […]

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) is reportedly in talks with potential buyers for Republic First Bancorp., a Philadelphia regional bank that does business as Republic Bank. The regulator is approaching potential buyers and seeking bids for the bank, which has traded at a market value of less than $1 million for much of April after reaching a […]

Razorpay has launched its own Unified Payments Interface (UPI) infrastructure in partnership with Airtel Payments Bank. The new infrastructure, UPI Switch, boost success rates by 4% to 5%; handles up to 10,000 transactions per second at any given time; and enables five times faster access to UPI innovations for business, Razorpay said in a Wednesday (April 24) press release. “This […]

Today’s customers of the FinTech industry are no longer asking just for ways to accept online payments; they’re asking for “software-defined financial services.” So said Stripe co-founders Patrick Collison and John Collison Wednesday (April 24) during the opening keynote of the company’s annual user conference held in San Francisco. While they founded Stripe in 2009 to enable the acceptance of online […]