One-Click Convenience Drives Australia’s Mobile Shopping
Australia, while a burgeoning mobile-first market, presents a paradox for financial institutions, FinTech innovators and payment providers. In the Land Down Under, there’s a population eager for digital convenience, particularly one-click checkout, but the...
Consumers Warm Up to AI Shopping Tools Across Generations
Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving beyond search and recommendations into actively helping consumers shop, with new agentic AI tools designed to browse, compare and even purchase products on behalf of consumers. New data from PYMNTS Intelligence shows that...
84% of Shoppers Want One-Click Checkout
In the rush to expand internationally, merchants may be overlooking a simple but potent tool: the one-click checkout. While digital wallets and real-time payments grab headlines, the frictionless final step of the transaction may hold the greatest potential for...
Deep Dive: What Shopify’s AI Storefront Updates Mean for Commerce and Payments: By Sam Boboev
Shopify is betting big that conversational AI agents will become the new storefronts of the internet – and it’s rolling out some ambitious tools to make that happen. If phrases like Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Global Catalog sound like sci-fi...
Phones Overtake Cards as Singapore’s Favorite Checkout Tool
In the “2025 Global Digital Shopping Index: Singapore Edition,” released by PYMNTS Intelligence and commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions, a survey of 1,510 consumers and 425 merchants in Singapore, underscores the reality that smartphones are not just...
Unlocking Savings: Applying Coupons in E-Commerce Checkout Part 26
Welcome to the twenty-sixth video in our E-Commerce series! 💰 In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the process of applying coupons during the checkout process, enabling your customers to unlock savings and enjoy discounted purchases. 🛒 What you'll learn:...
Why Software Platforms Still Struggle to Turn Payments Into Profits
Software platforms run the world. Healthcare, logistics, travel, insurance — every industry now relies on software to streamline operations and deliver value. However, as macroeconomic pressures mount, embedding payments into those platforms has moved from a...
Businesses Use Credit Card Tactics to Boost Pay by Bank
A new report suggests that while initial cost concerns may deter merchants from adopting pay by bank, the long-term financial and operational benefits for consumer-facing businesses could be substantial, potentially surpassing the expenses of traditional...
Almost All Cross-Border Shoppers Want to Use Local Currency
Global expansion for eCommerce merchants, while offering vast opportunity, remains a complex arena where payment failures and consumer preferences can quickly derail international sales, according to a new report. The “Payments Optimization: Powering Global...