J.P. Morgan Weighs In on Retail’s Three Big Moments of Truth
We all heard the saying as kids when parents and teachers offered up these words of wisdom: You only get one chance to make a first impression. The aphorism holds true in retail, where merchants vie for the attention, and the dollars, of consumers day in and...
Why Complexity Is the Enemy of the Sale
Even with the continued shift to digital payments and the plethora of payment options, there are still stumbling blocks in commerce. Complexity is the enemy of the sale, Splitit Head of Client Success John Beisner told PYMNTS for the What’s Next in Payments...
FinTech IPO Index Surges 3.8% as Lemonade, Affirm Grow
The FinTech IPO Index was 3.8% higher this past week, as Lemonade and Affirm were at the forefront of gainers, up a respective 58.5% and 23.6%. A broad-based rally in the overall markets Thursday — as tech stocks got a boost from Nvidia’s earnings – helped with...
TreviPay Adds Automated Buyer Onboarding to Order-to-Cash
TreviPay added automated buyer onboarding to its order-to-cash (O2C) offering. With the new feature, business buyers using TreviPay’s Risk Management Platform can apply for trade credit through a dynamic self-serve application, the company said in a Wednesday...
10 UX Best Practices for E-Commerce Sales and Promotions – Articles – Baymard Institute
Key Takeaways During seasonal and time-sensitive sales and promotions, shoppers face pressure to find the right products quickly, with multiple sites often competing for their attention Common e-commerce frustrations feel magnified during this time, often...
Perplexity Launches AI Shopping Assistant to Research, Purchase
Perplexity has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered shopping assistant in the U.S. and said it will expand it to additional markets. With the company’s new Buy With Pro, shoppers can both research and purchase products, Perplexity said in a Monday...
Payment Networks and Real-World Assets
No matter the application, the guiding principle behind tokenization remains the same: replacing sensitive data with a digital representation (token) that protects that data. Recent weeks and months have seen the rise of what we might term two “tracks” of...
Affirm Expands BNPL Travel Partnership With Priceline
Buy now, pay later provider Affirm has expanded its partnership with online travel firm Priceline. The new collaboration makes Affirm the buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider for Priceline Partner Solutions, the company’s B2B business, Affirm said in a Monday...
Mastercard aims to kill passwords and manual card entry by 2030
Mastercard has set itself the target of using tokenisation and biometrics to eliminate manual card entry, passwords and one-time codes for online purchases by 2030.EditorialThis content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based...