Unzer Taps Mastercard Technology to Launch Pay-by-Bank Tool
Payments firm Unzer has debuted a pay-by-bank tool in conjunction with Mastercard. Unzer Direct Transfer, announced by the Berlin-based company Thursday (Feb. 27), is an open banking-powered method that lets consumers pay directly from bank accounts without...
Unzer Taps Mastercard Infrastructure to Launch Pay-by-Bank Tool
Payments firm Unzer has debuted a pay-by-bank tool in conjunction with Mastercard. Unzer Direct Transfer, announced by the Berlin-based company Thursday (Feb. 27), is an open banking-powered method that lets consumers pay directly from bank accounts without...
AI-Powered Compliance Helps FinTechs Navigate Regulation
Two months into 2025, the business definition of a FinTech is becoming fluid, broadening in ways that scarcely would have been imaginable a short time ago. Companies in the sector have been reexamining their go-to-market strategies amid a changing regulatory...
Perplexity Announces AI-Powered Web Browser Comet
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engine Perplexity AI is planning on launching its own web browser. The company said in a post on X on Monday (Feb. 24) that the browser, dubbed Comet, was “coming soon,” and invited people to sign up on a waitlist in...
The 2025 retail playbook: how to create a winning ecommerce strategy
Just as coaches dissect every play after the Super Bowl to build a winning strategy for the next season, retailers, following a record-breaking 2024 holiday shopping season, find themselves with a comprehensive playbook of successes and areas needing...
78% of US eMerchants Want to Improve Checkout Experience
Middle-market merchants are focusing on improving the checkout experience to better serve customers and improve conversion rates. According to a PYMNTS Intelligence report, “U.S. Merchants Want Help From PSPs on Make-or-Break Checkout to Boost Conversion,” in...
60% of UK Merchants Request One-Click Checkout
For online merchants — no matter in which country they operate, no matter what they are selling — there are two sides to what might be called the eCommerce coin. There’s the user experience on one side, which leads to conversion. Then there’s the other side of...
The Next Generation of Unattended Retail
First-generation self-service commerce solutions brought the science fiction of autonomous shopping to life. As these systems began to move from niche experience to everyday necessity, limitations that affect consumers and businesses came to light. These...
Unlocking 2025: key U.S. consumer trends shaping digital commerce
Connecting with every generation in the age of frequent shoppers Ecommerce has become an integral part of daily life. Millennials and Gen Z are leading the charge, with 55% and 48%, respectively, shopping online multiple times a week, driven by convenience and...
