Top 10 Buy Now, Pay Later Platforms Revolutionising Retail
The ascendancy of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platforms has markedly transformed the retail sector, offering consumers a novel approach to credit. With BNPL transactions surpassing 2 billion in 2023, these services have swiftly expanded from online to in-store...
Lange tussenfase die niet weg te denken is
RetailTrends belt iedere week met een expert over een opvallende actuele ontwikkeling. Deze keer: retailexpert Eelco Hos over de zelfscankassa’s. De zelfscankassa is niet meer weg te denken uit het retaillandschap in Nederland. Iedere (grote) supermarkt heeft...
Payment Orchestration Platforms Now Must Figure Ways to Set Themselves Apart, a Report Warns – Digital Transactions
As competition among payment orchestrators heats up, providers looking to separate themselves from the pack find themselves under pressure to offer points of differentiation, according to Datos Insights’ “Payment Orchestration Vendor Evaluation” report,...
Streamline Your Guest Checkout Experience Now to Drive Holiday Sales
While shopping online for your son’s holiday gift, you stumble across a cashmere scarf from an unfamiliar retailer. You’re checking out as a new customer, and the site requests your contact, shipping, billing, and payment information. You don’t have your credit...
How embedded payments are changing the way we pay
There was a time when ride-share company Uber’s almost imperceptible app-based payments system was an outlier. Uber's payments process was one of the earliest forms of embedded payments, a concept that entails the streamlining of a checkout process so consumers...
Reimagining checkout: The future is check-in
E-commerce retailers often consider the checkout experience an afterthought. After all, the customer has already found the product and decided to buy. All retailers need to do is ensure the customer’s payment goes through smoothly, right? However, retailers...
Macro vs. Micro Conversions
Summary: Macro conversions are desired user actions that directly contribute to your business's primary goals. In contrast, micro conversions are user actions that precede macro conversions and occur more frequently. Product managers and digital marketing...
Embedded Finance’s Next Stop Is B2B Commerce
Wind the clock back just a few years, and online transactions were a disjointed experience. After filling a cart at a merchant’s site, upon checking out a user would be directed to another website to enter the same payment details. Cart abandonment inevitably...
Moving Past Wallets to Digital Identity Payment Credentials
Consumers want what they want, how they want it. Consequently, when it comes to payments and commerce, businesses that can adapt to their needs and offer convenient ways to pay are best positioned to win in the long run. Case in point: digital wallets. The...