| Global Digital Shopping Index |
| Digital Features Drive Global SMBs' Digital Shift Small merchants can compete with larger chains by giving consumers digital features that can enhance the in-store experience. In the Global Digital Shopping Index: SMB Edition, PYMNTS surveys more than 8,000 consumers and 2,000 merchants across Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United States to examine consumersâ shifting digital habits and how SMBs are responding. |
| PYMNTSTV: Buy Now, Pay Later |
| Buy Now Pay Later Becomes Physical Attraction For Brick-And-Mortar Stores Brick-and-mortar retailers are betting that consumers will return to the physical store â and itâs possible that when they do, new twists on payments will be one of the attractions. It was a topic of a recent On The Agenda conversation about the future of physical shopping post-pandemic, led by PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster. On the panel: Mall of America Executive Vice President Jill Renslow, Afterpay U.S. CEO Nick Molnar and mall owner UnibailâRodamco-Westfield Senior Vice President Karen Strack. |
| IoT Moves Beyond âThingsâ To Create Harmonized Connected Home Experience The âthingsâ involved in the Internet of Things are not the whole story when it comes to the connected economy and connected payments. As Plume Chief Commercial Officer Tyson Marian told PYMNTS, the ability to provide a truly interconnected experience depends on a cloud-based software platform holding it all together. |
| PSCU Sees Contactless Cards And Digital Wallets As New Experience Gateways We live in a no-touch world. Contactless payments have become a fully integrated part of it and as PSCU Digital Experience and Payments Managing Vice President Jeremiah Lotz told PYMNTS, investments and new strategies within the credit union space are driving long-term digital plans that hinge on the acceleration of contactless. |
| SPAC CEO: Blank Check Listings Help FinTechs With Growth ‘Inflection Point’ Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) have captured Wall Street’s imagination, to be sure. But beyond the heady pace of listings and concerns over overheating markets, there’s inherent strategic value in place. SPACs can provide fast-growing FinTechs with the capital they need to thrive, Amanda Abrams, CEO of FinTech Masala, tells PYMNTS. |
| | KLW Commentary | | What Consumers Say About The Reopening Of The Physical World â And What It Means For Business Over the last year, PYMNTS research has consistently found that the consumerâs instincts for when things in the physical world will truly return normal are generally more pessimistic than most pundits, governments and the hopeful speculation of the business community. And, Karen Webster says, at least so far, generally more realistic. Hereâs what nearly 22,000 U.S consumers now say about the reopening of the physical world â and what she says it means for every business with a foot in it. |
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