CyberSource: Helping Merchants Prepare For eCommerce âMini Peaksâ The traditional âpeakâ retail season is giving way to âmini peaksâ â in which eCommerce firms can create their own promotional events and drive top lines. Michele Herron, senior vice president of strategy, marketing and small business at CyberSource, tells Karen Webster the payments and security challenges merchants face when crowds of consumers show up at their digital front doors at the same time to buy. |
In Search Of Consumer Spendingâs New Normal Getting into a car crash and getting caught in a revolving credit trap are two things that millennials and Gen Z say are equally as scary, Afterpay Chief Technology Officer Akash Garg tells PYMNTS. It's what, he says, is pushing the rapid global rise of Buy Now, Pay Later at the point of sale (POS), he says, as those consumers seek new ways to flexibly control how and when they spend. |
AP Automationâs Role In Paying The Gig Economy The gig economyâs rise means that companies â especially online platforms â have to keep track of paying many workers (sometimes thousands of them) at the same time â sometimes across borders and currencies. Tipalti General Manager of Supplier Success Todd McGuire tells PYMNTS how AP automation can get those freelancers paid in the ways they want and on time. |
Digital Freight’s Bumpy Road As Virus Spreads, Macro Slows Beyond airlines, tourism and supply chains — the Coronavirus ripple effects may reach deep into the digital economy. Along with macro headwinds, the pandemic might disrupt (for a time, anyway) freight disruptors. Keep on truckin’ — but will tech savvy upstarts, changing the way goods get from point A to point B, have enough gas in the tank to travel new bumpy roads? Take a spin. |
| B2B API Tracker™ | Breaking Batch (Payments): BNP Paribas On APIs And Making B2B Payments Faster Breaking the legacy of batch payments can help corporate treasurers hit instant speeds â and access rich real-time payment data â with the right application programming interface (API) integrations. In this monthâs B2B API Tracker, BNP Paribas Vice President Charlotte Hausemer explains how banks are using APIs to reshape corporate payments with precise liquidity management and RTP tracking. | |