Cash use persists in US beyond pandemic
Payments Dive
JUNE 11, 2024
Consumers remained committed to cash use last year, even as the share of card payments rose and online payments increased, according to an annual Federal Reserve study.
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PYMNTS
JULY 6, 2020
Online grocery sales growth continued in June as the pandemic continued to shape the way people shopped for necessities like food, according to a new survey by Brick Meets Click. In the last 30 days, the survey found that the number of online sales grew over 9 percent, hitting a record of $7.2 That’s up from $6.6 billion in May.
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Perficient
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
The US ecommerce food and grocery industry is growing at an accelerated rate as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Online spending and grocery shopping rates have doubled since 2019 and is projected to increase throughout 2020 as end-users exercise caution while procuring their groceries.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 2, 2020
Robinhood Markets Inc.’s s brokerage website experienced technical issues Monday with some customers unable to make trades on a day when the market was rebounding from last week’s rout. A system-wide failure began as the U.S. markets opened and continued through midday. At 11:18 a.m.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 3, 2017
billion financing infusion from a group of lenders led by JPMorgan Chase, toy and game retailer Toys R Us is announcing new steps in its post-bankruptcy restructuring. 2) that Toys R Us has partnered with global marketplace solutions provider Mirakl to create a new online marketplace. One week after reporting a $3.1
PYMNTS
JULY 8, 2020
Mastercard has introduced new tools designed to help small businesses drive online commerce, the company announced Wednesday (June 8). and Canada. The project is being rolled out first in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
“Our eCommerce capabilities have been a top priority and an area of growth for us since well before COVID, and the pandemic has only accelerated that focus and growth,” Petco Chief Digital and Innovation Officer Darren MacDonald tells PYMNTS. The exact scale of that shift is hard to quantify and MacDonald did not give specific numbers.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 8, 2021
US Trade Representative’s Office Suspends Tariffs On French Goods. China’s Cyberspace Watchdog Mulls Stricter Online Oversight . 7 in regard to how the regulations should be updated to being about more oversight for livestreams, online shopping and online payments. WHO Warns Europe Is Entering ‘Acute’ Phase Of Pandemic.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
ALDI has announced that it is expanding its online grocery delivery service to all of its stores in the United States. According to Chain Store Age , the German supermarket company will use its partnership with Instacart to roll out the service to 75 major markets, including San Diego, New York City, Miami, Raleigh and Minneapolis.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 2, 2020
Robinhood Markets Inc.’s s brokerage website experienced technical issues Monday with some customers unable to make trades on a day when the market was rebounding from last week’s rout. A system-wide failure began as the U.S. markets opened and continued through midday. At 11:18 a.m.
PYMNTS
JUNE 11, 2019
“Businesses of all types are already using Stripe Terminal to build their in-person payment experiences. Online-first retailers like Warby Parker are using Terminal to build a fully customized in-person checkout,” the company said.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Bank has debuted its online lending portal for small business borrowers, the financial institution announced on Tuesday (Sept. Bank, which revealed its online lending platform for small businesses to access a loan or line of credit. If approved, borrowers can also view and manage their financing details online. According to U.S.
Perficient
JULY 10, 2020
We have the benefit of some experience and understanding what could have better served us in the face of this pandemic. We believe this new reality may be with us for the rest of 2020 and beyond. We believe transformation, not merely recovery , is the new goal.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 25, 2020
“The nirvana, if you will, of banking would be truly autonomous banking, like the autonomous car,” Nielson said during a fireside chat today at Banking Transformation Week, an online conference focusing on banking, finance and […].
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 8, 2020
To that end, in Europe, Czech firm Nulisec has debuted an online B2B marketplace focused on European retailers — geared toward improving sales and procurement processes. In an interview with PYMNTS, CEO Lukas Pham said online marketplaces address several pain points. “At The digital shift may transform retail storefronts in Europe.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
The tool is good for purchases for up to $1,000, he said, though cannot be used on limited-time sales or, for that matter, PillPack prescriptions via Amazon, which bought the online pharmacy in 2018. It might be almost the 2020s, but consumers across the world still like and use cash for various reasons. in late 2018.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 10, 2020
What they need is an online auction marketplace. Successful online selling, especially on a one-off basis, is tough. That involves simplifying and modernizing the online buyer-seller experience for the mass market, he said, and not just for top-selling reCommerce experts. Plenty of those around.
PYMNTS
APRIL 25, 2019
PayPal ’s venture capital arm has invested $11 million in online returns service Happy Returns. It’s a huge validation for us,” Happy Returns Co-Founder and CEO David Sobie said in an interview, according to CNBC. “It The funding is the largest round to date for the company, bringing Happy Returns’ total raise to $25 million.
PYMNTS
APRIL 15, 2020
After hitting a skid from the beginning to the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, online fashion sales have caught fire. That business did not transfer online, according to the PYMNTS data. percent said they were shopping online for these items more frequently. percent of consumers had shifted their purchase to online retail.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Now, the fast-growing operation is tapping into one of the growing trends in payments and commerce by offering online financing for its many partners. is a new program that has OYO partnering with Biz2Credit , a small business online lending platform. India-based hotel and booking startup OYO has been on a tear lately, landing $1.5
PYMNTS
APRIL 9, 2019
Square , the payments provider, announced Tuesday (April 9) the launch of the Square Online store for U.K. In a press release , Square said the Square Online Store provides small and medium sized enterprises with one solution for their omnichannel or online-only business. With the launch of the Square Online store in the U.K.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Israel’s Bank Leumi is planning to bring its online-only bank Pepper to the United States. Pepper can only be used on a mobile phone — it has no branches or even a website.
PYMNTS
MARCH 27, 2020
While the advancement of open banking regulations may be seeing a small skip due to the spread of the coronavirus , many countries saw business and typical banking operations halted right after deciding upon new online privacy rules. Around The Data Protection And Security World. The virus is sweeping through the U.S. Security .
The Paypers
OCTOBER 9, 2024
US-based digital payments provider Checkout.com has announced a strategic agreement with Octopus to provide the latter’s services as an online payment method for merchants.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
based online grocery, is heightening its automation drive by acquiring two robotics companies. The robotic pick opportunity in online grocery is of huge value to us and our clients globally,” said Tim Steiner , Ocado CEO. Ocado , a U.K.-based
The Paypers
AUGUST 11, 2023
US-based grocery tech company Instacart announced that SNAP online can now be used in every US state.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Multifactor authentication (MFA) has become commonplace for online accounts, with users confirming their identities via text messages sent to their phones. This means that robust identity verification measures must be used to stop them in their tracks during the first step of their schemes, when they call to have their numbers transferred.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 24, 2021
retail presence in recent decades, is reversing course and closing all its North American brick-and-mortar locations, according to numerous online news sources citing a company statement. Godiva, the maker of high-end chocolates that significantly expanded its U.S. Godiva is owned by Yildiz Holding , which is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Online sportsbooks have been beneficiaries of that dictum ever since COVID-19 eradicated most live sports, leaving millions of fans and a great many bettors potentially mired in boredom. How much potential does online gambling have? It’s been said that “gamblers find things to gamble on.” A ‘League’ Of Their Own . billion by 2025.
PYMNTS
APRIL 15, 2019
Online lenders in the U.S. Reuters , citing interviews with half a dozen online lenders, reported the companies are worried that a recession could hit the U.S. It would be a test for many of the online lenders that haven’t lived through an economic downturn. economy entering a recession.
The Paypers
OCTOBER 9, 2023
American Express has announced its plans to pilot facial and fingerprint recognition technologies for user authentication at online checkouts in the US.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
MoneyGram posted earnings that showed continued growth in online transactions, up double-digits on a year-over-year basis. MoneyGram Online saw 39 percent transaction growth year on year, where international online transactions were up 113 percent and revenues grew by 53 percent. Fourth-quarter revenues at $323.7
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 24, 2019
A new survey has found that the biggest obstacles hindering online retailers from doing business abroad is fraud prevention, and currency and payment processing. and more than half of online shoppers have already purchased goods outside their country. However, the survey reported that less than half of U.S.
PYMNTS
APRIL 19, 2018
By 2022 online retail sales will go beyond $712 billion. According to news from Retail Dive , the study, released this week by Forrester Research, shows that 98 percent of American adults already go online at least once a day. Of course, retailers are also scrambling to boost their online presence due to competition from Amazon.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 3, 2021
Tobin Moore , chief executive of retail technology firm Optoro , told the Financial Times consumers increasingly are buying items online — knowing they can easily return them — more comfortably than they used to. People are taking more risks with the goods they’re buying online,” he said, according to the Financial Times.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 4, 2019
. “We rely on ProfitStars’ products to improve the process for our business clients from the online application to account management, to ongoing service and reporting,” said Kevin Wood, managing director of Cash Flow at Chesapeake Bank, in a press release.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Multifactor authentication (MFA) and biometric scans are quickly becoming the norm in numerous fields, including online accounts for banks and other businesses. Digital identity solutions have become increasingly widespread in recent years as alternatives or supplements to old-fashioned authentication methods like passwords.
PYMNTS
APRIL 13, 2020
In addition, hours at some physical locations of Whole Foods stores have been curtailed to allow for restocking and others are now focusing exclusively on fulfilling online grocery orders as the coronavirus pandemic accelerates demand beyond capacity. . “In Many shoppers still cannot place orders for delivery due to a lack of time slots.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
The site will offer many of the products that are also in the store, like shoes, beauty products and home accessories, but will also sell online-exclusive items. Customers can return items online or at the more than 1,100 Marshalls locations throughout the country. The curated items will refresh often.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 11, 2020
In a letter to shareholders , Carvana Founder and CEO Ernie Garcia said, “COVID-19 has caused all of us to reevaluate our shopping behaviors. Many people who previously would not have considered buying a car online are giving it a second thought. We believe this shift is here to stay.” .
PYMNTS
MARCH 9, 2018
Beleaguered toy retailer Toys R Us is in the midst of prepping plans to liquidate its U.S. Toys R Us’ situation is in flux, but reports say liquidation seems a likelihood amid dashed hopes that a buyer will come to keep the (toy) trains running, so to speak, or that the debt will be repackaged. Toys R Us managed to garner a $3.1
PYMNTS
MAY 8, 2017
The UK’s top retailers are facing tough competition online from U.S.-based In response to the competition, M&S announced it would begin testing a full-fledged online grocery shopping service this fall. Right now, the retailer only offers party food and gift items online for in-store pickup.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Cyber attackers and online scammers are using a long list of tactics to steal cash from businesses by infiltrating the weak points in AR and accounts payable (AP) workflows. According to Yakov, before the pandemic, about 65 percent of The OLB Group's merchant base were not online. Now it's, 'I must have it right now.'".
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