Новости за 11.11.2021

Business payment service provider Veem on Thursday (Nov. 11) rolled out the Veem Partner Connect program to give partners flexible integration options of its payment offerings. Providers in the Veem Partner Connect payments ecosystem can use Veem’s platform to give their small- to medium-sized business customers AP/AR, invoicing and payment services for businesses looking to […]

Cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) accounts payable (AP) automation platform Invoice Stream, Inc., has launched Invoice Stream 3.0, which features improved functionality and a B2B payment integration, according to a Thursday (Nov. 11) press release.   The company, which serves small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), said Invoice Stream 3.0 offers enhancements and better performance over previous versions, including […]

Mastercard, Amigo Edu and idwall are teaming up to bring digital identification to students taking virtual exams in Brazil, with an eye on transforming the education system for a secure and inclusive testing experience, according to a press release on Thursday (Nov. 11). The partnership is intended to enable students to easily and safely verify […]

Shares of the online payment processing platform Paysafe plunged to a record low Thursday (Nov. 11) after disappointing third quarter revenues were reported, due in part to challenges in the digital wallet business, and lowered its profit forecasts for the year.  According to published reports, Paysafe, which offers customers payment processing, digital wallets, eCash and […]

Artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled capital financing platform CredAble on Thursday (Nov. 11) introduced UpScale for micro-sized, small and medium-sized businesses across India, according to a Mint report. CredAble handed out about 3,500 crore in loans to more than 100,000 small businesses last month, per the report. The UpScale credit and cash flow management app will be […]

Singapore-based telehealth company Doctor Anywhere (DA) is acquiring telemedicine platform Doctor Raksa for undisclosed terms, according to a press release on Thursday (Nov. 11). This acquisition of Thailand’s biggest telemedicine platform follows DA’s $65.7 million Series C funding round in August, which is among the largest financing rounds by a healthcare technology company in Southeast […]

Open payments gateway Volt has expanded operations to Brazil to make way for real-time payments, currency export and foreign exchange to the Central Bank of Brazil, according to a Thursday (Nov. 11) press release. As part of the expansion, the 2-year-old company has integrated Brazil’s domestic instant payments network Pix and set up a physical […]

Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) on Thursday (Nov. 11) announced the completion of a cross-border digital trade financing pilot.  The collaboration also includes commercial partners DBS Bank, Emirates NBD and Standard Chartered, according to the […]

Digital identity verification and fraud platform Socure raised $450 million in an oversubscribed Series E funding round that puts its valuation at $4.5 billion, the company announced Tuesday (Nov. 9). The round was led by Accel and T. Rowe Price Associates, with participation from new investors Bain Capital Ventures and Tiger Global, and existing investors […]

Germany’s Delivery Hero says its 2021 revenue outlook looks positive, as the online food delivery service reaps the benefits of investing in food delivery and quick commerce. As Reuters reported on Thursday (Nov. 11), this announcement comes amid a consolidation wave in the home delivery sector, which has boomed during the pandemic. Among those consolidations: […]

In the continued evolution of financial services, the neobanks have had a heady rise, offering products and services that aim to be squarely competitive with, and more attractive than, what’s on offer from traditional financial institutions (FIs). It is the application programming interface (API) that allows these digital upstarts to take aim against legacy systems […]

Global payments platform Flywire Corporation on Tuesday (Nov. 9) reported 61% revenue growth to $67.8 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2021, up from $42.1 million in 2020, as the company touts its ability to transform a variety of sectors to digital-first.  “We experienced another strong quarter with growth across all areas of our […]

Netflix embraces contextual commerce, and Adidas is staring at $1.2 billion in lost sales because of factory closures and supply chain bottlenecks. Plus, Apple’s privacy changes hamper Poshmark’s Q3 sales. Data: $1.2B: Expected hit to Adidas’ sales in the next two quarters because of Vietnam factory closures and supply chain snags. 20; 100M: Number of […]

One of the biggest sources of friction in the gift-giving process, particularly as eCommerce accounts for a larger share of purchases, is knowing where to send the item. After hours of searching, comparing and customizing, the buyer may not know the recipient’s address and may be unwilling to ask in order to avoid spoiling the […]

What started in the 1990s in China as an anti-Valentine’s Day remains the world’s largest shopping day of the year — and though regulatory scrutiny muted some of the Singles’ Day celebration, consumers still came out in droves to buy from eCommerce merchants. Alibaba launched the first Singles’ Day Shopping Festival in 2009, tying it […]

Chinese eCommerce giant JD.com is looking beyond its borders in its efforts to add more international customers, a top executive told CNBC, a move that some believe could help the company take a sliver of market share from retail behemoth Amazon in some areas. JD.com will “increase investment in countries that conform to JD’s strategies, […]

One of China’s biggest companies says it expects the government to allow the metaverse to operate in the country, assuming the companies behind it follow the rules.  According to Reuters, Tencent Holdings, the social media giant that is China’s largest company by market value, discussed the metaverse in an earnings call Wednesday, saying it has […]

Dollar General and DoorDash on Thursday (Nov. 11) said they’re teaming up on on-demand delivery of household essentials, including food, snacks and cleaning supplies, the latest in a series of recent expansions for DoorDash.  “At Dollar General, we strive to make shopping hassle-free and affordable, and our partnership with DoorDash reiterates DG’s commitment to provide […]

Anyone hungry? Don’t be silly. Everyone is — and we’ve got the data to prove it. Welcome to another edition of PYMNTS' Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead Apps, where we view the world of delicious deliveries through the lens of a smartphone camera. From that vantage, there have been a few notable changes since last […]

Credit has always been hard to come by in the construction business. Coupled with slow bill payment, that fact explains why the industry often cites cash flow as its biggest problem — especially at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Lack of easy access to credit is the No. 1 reason why so many construction companies […]

Managing a small or medium-sized business (SMB) is challenging enough without factoring debt collection, which explains why the stressful process oftentimes get left at the bottom of the priority list. “It’s something that SMEs are particularly bad at. Sometimes they’ll bury their heads in the sand,” Flemming Bengtsen, founder and CEO of the digital insurance […]

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies are proving increasingly useful for cross-border businesses. Cryptocurrencies facilitate easy and cost-effective international payments, and blockchain-based smart contracts foster trust with partners in faraway locations. Despite these benefits, few financial institutions (FIs) provide cryptocurrency access or blockchain products to their business clients, according to new PYMNTS research. Just one in 10 […]

In healthcare, the patient-as-consumer mindset is taking hold as people begin to expect similar digital convenience and satisfying experiences from doctor visits, testing, procedures and payments to what they’re getting from retail experiences in every corner of commerce. This is where the connected economy will make some of its biggest contributions to a healthcare system […]

The adoption of digital transactions has skyrocketed since the beginning of the pandemic, alongside a commensurate decrease in the use of cash, causing many to ponder the future fate of fiat currency. “We were all kind of growing digital, we just had an event that accelerated that to the next level — and at this […]

Anyone who has ordered groceries online knows the frustration of not receiving the ingredients they need for a dinner recipe – or, even worse, getting inadequate substitutions that must be returned (or left in the pantry for eternity). Ben Laluc, vice president of digital commerce solutions at Cybersource, said this demonstrates the need for merchants […]