Новости за 15.12.2021

Credit card issuers are seeking to appeal to today’s discerning consumers in a competitive market. To gain top-of-wallet status, they must excel in providing the basics — payments management and fees — and offer other features that consumers care about, such as rewards, data security and privacy.  Most consumers look for a minimum of four […]

Anchorage Digital has raised $350 million in a Series D funding round at a $3 billion valuation led by global investment firm KKR, according to a blog post on Tuesday (Dec. 15). Additional investors included Goldman Sachs, Alameda Research, Andreessen Horowitz, Apollo credit funds, Blockchain Capital, Delta Blockchain Fund, Elad Gil, GIC, GoldenTree Asset Management, […]

The latest reading on retail sales numbers show that the Grinch is creeping into the room — in the form of inflation — threatening to upend the holiday spending that so many retailers have been banking on. Or maybe not. You’re no doubt aware that all aspects of life are notably more expensive. Retailers, too, […]

Leading weather service AccuWeather is now an oracle. That doesn’t mean it gets its predictions from ancient Greek hermits. Instead, it will supply cryptographically verified information that blockchain platforms and projects can use to set off smart contracts that do anything from paying off crop insurance to setting off storm warnings. Instead, it means that […]

The European Commission launched on Tuesday (Dec. 14) the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud. This project is part of the European Data Strategy, created in 2020, which aims to create a single EU data market and to have more control of the data produced in the European Union.  The alliance is currently […]

Leading French grocery and fresh food delivery service company La Belle Vie has raised €25 million ($28 million) in a Series B round as part of its plans to expand its offer across France in 2022. The investment brings its total funding to more than €42 million since it launched in 2015, after the company completed […]

For many retailers, the biggest drop in customer retention happens after the first sale. In some cases, only 20% of customers return to make a second purchase. Of course, if they don’t make a second purchase, they won’t make a third or fourth.  “If you increase this 20% conversion to 25%, it’s not just a […]

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Afterpay on Tuesday (Dec. 14) announced a collaboration with Dick’s Sporting Goods that brings flexible payments to the chain’s in-store and online channels.   Afterpay merchants processed 442% more in-store orders this year on Black Friday than they did in 2020, and the company found that omnichannel customers shop […]

Global payments platform Flywire has acquired WPM, a payments software provider for colleges and universities in the U.K. “The acquisition will build on Flywire’s existing education payments business to scale its global customer base and is expected to further accelerate its market share in the U.K. education sector,” Flywire said in a news release Wednesday […]

Peloton responds quickly to a fictional death with a viral ad for its fitness bikes. Plus, consumers still expect their deliveries to arrive on time for Christmas with 10 days to go, and Walmart is using social commerce videos to enable one-click checkout. Data: 100M: Number of deliveries Onfleet has made in 80 countries. 60%: […]

ezCater, the online marketplace startup that connects businesses with restaurants and caterers, raised $100 million in a Series D-2 funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, according to a press release on Wednesday (Dec. 15). The fresh infusion of capital brings ezCater’s total funding to $425 million at a post-money valuation of $1.6 billion. […]

Musical instrument manufacturer Roland on Wednesday (Dec. 15) announced the rollout of a personalized technology, branded Audience Specific Experience ASX, which allows stores to control the lighting, video and audio in its Roland Store experience at select U.S. and global locations. The company’s new innovation can be changed by pressing one button to match the […]

Total retail sales slowed to a much weaker than expected 0.3% in November, as sharp declines at department stores and electronics and appliance dealers pulled the pace of holiday season shopping down from an 8-month high of 1.8% in October. According to the latest report released by Census Bureau at the U.S. Department of Commerce Wednesday, […]

In fast-growing organizations, it’s essential that every employee has the tools they need to get their job done. In today’s digital age, that usually means equipping employees with smartphone, a tablet or a laptop — or even all three — preloaded with the requisite business applications. This means device management has become a necessity for […]

Digital payments have taken the world by storm in the past several years, but Latin America lags compared to other regions like Europe and Southeast Asia. Just 18% of consumers in Latin America use a FinTech, digital wallet or neobank to make purchases, for example, as opposed to 46% of consumers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) […]

No surprise: In the great digital shift, many consumers have turned to third-party apps to access their financial data. Yet those consumers are less than ideally aware about how the apps actually work — and just what it is that companies are doing with their data. Ben Isaacson, senior vice president of product strategy at […]

Digital-first businesses were better equipped to take advantage of new market opportunities unleashed during the pandemic. In the past year, 92% of consumers made an online purchase, while 85% performed banking activities online, according to PYMNTS research. In this rapidly evolving digital environment, banks are pressed to adopt technology with a digital-first and consumer-centric mindset. […]

The connected economy, with a tangled web of devices, apps, payments choices and a never-ending series of interactions between consumers, merchants and financial services firms is anything but simple. In the latest On the Agenda discussion, Capital One Head of Debit Curtis Garrett and FIS Senior Vice President and Division Executive for Business Development of […]

As the European Union embarks on a journey to create a European strategy for data that will create a “single market for data,” one of the only things you can say for certain is that data experts capable of regulating and helping companies comply with those regulations are going in high demand. The legislation is […]

The ongoing digital shift has made it easier for consumers to shop, access entertainment and manage a range of day-to-day activities — often via a single login point. While this “one click for everything” experience has become a standard feature on leading browsers and many large websites, striking the necessary balance between seamless login experiences […]

Thanks to the digital shift during the pandemic, more non-financial entities are realizing that they need to own and improve their payments experience to enhance the overall customer experience — but there is a myriad of options to consider. Companies that outsource to card-on-file programs and the like may dodge some headaches, “but they also […]

Insurance tech firm Trellis will offer financial technology companies a new way for users to compare and purchase auto insurance, according to a Tuesday (Dec. 14) press release. The company says it enables many businesses — and especially consumer FinTech applications — through its Savvy recommendation platform, calling it “the industry’s first end-to-end API solution to […]

Selena Gomez, singer, actor and entrepreneur, is investing in Gopuff, a grocery delivery firm, Fortune reported. Gopuff, which has gained attention for its fast deliveries, hasn’t said how much Gomez is investing, according to the report. The company only said that, in addition to the contribution, Gomez is also becoming a strategic partner. “The first […]

TeraWulf, which has seen investments from Gwyneth Paltrow, has seen falling shares during its public Nasdaq debut on Tuesday (Dec. 14), Bloomberg reported. TeraWulf’s objective is to offer more environmentally-conscious ways to process crypto transactions. The firm went public after a merger with Ikonics, an imaging tech company. After initially being listed at $25, the […]

Block has debuted a new Cash App feature to allow users to gift in stock or bitcoin this holiday season, per a Money.com report Tuesday (Dec. 14). The new gifting feature will allow users to send as little as $1 in stock or bitcoin, and the company claims it is “as easy as sending cash” […]