Новости за 01.05.2024

Since April 2021, most Main Street small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.S. have been experiencing significant growth. In fact — according to PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest SMB Growth Monitor Report, “Main Street Small Business Growth Exceeds GDP for First Time in Two Years — growth in 2023 was so strong it reversed a two-year trend in which […]

As scammers and fraudsters become more sophisticated, shoppers are demanding more effective prevention tools from their eCommerce merchants. By the Numbers The PYMNTS Intelligence study “Fraud Management, False Declines and Improved Profitability,” created in collaboration with Nuvei, draws on insights from a survey last summer of 300 executives from eCommerce firms generating annual revenues of more […]

Unimarket has introduced its fully managed accounts payable (AP) payments service, Unimarket Payments, to the United States. This service, which optimizes, monetizes and secures the entire payment life cycle, is now available to Unimarket customers with national or regional offices in the U.S., the company said in a Monday (April 29) press release. Unimarket’s spend management and eProcurement solutions […]

The volatile consumer healthcare sector showed up big in CVS’ Q1 earnings Wednesday (May 1), with solid revenue from its store operations but a warning about revenue projections due to its foray into the insurance sector.  By the numbers, CVS Health reported first-quarter revenues of approximately $88 billion, marking a 4% increase year-over-year. However, the more concerning […]

Construction spending in the U.S. declined unexpectedly in March after being unchanged in February. Data from the Census Bureau released Wednesday (May 1) showed spending at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2.083 trillion, 0.2% below the revised February estimate of $2.087 trillion. A report by Reuters notes the dip was unexpected, as economists polled by the news organization had […]

Building a successful business rarely happens on an island or in a vacuum. Typically, success comes from successful business relationships — and when one thinks about B2B relationships, at their core, they exist as payment relationships. With the news Thursday (April 25) that WEX launched a new B2B virtual card partnership with Booking.com, the changing value proposition around the use of virtual cards for B2B payments is […]

Restaurant technology platform Toast has debuted digital storefront and marketing tools. Toast’s Digital Storefront Suite offers website and online ordering capabilities, while its Marketing Suite combines marketing tools and automation technology, according to a Monday (May 1) news release. “Together, the suites create a seamless digital hospitality experience for restaurants, integrate across the Toast platform, […]

Peacock, the streaming service owned by Comcast’s NBCUniversal, continues to demonstrate strong appeal, with management revealing during a Thursday (April 25) Q1 earnings call that it added 3 million new paid subscribers in the first quarter alone. Since its launch in July 2020, Peacock has amassed a total subscriber count of 34 million.  Now, the platform is set […]

Anthropic launched an iOS app featuring its artificial intelligence chatbot, Claude. The app makes the chatbot accessible “from anywhere, any time,” the company said in a Wednesday (May 1) press release. The Claude iOS app syncs with web chats so users can pick up conversations where they left off across different devices, according to the release. The app also has vision capabilities […]

Expensify has added expense tracking features for self-employed professionals to the latest version of its app for expenses and corporate cards. The New Expensify platform helps self-employed professionals track all types of business spend, categorize the expenses and share them with their accountant for tax purposes, the company said in a Wednesday (May 1) press […]

UnitedHealth’s CEO said the company is still investigating a security failure behind a massive cyberattack. Testifying before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday (May 1), Andrew Witty said the company has not yet determined why its computer systems were left open to a ransomware gang that crippled the U.S. healthcare system earlier this year. According to […]

As luminaries from academia, government and business prepare to gather in South Korea May 21-22 for the second AI Safety Summit, one tech giant’s absence is raising eyebrows: Google. The search company’s research arm’s decision to skip the event, which will explore artificial intelligence’s limitations and commercial impact, underscores the intricate dynamics shaping the global conversation around […]

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is reportedly creating an online platform selling anti-COVID and migraine medications. The platform, the subject of a Wednesday (May 1) Financial Times (FT) report, comes as drug makers are pushing to sell their products directly to consumers. According to the report, sources say Pfizer’s direct-to-consumer (D2C) platform would include the anti-COVID drug Paxlovid, the combined COVID […]

Marriott International saw its revenue per available room (RevPAR) increase 4.2% year-over-year during the first quarter, driven largely by growth in international markets. The hotel chain saw its RevPAR grow 1.5% in the United States and Canada and 11.1% in international markets, according to a Wednesday (May 1) earnings release. “While overall industry RevPAR growth is normalizing post-COVID, we continue […]

If there’s a theme for retailers this earnings season, and especially for dining, it might be crystallized in the comments this week from McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski, who told analysts: “Consumers continue to be even more discriminating with every dollar that they spend as they faced elevated prices in their day-to-day spending.” He was referring, […]

FanDuel is reportedly preparing to switch its public listing to the U.S. markets. Shareholders in Flutter Entertainment, FanDuel’s Ireland-based owner, have voted to move the online betting group’s listing from London to the New York Stock Exchange, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday (May 1). “We now anticipate that we will shift our prime listing to the New York Stock Exchange […]

Consumers are willing to spend an arm and a leg on their weddings — possibly more than once, according to David’s Bridal. In an interview with PYMNTS alongside the Wednesday (May 1) announcement of the retailer’s National Vow Renewal Month celebration, Kelly Cook, president of brand, technology and finance at David’s Bridal, discussed the demand among these “renewly weds” […]

Payments are the lifeblood of any business, but for small businesses, they are particularly crucial. And with the news that, in the last 12 months, Main Street businesses have operated with the lowest risk of closing since early 2020, the ways that these local merchants and hometown mainstays get paid by their customers is top […]

Nearly three-quarters of consumers want their disbursements paid to them instantly, but only one-third actually receive them instantly. Whether they are getting earnings, income payments, Social Security payments, tax refunds, insurance payments, loan disbursements or some other type of payout, PYMNTS Intelligence data found that nearly 75% of recipients want instant payouts. But availability can […]

Nine out of 10 industry sectors monitored by ADP posted job gains in April. The sole exception was the information sector, which lost 4,000 jobs during the month, the human resources (HR) and payroll solution provider said in a Wednesday (May 1) press release detailing its latest ADP National Employment Report. “Hiring was broad-based in […]

PSCU/Co-op Solutions teamed up with Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union (APFCU). The partnership will see the payments credit union service organization (CUSO) help Hawaii-based APFCU provide credit and debit card processing services and support, PSCU/Co-op Solutions said in a Wednesday (May 1) news release provided to PYMNTS. “We’ve seen an increasing number of fellow credit unions in Hawaii teaming up with […]

The insurance industry, often perceived as lagging in innovation and adapting to consumer needs, is undergoing a notable transformation. Traditionally reliant on agents for product sales, the industry is seeing a gradual shift away from this model, said Andrea Heger, senior vice president of insurance services at Franklin Madison, leaving consumers with fewer resources to […]

Because business leaders rely on data to make critical decisions, they must be sure the data can be trusted, AI-ID CEO Shaunt Sarkissian writes in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty.”   As technology executives, we are living in one of the most unique and volatile times in history, with the risk warning […]

Scams, regrettably, are a feature — not a bug — of modern, digital payments and commerce.  And in an era where technology has become increasingly sophisticated, so too have the methods employed by scammers. From identity theft to fraudulent transactions, scams are evolving at an alarming rate, leaving consumers vulnerable and financial institutions grappling with […]

Cross-border payments circa May 2024 have become a highly specialized sector of the payments industry. Look at the activity in this space, even year-to-date, and you’ll see companies like the Solana Foundation advancing real-world assets on cross-border blockchains. You’ll see Swift continuing to accelerate the usage of the ISO 20022 messaging format. And you’ll see companies like Visa, with its B2B Connect product, reducing […]