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| TRENDING: How Car Buying Is Moving Into Mobileâs Fast Lane
Talk about a U-turn. Bucking widely-held perceptions, studies show millennials are interested in owning cars after all. Now, Fair, a new mobile app, is delivering a millennial-first approach to car buying that allows the entire transaction to be completed via smartphone. In Novemberâs Payments as a Service Trackerâ¢, Fair CEO Scott Painter discusses the venture and the rapidly changing car buying behaviors. Plus, notable PaaS developments and over 100 providers in the directory â including five new additions â in the Tracker. Read More... |
| Southeast Asiaâs Real-Time Payments Push
Malaysia today is a largely cash-powered economy. But if all goes according to plan, that will all change starting this time next year, as the governmentâs push to implement a real-time payments infrastructure will accelerate the move to digital. Leslie Choo, ACIâs Asia VP/GM, takes PYMNTS inside PayNet, what it means for Malaysia and the entirety of Southeast Asiaâs payments ecosystem.
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| The Black Friday Recap Edition
The holiday shopping season is here â and by all accounts, it started with a bang on Black Friday. Online shopping exploded and mobile made an outstanding showing. At its peak, sales online hit $1M a minute, while pundits reported traffic in-store with a respectable showing. Was that enough to turn those retailers' red ink, black? Weâve got the details of the Black Friday holiday shopping bonanza. Read More... |
| | FI Innovation Readiness | | Getting FIs Into The âReadyâ Business
The recent Bank Innovation Readiness Index, a collaboration between PYMNTS and i2c, shows that most FIs know they need to innovate in and around payments and even allocate the funds to do it â but many still get stuck. Amir Wain, i2c CEO and chairman, tells Karen Webster that those innovation pioneers share a few important characteristics that position them well to not only innovate, but to be in the âready businessâ as changing consumer and SMB payments trends evolve. He explains. Read More... |
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