| Commerce Connected Playbook |
| NEW REPORT: The Cutthroat, Consumer-Centric Grocery Price Wars Thereâs $682 billion at stake in the grocery wars, and retailers are scrambling to cut through the competition. However, as the Grocery Edition of the Commerce Connected Playbook reveals, consumer demand for convenience, choice and lower costs is putting pressure on grocers big and small to invest in digital and slash prices. Inside the Playbook, PYMNTS explores how U.S. supermarkets â many in survival mode â are using delivery, pickup and loyalty programs to drive engagement. |
| PayPal Smart Buttons Goes Global PayPalâs pressing the ambition button. The company launched its Smart Buttons in the U.S. two months ago as a way to improve the checkout experience for merchants and consumers. Now, on the heels of last weekâs Funds Now launch, PayPal COO Bill Ready tells Karen Webster of Smart Buttonsâ global rollout. The companyâs ambition: to better connect merchants with the companyâs 250 million users. |
| When Economies Sour, The Hedgers Stand Tall Global trade, politics and currencies are less than stable these days. That makes hedging and risk management more important to more industries. In a new PYMNTS interview, Cambridge Global Paymentsâ Karl Schamotta talks about the type of FX planning, mindset and technology that can turn opportunity into profit â and keep corporate treasurers and cash managers from too many anxious, sleep-deprived nights. |
| | Visa Anniversary | | From Startup To Global Payments Giant: Visa Turns 60 When Visa launched in 1958, the same year NASA was founded, it was called BankAmericard and was an experimental Californian offering. Fast forward many leaps for mankind later, and Visa is the largest payments network in the world connecting billions of cards to tens of millions of businesses worldwide. Visa EVP Bill Sheedy tells Karen Webster that the companyâs just getting warmed up. As payments are increasingly the foundation of businesses, Visaâs next mission, he says, is to cement its role as the platform that allows others to innovate powerful commerce experiences. |
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