| Fresh EBTâs Social Safety Net Tech Upgrade
Giving food stamp users a way to keep track of their spend has given rise to a platform that also aggregates the $1B in buying power that this group represents. Fresh EBT is that platform and Omidyar Networksâ Sarah Morgenstern tells Karen Webster how a lesson in innovative thinking and new business models is delivering value across the board. Read More... |
| Turning Digital Meeting Places Into Digital Marketplaces Worldwide
Trust is what makes the e-commerce world go round, according to Hyperwallet's Managing Director for Asia-Pacific Simon Banks â and secure payments do a lot to make that trust happen. The good news is that on the buyer side of the digital economy, that is working fine. On the seller side, particularly for gig workers, trusted payments are a work in progress worldwide.
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| Retail Fizzles, Alipay Sizzles â And Burger Wars Reignite On Mobile
It was a good week for Alipay. Their deal with First Data gives them roughly the same U.S. market presence as Apple Pay. It was not such a good week to be Macy's or Kohl's â as both took a drubbing as investors threw up on their earnings reports. And the burger wars are back â this time on mobile â but who wears the crown? Read More... |
| | Subscription Commerce Conversion Index™ | | NEW REPORT: Building A Better Subscription Commerce Solution
It only takes 127.6 seconds for a consumer to initiate a subscription, so whatâs getting in the way of more merchants onboarding more subscribers? The inaugural PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Conversion Indexâ¢, a Recurly collaboration, presents more than 2000 data points across 176 subscription commerce merchants in nine different categories to benchmark what it takes to deliver an experience that keeps customers engaged. This first issue also features an interview with Trunk Club CMO Linda Bartman who describes what it takes to find a groove in a market inundated with subscription box services. Read More... |
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