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Adyen explains how retailers can capture the wallets of SG millennials
Despite most millennials being digital natives, more than half prefer shopping in physical stores over shopping online. However, according to Adyen’s 2022 Singapore Retail Report, they want these stor…
Cashing in on checking out: Increasing conversion rates at checkout
In the e-commerce industry, it’s no secret that everyone wants to sell more. Whether it’s via social media, through user testimonials, offering discounts or displaying how many items are left in your …
YouTube expands live ecommerce tools to all creators through deal with shopify
Youtube is launching new tools within YouTube Studio’s Shopping page in an effort to grease its ecommerce wheels.…
PPRO adds GoPay e-wallet as payment option
Digital payments infrastructure provider PPRO has integrated Gojek’s GoPay e-wallet onto its platform. It offers an alternative payment option for Indonesia and has over 190 million app downloads sinc…
Apple launches Buy Now, Pay Later service
Apple announces the expansion of Apple Pay with the Buy Now, Pay Later option at its latest Worldwide Developers Conference.…
Buy Now, Pay Later 2.0 has arrived: Live Now, Pay Later
The concept of consumer credit at point-of-sale has existed for many years. What started out as merchant loans, originally to farmers, later evolved into bank lending and credit cards. In recent years…
Card payments in Indonesia to grow by 10.7 percent in 2022
Indonesia’s card payments market, which was affected by COVID-19 pandemic, is on the path of recovery supported by gradual rise in consumer spending. The card payments market is anticipated to g…
Australia’s payment card market to lift 8 percent in 2021
The Australian payment card market is forecast to lift 8 percent in 2021, after a sluggish growth rate of 0.8 percent in 2020 – a year hindered by the Covid-19 pandemic and a reduction in consumer and…
Fashion brand Philipp Plein accepts cryptocurrency
The German fashion brand Philipp Plein becomes the first fashion house to accept cryptocurrencies as an official payment method.…