The pandemic accelerated payments industry digitization across the entire landscape, as merchants turned to ecommerce to keep doors open, consumers eschewed cash in favor of electronic and contactless payments, and payments technology providers rapidly developed and launched new solutions to keep up.

Report: The Payments Ecosystem. Article: US payment users will surpass 100 million this year. Article: Frictionless ‘stores of the future’ will land and expand.

Report: The Payments Ecosystem.

The same Ravelin survey found that digital payment services Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Klarna were far less likely to be used for fraudulent transactions. More like this:. Article: Klarna’s banking ambitions underscore the threat of established fintechs in the banking space. Report: The Payments Ecosystem. Report: The Buy Now, Pay Later Report.

Report: The Payments Ecosystem.

With Sizmek’s bankruptcy in the news, it’s a great time to learn why payments are such a big deal in the programmatic display ecosystem. In this latest episode of "Behind the Numbers," eMarketer principal analyst Nicole Perrin talks with Will Luttrell, CEO and founder of programmatic advertising transparency firm Amino Payments.

What sorts of companies will occupy which roles in the evolving IoT ecosystem? WHAT’S IN THIS REPORT? In this report, Insider Intelligence provides an overview of the IoT in 2020. We start with a synopsis of the IoT ecosystem, including developments in hardware, networks, remotes, platforms, and security, as well as trends in device installations, company projects, and investments.

Digital ad fraud is still a major problem in the programmatic ecosystem, with advertiser losses estimated in the billions of dollars annually. This report explores how advertisers, publishers and partners are protecting themselves.

Blockchain is attracting enormous interest on the back of surging cryptocurrency valuations and increasingly high-profile payment integrations. But as a real payment currency, blockchain-based cryptocurrency still must overcome many hurdles before it can truly disrupt the space.

What do shifting wallet dynamics mean for payments stakeholders including issuers, terminal vendors, and processors and gateways? WHAT'S IN THIS REPORT? In this report, we'll stack up players within the US mobile wallet market and examine what the rise of mobile payments means for stakeholders across the payments ecosystem.

The two short-video apps are investing heavily in new commerce services, including financial services and payments, in order to bolster and fortify their ecosystems. We will also see competition intensify between the two over content, specifically longer-form and higher-quality productions (e.g., Kuaishou’s arthouse film channel, “Heartwarming Cinema,” which launched in time for the Lunar New Year).

Though it remains to be seen how exactly Square will leverage Tidal, the platform can open up new revenue-generating opportunities for the payments giant that should benefit Cash App and other parts of Square’s ecosystem. For example, Square could integrate its ecommerce capabilities into the music platform so it can collect payments from the service.

Both short-video apps have recently launched their own digital payment services to keep users within the confines of their respective ecosystems. Look for Douyin and Kuaishou to further develop their payment universes the way Alipay has, to include other products such as financial services.

Report: The US Wealth Management Ecosystem. Article: Broadridge acquires institutional trading platform Itiviti in consolidation play. Article: Stimulus payments may lead to a post-pandemic boom in spending and economic revival.

The privacy policy changes are essential to Facebook’s strategy to monetize the popular messaging platform through payments services. Broadly, the policy update allows users to communicate and interact with businesses on the app, ultimately opening up WhatsApp as a platform for ecommerce and peer-to-peer payments.