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The Top Payment Methods For Small Businesses

Stax

Well highlight the pros and cons of each payment medium to help you narrow down the right options for your company. TL;DR You get to choose from traditional payment methods like cash and checks, online payment methods like digital wallets and ACH transfers, and emerging payment methods like BNPL services and cryptocurrencies.

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Flexible Payment Plans Promise Merchant Growth In 2021

PYMNTS

Evidence reveals that these habits picked up steam during the 2020 holiday shopping season, with PYMNTS research finding that 4 percent of Americans used buy now, pay later (BNPL) methods for their Black Friday purchases. The trend toward BNPL solutions is particularly notable among certain consumers groups.

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Trade group leader discusses BNPL security and appeal

Payments Dive

American Fintech Council CEO Phil Goldfeder discussed the reasons consumers have started using buy now, pay later services in greater numbers, and why they return to the emerging payment method.

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Online Payments and the eCommerce Market in 2025

Clearly Payments

Digital payments continue to evolve, with credit and debit cards still dominant, but digital wallets now account for 40% of all online transactions. The Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) trend is surging, with over 60 million Americans using BNPL services, particularly for electronics, fashion, and home goods.

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Marqeta Research Finds Consumer Demand is Defining Smart Payments Adoption

The Fintech Times

Trending payments Interest in Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services remain strong and is no longer just for big-ticket items, with 16 per cent of UK consumers surveyed who use BNPL now using it for grocery shopping and 14 per cent for food delivery. Businesses need to adapt now to align with this accelerating shift in demand.

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Higher Prices Have Impacted Online Shopping for Majority of US Consumers, New Forter Study Finds

Fintech Finance

Payment preferences are also shifting. Twenty-five per cent of all respondents are using Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) to shop online, with Gen Z again showing the greatest comfort with BNPL (53%). Of those using BNPL, 56% are doing so to help manage their costs.

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Holiday Rebound: Apparel Retailers Drive Sales With Flexible Payment Options

PYMNTS

More merchants are embracing buy now, pay later (BNPL) options to allow consumers to pay in four installments interest-free. Recent research by PYMNTS and Afterpay found that millennials are especially enthusiastic about these flexible payment options, and prefer them more than any other generation. In fact, only 20.7

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