Clearly Payments

JANUARY 14, 2025

Our findings gave us a clearer idea of how businesses think about payments, and we hope it helps you make better decisions for your own business too. The Most Popular Payment Methods 1. Credit and Debit Cards The majority of businesses we spoke with accept both credit and debit cards.

Online and Mobile Banking

Payments Dive

AUGUST 1, 2025

Chris Graythen via Getty Images Payroc WorldAccess, the fast-expanding payments processor, said Friday that it has made another acquisition, this time buying BlueSnap, a payments orchestration firm that has focused on the middle market. You can unsubscribe at anytime. Sign up A valid email address is required.

Privacy

Clearly Payments

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) have become a big part of todays evolving fintech landscape, as consumers seek faster, more convenient, and secure ways to pay. This guide provides an overview of popular Alternative Payment Methods, their impact, and why theyre becoming critical for businesses worldwide. In the U.S.,

Alternative Payment Methods

Payments Dive

JUNE 26, 2025

aimintang via Getty Images Dive Brief: PayPal Holdings has reached agreements with the Big Ten and Big 12 collegiate sports conferences and will facilitate university payments to their student athletes, the digital payments provider said in a Thursday press release. The digital wallet currently has about 64 million U.S.

PayPal

Stax

JULY 7, 2025

These systems include the hardware, software, and payment networks needed to process secure transactions from smartphones and tablets. By contrast, mobile payment services are the platforms or apps—like Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay—that customers use to make purchases using stored credit card, debit card, or bank account information.

Mobile Payments

Clearly Payments

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Global Ecommerce Growth The global ecommerce market has seen explosive growth over the past few years, driven by increased internet access, mobile commerce, and the rise of digital payment solutions. by 2025, reflecting consumers’ preference for seamless and secure payment options. trillion, representing a 55.3%

BNPL

Stax

MARCH 27, 2025

For businesses, a fast and seamless payment process means happy customersand the statistics show it. Digital wallets accounted for 50% of eCommerce purchases , while debit cards raked up 12% of total transactions last year. Checks can get lost without a trace, but electronic transfers leave behind a digital trail.

ACH

Payments Dive

JUNE 12, 2025

Sharpening its edge in the market is key because Adyen operates in a highly competitive arena, against processing behemoths Fiserv, with its Clover point-of-sale services, and Worldpay, now a unit of Global Payments. Then there are digital rivals PayPal Holdings and Stripe also battling for merchants’ payments volume.

Privacy

Clearly Payments

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Card Networks Companies like Visa, Mastercard, and American Express ( credit card networks ) that set processing rules and fees. The Costs You Dont See One of the biggest surprises for small businesses is the actual cost of accepting credit and debit cards. Contactless payments grew by 150% between 2020 and 2023.

Small Business

Stax

JANUARY 21, 2025

Accepting payments always comes with processes and fees, particularly when it comes to online or digital payments. From payment gateways to API plugins, there’s a certain amount of IT work required to facilitate the payment process. This is where payment links come in. Q: Can I reuse a payment link?

Use Case

Stax

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Credit card processing can be overwhelming, expensive, and confusing. And yet, accepting non-cash forms of payments is more or less required to operate a modern business, at least in the U.S. Credit, debit, and digital payments have far and away become the most popular payment method. interchange–so 2.6%

Credit Cards

Stax

APRIL 10, 2025

You also need a payment services provider that supports your chosen payment methods, but that providers platform must integrate seamlessly with your existing CRM, ERP, payroll, CMS, and accounting software systems. Its role is to encrypt and securely transfer your customers payment data to your payment processor.

Small Business

Finextra

JUNE 6, 2025

However, as the industry flourishes, so inevitably do the risks ranging from fraud to late payments. International BNPL leaders such as Klarna, Affirm and Afterpay, in partnership with commercial banks, marketplaces, e-commerce shops and large retail chains, also offer debit cards to users.

BNPL

The Fintech Times

MAY 2, 2025

The analysis assessed the payment options available at checkout for the top 50 non-food retailers and marketplaces across Europe. Looking specifically at the UK, retailers lagged European counterparts with only four payment options offered on average.

Online and Mobile Banking

Payments Dive

AUGUST 4, 2025

Fintech firms have installed new C-suite executives, particularly chief financial officers, as they build out their digital payments offerings and expand. PayIt, a company that helps state and local government agencies transition to digital payments, appointed Steve Kovzan as its new CFO, the company announced July 23.

Bitcoin

Payments Dive

AUGUST 8, 2025

Drew Angerer via Getty Images Digital payments firm Block is turning its sights on teenage users. Additionally, Blocks buy now, pay later service, Afterpay, has one million monthly active users on the Cash App debit card, according to the earnings report. Published Aug. Sign up A valid email address is required.

Blocks

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

PayPal and Mastercard are bringing the PayPal Business Debit Mastercard to more businesses in Europe. 23) announcement that the card is now available in France, Austria, Italy, Ireland and Spain beyond its current availability in the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. The companies said in a Wednesday (Sept.

Debit Card

Stax

JULY 9, 2024

Physical wallets are phasing out, left behind in favor of digital wallets and other digital payment options. All you need to use a digital wallet is a smartphone. There’s no question that cashless payment systems and digital payment adoption have accelerated over the last few years.

Digital Payments

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

PayPal is upping its mobile payments game. PayPal on Thursday (Nov. 19) unveiled a major upgrade to Xoom , enabling customers across the United States to use the mobile payments app to send money straight to the bank account of a family member, friend or another recipient. More than a third of Xoom users across the U.S.

PayPal

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 15, 2023

SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced today it has expanded its integration with financial services company, PayPal, through the creation of a digital payments plug-in for the PayPal Braintree platform built on SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). The Braintree platform provides SAP customers with more payment choices.

PayPal

PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2017

Rivals Visa and PayPal have shaken hands over a joint plan to issue debit cards in Europe. The truce stands to benefit merchants most of all, as it will expand their ability to use their PayPal funds to support business expenses and unlock new possibilities at the point of sale. and Asia-Pacific last year, so U.S.

Debit Card

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Venmo is branching out to target a new demographic in its payments service: teenagers, according to published reports on Monday (Feb. The program could drive purchase frequency, racking up fees for Venmo parent PayPal. Venmo is not the first company to inch in on the debit card market.

Debit Card

PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

Bank of America announced news on Tuesday (March 20) that customers can now add multiple credit and debit cards to their PayPal account without having to use a laptop or desktop computer. The ability to add cards within PayPal will come later this year, the company said.

Debit Card

PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

But a new offering from PayPal and Visa could help ease those frustrations and hassles. The two payments firms announced on Tuesday (July 2) the launch of PayPal’s Instant Transfer in Canada for SMBs and individual consumers. million businesses across several countries, among them the U.S., Australia, Italy and Spain.

PayPal

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Partnering with industry leaders like PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO), Localpayment by Aleph adheres to the highest standards of KYC (Know Your Customer) and compliance protocols. Trillion Digital Payments Market appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

Payment APIs and Integration

PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2018

This was the spirit of the partnership that Samsung Pay struck with PayPal last July, and that today goes live to select users in the United States. Starting today, PayPal customers can now add PayPal as an option in the Samsung Pay wallet and use it at a physical merchant almost anywhere in the U.S.

PayPal

ACI Worldwide Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

merchants of all kinds – money will be easier to spend than ever before through different means to digitize payments. market projections (see chart below) indicate that consumers will continue to adopt and expand usage of all non-check and non-cash payment types over the next five years. The post Long Live Digital Payments!

Digital Payments

ACI Worldwide Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

merchants of all kinds – money will be easier to spend than ever before through different means to digitize payments. market projections (see chart below) indicate that consumers will continue to adopt and expand usage of all non-check and non-cash payment types over the next five years. The post Long Live Digital Payments!

Digital Payments

PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

PayPal is relaxing some of its payment fees for small businesses due to the COVID-19 crisis – including allowing customers to defer repayments on business loans. Additionally, in partnership with Mastercard , PayPal will double the amount of instant cashback rewards on eligible purchases with a PayPal business debit card.

PayPal

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

“The net result will be streamlined access to digital payment options and more innovative services for end users.”. PayPal, Mastercard Expand Business Debit Offering. PayPal and Mastercard are bringing the PayPal Business Debit Mastercard to more companies in Europe.

Innovation

PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

Perhaps the biggest story in P2P, though, is the ongoing battle between P2P providers Zelle (operated by Early Warning Services ) and Venmo (owned by PayPal ). Payment values went up 54 percent year over year, and payment volume increased 72 percent. P2P Marketing.

P2P

PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

And as we found in the Gig Economy Index , a joint effort between PYMNTS and Hyperwallet , PayPal remains the most popular payment method for gig workers. PayPal’s use among gig workers has increased from 39.5 PayPal’s use among gig workers has increased from 39.5 percent this quarter at the end of 2018.

Debit Card

Payments Source

MAY 11, 2021

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PayPal

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Visa, and more specifically Visa Direct, made two great pushes for outward expansion, while Apple is working to push both its new card and its new line of phones, possibly in reaction to its China slowdown. Then there was the pushback of the week, care of PayPal, which is looking for better defined mobile wallet rules from the CFPB.

PayPal

Basis Theory

MARCH 13, 2024

In today’s digital, virtual world, there are vanishingly few businesses remaining who can operate on a cash basis - everyone has to accept digital payments , like credit cards, debit cards, and cash apps like Venmo and PayPal.

Venmo

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Mastercard and PayPal announced Thursday (Oct. In a press release, the two payment companies said the move is designed to enhance customer choice, improve the customer experience and make Mastercard a clear payment option within PayPal across the globe. million contactless-enabled locations around the world.

PayPal

PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2019

Sellers aren’t happy with some of the changes that PayPal has made to its user agreement. In addition, PayPal announced that it is removing the flat rate pricing for sending money to friends and family members in countries outside of the United States. If a customer asks for a refund, all except the small transaction fee is returned.

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