The integration of financial products and services into digital ecosystems is transforming commerce. “With the advancements of technology and the platforms businesses rely on to run their operations, they are looking to integrate financial products to give their customer base more value,” Ben Griefer, COO at Maverick Payments, told PYMNTS for the series “What’s Next in
Wind the clock back just a few years, and online transactions were a disjointed experience. After filling a cart at a merchant’s site, upon checking out a user would be directed to another website to enter the same payment details. Cart abandonment inevitably followed. Enter embedded payments. As Jim Colassano, senior vice president, RTP, product
The 2014 collapse of Mt. Gox served as one of the first, big crypto scandals. Over 100,000 creditors of the digital asset exchange lost over $9.4 billion worth of bitcoin — and now, nearly 10 years later, the exchange announced that it is (finally) set to start repaying its creditors in bitcoin (BTC) and bitcoin
Banco Santander and Amazon are reportedly close to reaching a deal in which the bank would provide financing options for Amazon shoppers across the Europe Union (EU). The negotiations between the companies are at an advanced stage, Bloomberg reported Friday (June 21), citing unnamed sources. Reached by PYMNTS, Santander declined to comment on the report. Amazon did
My Green Lab, a nonprofit that seeks to define and certify sustainability standards, has launched a commercial subsidiary, Impact Laboratories Inc., for which it has closed a financing round of $1.35 million, says Spokane-based CEO James Connelly. Financing for Impact Laboratories came from members of the Spokane Angel Alliance and the Spokane-based Kick-Start Seed Fund. The organization,