Payments
With an eye on becoming a super app, PayPal in talks to buy social media app Pinterest
- PayPal is scouting a $45 billion acquisition of Pinterest, one of the biggest social media apps.
- It's in line with the payments company’s plans of becoming a super app by combining an e-commerce platform with financial products
Iulia Ciutina | October 21, 2021
Payments, Sponsored
Cybersource is bringing contactless payments to riders worldwide
- 88% of global public transit passengers expect contactless payment options to ride.
- Cybersource is helping transit systems reduce complexities and accelerate implementation timelines to adopt Tap-to-Ride options for passengers.
Rebecca Alma Cohen | October 21, 2021
Green Finance
The ongoing debate about crypto’s energy cost, sustainable finance’s greenwashing, and Aspiration launches tree-planting credit card
- Kicking off Tearsheet's Green Finance newsletter.
- Corporate responsibility, blockchain, products and services -- at the intersection of finance and the environment.
Rebecca Alma Cohen | October 20, 2021
Payments
How customer experience is driving the new era of payments, in four charts
- Increased demand for experience-led solutions rather than products is defining a new era in the payments industry
- Customer behaviour is changing, driving financial institutions towards offering new lifestyle-embedded payment methods
Iulia Ciutina | October 20, 2021
Business of Fintech
Tearsheet’s 2021 guide to Money 20/20
- Money 20/20 is the industry's biggest and most influential event.
- Here's what to look out for at this year's conference.
Tearsheet Editors | October 19, 2021