Payments

TikTok and payments, a match made on social media

  • Gen Z’s popular haunt TikTok is abuzz with payments activity, surpassing $1 billion in global consumer spending through in-app purchases in Q1 2023.
  • TikTok is looking to make a name for itself in the retail space in America as well, as it battles with the White House over concerns about its Chinese origins.
Rabab Ahsan | September 20, 2023
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How Amex determines what makes or breaks a payment method and how it chooses the right payment tech 

  • From wearables to biometric payments, new methods constantly emerge but often face barriers to widespread adoption.
  • This is how consumer expectations, merchant needs, trust, and tech impact adoption.
Rabab Ahsan | November 19, 2024
Path to growth, Payments

How Discover is tapping into niche consumer segments as a pathway for growth

  • In recent years, Discover has leveraged a key growth strategy that focuses on engaging niche consumer segments and enhancing customer loyalty, among other initiatives.
  • The secret sauce of this approach can be seen in the firm's strategic moves: a concentrated focus on a niche yet widely recognized customer base carried out through a measured approach.
Sara Khairi | October 17, 2024
Payments

From Checks to Digital: J.P. Morgan and Codat discuss the changing landscape of B2B payments

  • J.P. Morgan and Codat have joined forces to revolutionize B2B payments, aiming to transition businesses from checks to digital payment methods.
  • Their partnership introduces Codat's new Supplier Enablement data product, designed to boost virtual card usage, with J.P. Morgan as an early adopter for its B2B virtual card offering.
Zachary Miller | October 02, 2024
4 charts, Embedded Finance, Partner, Payments

How to build an embedded finance program from the ground up

  • Embedded finance programs can strengthen the bottom line and help brands capture more customers and business, and for most payments are the most common point of entry.
  • But brands can go further and stack multiple embedded finance offerings to build a suite of products that is closely tied to how their target audience interacts with their products and services.
Rabab Ahsan | September 30, 2024
Partner Content, Payments, Podcasts

The post-purchase space is a land opportunity, where partnerships push FIs and merchants further into profitability, feat. Gaurav Mittal, EVP of Ethoca

  • Gaurav Mittal, Executive Vice President of Ethoca, a Mastercard company, shares that customers want to more tools when it comes to post-purchase tasks like cancellation and budgeting, but the industry has so far struggled to meet this need.
  • Mittal's experience shows that merchants and banks build deeper relationships with their customers and save on operating costs, when they strategically leverage the banking app to help customers stay on top of their money through tools like digital receipts and subscription management.
Rabab Ahsan | September 19, 2024
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