PPRO’s latest report on Western Europe breaks down 12 countries in the region and provides vital statistics, including reporting on financial inclusion, e-commerce trends for each market and individual analysis of each countries financial standpoint.
Tom Byrnes, CMO of Vesta Corporation discusses eliminating fraud and staying ahead of innovation.
We spoke to Stripe's UK Country Manager Iain McDougall on Stripe's success and drive for improving digital commerce.
With an average internet penetration of 88%, and an ecommerce market worth nearly $350bn, North America and Oceania offer great opportunities for PSPs and merchants looking to expand. But according to the payment specialists at PPRO Group, in order to break into these markets, they need to understand local market dynamics, consumer preferences, and payment culture.
Following presentations from ten fintech start-ups from around the globe, it was PayKey, the world’s first payments keyboard, that was crowned the winner of the event, having garnered nearly 50% of the crowd vote at TCF 2017.
New research by UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance show that Alipay and WeChat Pay enabled a total of $2.9 trillion in digital payments in China last year.
Andrew Quartermain, VP Sales at ACI Worldwide, explains that the growth of e-commerce and the rapid rise in the popularity of smartphones has played a big part in driving retail change, with today’s consumer now able to browse, compare, buy, receive and review products at their convenience, wherever they are. Highly connected consumers are demanding a more personalized and seamless shopping experience, wherever and however they choose to shop - and retailers have had to undertake a shift from paper to digital technologies to keep up with this demand.
David Nunn discusses the importance of e-commerce and how the pace of payments innovations is changing the market.
Financial inclusion has been a priority for Latin American policy makers for the last five years, with governments across the region working to offer low-fee bank accounts, improve access to credit and encourage the development of mobile and e-banking in rural regions.
Samsung has announced the launch of Bixby, the virtual assistant for the new Galaxy S8.
