Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions are beginning to ingratiate themselves further into the buying experience for customers worldwide. The no-interest, no-fee nature of these solutions intrigues consumers — especially the millennial and Generation Z demographics — searching for alternative payment methods that can...
A quick survey of the most recent edition of the PYMNTS Buy Now, Pay Later Tracker indicates that a genuine sea of change is rising when it comes to how merchants want to interact with their customers, and how consumers want to manage their transactions. And it is...
Customers will be able to purchase tickets for live entertainment with greater flexibility as alternative payment company Affirm and ticket vendor StubHub announced a partnership Tuesday (Jan. 21). The partnership is opportune because Affirm specializes in offering ways for people to pay for things other...
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) providers are currently enjoying heightened interest from businesses, consumers and merchant partners, leading to market growth and new funding for many industry startups. Some have become so popular that they even have fan pages on social media platforms. For example,...
Most eTailers have no trouble engaging consumers on their mobile sites and apps — yet converting them to a sale is an entirely different challenge, particularly when 86 percent of shoppers abandon their mobile carts. In the latest Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Tracker, Cate...
Buy Now, Pay Later products had a fantastic 2019 holiday season. Retailers using these payment solutions saw generous sales during shopping holidays like Cyber Monday and Black Friday, and many individual providers of these payment solutions also saw personal growth in their market share...
Bridge millennials’ rise is changing the retail ecosystem ahead of the 2019 holiday season, but their impacts will continue to be felt in the year ahead. Bridge millennials are consumers aged 30 to 40 whose shopping and financial preferences straddle Gen X and millennial demographics....
U.S. consumers are expected to spend roughly $149 billion online this holiday season — but many are still paying off credit card bills from last year’s splurge. Getting consumers to spend, without making them feel overextended, may require new methods. In the inaugural Buy Now,...
Consumers — especially millennials and Generation Z — are looking for new commerce experiences during the 2019 holiday season. However, they are also hesitant to pay for those new experiences with credit cards or other traditional financing options. Debt from the previous holiday shopping season...
