Digital Payments

Digital Payments
France Keeps Mobile Wallets Ready for Post-Olympic Events
August 14, 2024

Consumers in France are embracing digital wallets for payments. For example, more than one-third (38%) use them for online shopping. Surprisingly, we find millennials in France are more likely to use these wallets for online shopping than Generation Z consumers. In fact, Gen Z is...

Digital Payments
Trustly UK Transaction Value Hits $16 Billion for H1 2024
August 13, 2024

Open banking payments firm Trustly says it has seen a surge in transaction value. The company announced Tuesday (Aug. 13) that it processed 13.1 billion pounds ($16 billion) in payments in the U.K. between January to June of this year. That’s compared to the 13.6 billion pounds Trustly...

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MercadoLibre Drives Argentina’s Surge in Digital Tipping
August 11, 2024

Cash has long been king at Argentina’s bars and restaurants. Its reign may be ending. As Bloomberg News reported Saturday (Aug. 10), card tipping had been rare in the South American nation, leading many patrons to carry big wads of cash.  Now, however, tipping is...

Digital Payments
Report: Amazon Pay and Google Pay Among Firms to Offer Digital Rupee Transactions
August 05, 2024

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) offer to allow payment firms to enable eRupee transactions via their platforms has reportedly been taken up by five such firms. Google Pay, Walmart-backed PhonePe, Amazon Pay, Cred and Mobikwik have applied to join the Indian central bank’s digital currency pilot, Reuters reported Monday (Aug. 5),...

Digital Payments
New Data: Germany’s Baby Boomers Flip the Script on Digital Wallet Usage
August 01, 2024

Consumers in Germany are embracing their digital wallets for payments. Nearly half (47%) use them for online shopping for example. Surprisingly, baby boomers and seniors in Germany are more likely to use one for online shopping than Generation Z consumers. However, facilitating payments and transfers...

Digital Payments
New Data: Gen Z Leads the Way as Digital Wallets Surge in the UK
July 24, 2024

Digital wallets are becoming popular among consumers in the United Kingdom. In fact, nearly half (44%) of consumers in the country expect to continue using these wallets to carry out financial transactions in the next three years. But these tools have the potential to allow...

Digital Payments
FedNow’s First Year: Path to Critical Mass Requires Time and Education
July 24, 2024

A year after its launch, the FedNow® Service, the instant payment service introduced by the U.S. central bank last July 20, has seen 900 banks sign up and connect to the new rails. Seth Perlman, global head of product for i2c, told PYMNTS that the sign-ups...

Digital Payments
Cash App Integrates With Google Play to Attract Gamers
July 18, 2024

Cash App has integrated with Google Play to offer more checkout options on Android devices. The partnership, announced Thursday (July 18), is designed to help the companies engage with a range of consumers, particularly in the gaming space. “We’re continuously expanding payment options on Google...

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Insurance Industry $500 Billion Digital Shift Driven by Gen Z Expectations
July 17, 2024

As the second half of 2024 unfolds, the insurance sector finds itself in the midst of a profound shift. How profound? According to at least one industry insider, the digital transformation of the insurance business is happening on the scale that swept through retail in...