E-Commerce

If the processor does not understand the particular needs of high-risk businesses, merchants working with them could face sudden financial disaster if accounts are terminated without warning, says T1 Payments’ Donald Kasdon.

Embedded finance isn’t an intentional attempt to overthrow banking; most companies are just trying to meet customers where they’re at when it comes to payments, says Kunai's Sandeep Sood.

Alternative payment methods such as bank transfers, e-wallets, cash-based payments and other payment types are currently the vast majority of e-commerce transactions globally, says PPRO's James Booth.

Blockchain's cross-border power eliminates the intermediary and solves the problem of rendering the traditional processing system redundant, and processes the payment on a chain with no middleman intervention, says ForumPay's Joshua Tate.

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. is offering to sell a roughly $20 billion stake in its retail business to Amazon.com Inc., according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Sellers need to start implementing the right technologies now, in order to support the retail landscape of tomorrow, says Sorted’s David Grimes.

Verifone has acquired 2Checkout, the Atlanta-based e-commerce payments processor, as Verifone continues to expand its online resources.

Investors have poured a fresh $106 million into Amsterdam payments service provider Mollie, boosting its valuation past $1 billion.

Once a BOPIS strategy is in place with the appropriate fraud controls and logistics to provide a smooth customer experience, it can be a secure way for merchants to find growth and convenient way for consumers to shop, says Visa's Michael Lemberger.

The retailers seeing exponential growth are the ones who have tailored and localized their payments offering to a global audience, says PPRO's Steve Villegas.

The move online has given consumers more comfort with automated channels, writes Mobey Forum's Elina Mattila.

Amazon.com Inc. has named logistics boss Dave Clark chief executive officer of its retail business.

Self-sovereign identity and blockchain are just two examples of how authentication can be better managed in an online environment, says Adara's Nguyen Nguyen.

Non-card APMs are no longer an option but an absolute necessity. If they are not available, businesses face a “transaction declined” scenario where their customers will simply go elsewhere, says gaming payments expert James Ashton.

The rapid move online boosts false positives, false negatives and actual fraud, says Adara's Nguyen Nguyen.

The rapid move online boosts false positives, false negatives and actual fraud, says Adara's Nguyen Nguyen.

The coronavirus has slammed merchants. For many, providing a better online experience by the holidays is their last chance, says Zycada’s James Brear.

It’s no surprise that the first step in the modernization of the payment industry was the issuance of virtual cards. These new payment instruments abstracted debit cards, credit cards, and prepaid gift and incentive cards down to their essence, says Marqeta's Vidya Peters.

When launching an e-commerce service in Russia more than a year ago, Ingenico Group knew it was entering a complex financial and payments market, as well as one with domestic e-commerce ecosystems unique to each region.

India’s antitrust watchdog is reviewing Facebook Inc.’s purchase of a 10% stake in Reliance Industries Ltd.’s digital assets, a deal that would give the U.S. giant another foothold in one of the world’s fastest growing internet markets.