E-commerce

Fintech & Ecommerce

Orchestr Debuts With One API Platform to Rule Global Payments

The new payment orchestration platform, founded by industry veterans Angel Gechev and Boris Kostov, offers broad international coverage, modular design, simplified implementation, affordability, and improved approval rates.

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Saudi’s Ninja Becomes Quick Commerce Unicorn in Record Time

In just three years, Ninja has grown from a small startup to a regional quick commerce market leader worth over $1,5 billion.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Unlocking Growth: The Role of Payment Gateway APIs for Small Businesses

Small businesses are the backbone of modern economies, and they require efficient payment technologies to function, scale, and enhance their services. Payment gateway APIs help small businesses take their payment processing capabilities to the next level, comply with industry standards, leverage analytics and insights, optimize cash flow management, and more.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Shopping Without Stopping: The Age of Invisible Checkout

Payments at online checkouts gradually move from one-click to zero-click, while offline stores increasingly try to reduce the number of steps one should take between taking a product off the shelf and going out through the exit door with bags full of consumer items. The tendency we see today is not just a quick but […]

Fintech & Ecommerce

How Social Commerce is Turning Digital Wallets into Must-Haves

Digital wallets are omnipresent today. You’re probably wondering what drives their annual double-digit growth. Well, they’re convenient, secure, and simple to use. Yet, that’s not all the reasons. Social commerce stands out among numerous other factors, catalysing digital wallet adoption in a discrete yet powerful way. 

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Perplexity Selects PayPal for AI-Powered Payments Within Its Agentic Commerce System

Perplexity and PayPal will allow AI agents on the Perplexity Pro platform to pay for products, travel bookings, or tickets requested by users.

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Adyen to Offer JCB Card-on-File Tokenization

Merchants who use Adyen platform will soon benefit from even more secure credit card transactions with JCB Card-on-File (COF) Tokenization technology.

Fintech & Ecommerce

How Open Banking Progresses With API-Based Commercial Variable Recurring Payments (CVRPs) 

E-commerce subscriptions are doubling every year, with Gen Z driving its snowballing popularity. Where there’s demand for subscriptions, there’s also a need for efficiency in recurring payments. CVRPs are getting significant interest share from merchants and payment service providers, making them a potential new stage in open banking progress.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Mastercard and Visa Usher New Era of Agentic AI Commerce

Both payment network providers, Visa and Mastercard, have almost simultaneously unveiled their initiatives to enable the future of AI-driven agentic commerce.

Blockchain & Crypto

Mastercard Advances Stablecoin Infrastructure

Mastercard introduces new end-to-end capabilities that can make stablecoin payments as seamless as everyday fiat transactions.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Chinese E-Commerce Platforms Reportedly to End Refund-Without-Returns

The media, citing insiders, published information according to which the Chinese authorities have asked e-commerce platform operators to stop insisting that merchants refund customers without requiring the return of goods.

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Shein and Temu to Increase US Prices

Chinese online retailers Shein and Temu have notified US consumers that prices on their respective e-commerce platforms will increase from April 25.

Blockchain & Crypto

AEON Teams Up with Stellar to Grow Web3 Mobile Payments in Southeast Asia

AEON partners with Stellar blockchain to support payments using $XLM and Stellar-based USDC for e-commerce purposes.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Agentic AI in E-Commerce

Even online shopping can be painstaking, given the manifold selection of products and e-commerce stores. If the mere thought of browsing through myriads of online shops’ inventory items, comparing prices and logistic options leaves you feeling exhausted – agentic AI is on its way to the rescue mission. 

Fintech & Ecommerce

Checkout.com Boosts eBay Global Payment Platform

Millions of buyers and sellers around the world using the eBay platform will have even more seamless e-commerce experiences, as the marketplace partners with Checkout.com.

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Klarna Expands In-Store Presence With Clover

Klarna partners with Clover, a point-of-sale system developed by Fiserv, to scale its in-store payment network.

E-commerce, short for electronic commerce, refers to the trading of goods and services through digital platforms. It enables businesses and consumers to conduct transactions online, offering convenience, speed, and global accessibility across a wide range of industries, from retail and travel to financial services. Online and mobile commerce rely on digital payment systems to complete purchases. When a customer shops online, a payment gateway or processor securely handles the transaction, authorizing the transfer of funds between accounts. A seamless, secure, and fast payment experience is essential to building trust and reducing cart abandonment in e-commerce, making payment technology a key driver of online commerce growth.