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.
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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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mastercard Advances Stablecoin Infrastructure
Mastercard introduces new end-to-end capabilities that can make stablecoin payments as seamless as everyday fiat transactions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Klarna Partners With Aritzia to Make Everyday Luxury Fashion More Accessible
Klarna brings flexible and interest-free payment options to Aritzia clients online and in select boutiques across the US and Canada.
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.
