Every year for the last four, PayPal has released it Cross-Border Consumer Research report, an annual report card on marketplaces’ progress and a snapshot on the where, why and how of international commerce. It’s always an interesting reading because the digital era of payments has...
Flow, a startup that helps companies sell their products around the globe, has raised fresh funding from Forerunner Ventures and Fung Capital. Forerunner and Fung participated in a $16 million Series A round that was led by Bain Capital Ventures. According to a report in...
From offering free shipping to fewer clicks, merchants from around the world are racing to woo global shoppers, now over 1 billion strong. So, who’s doing it best? For two years running, PYMNTS' X-Border Payments Optimization Index™ has tracked over 800 data points, ranking the...
Global shoppers know no bounds. And when it comes to wooing them, particularly when it comes to American and Chinese merchants, it’s game on. The Q1 X-Border Payments Optimization Index™ reveals that U.S. merchants narrowly beat out Chinese merchants for No. 1 ranking, with a score of...
October 07, 2021
More consumers than ever before are hopping online to buy directly from merchants abroad. Unfortunately, most eTailers are not equipped to capitalize on this opportunity. Just 43% of merchants use IP recognition technology to help personalize their customers’ online shopping experience. This technology can match the language and currencies displayed in checkout to the customer’s […]
July 23, 2018
Every year for the last four, PayPal has released it Cross-Border Consumer Research report, an annual report card on marketplaces’ progress and a snapshot on the where, why and how...
March 31, 2017
Global shoppers know no bounds. And when it comes to wooing them, particularly when it comes to American and Chinese merchants, it’s game on. The Q1 X-Border Payments Optimization Index™ reveals that...
April 07, 2017
Flow, a startup that helps companies sell their products around the globe, has raised fresh funding from Forerunner Ventures and Fung Capital. Forerunner and Fung participated in a $16 million Series A round that was led by Bain Capital Ventures. According to a report in TechCrunch profiling the startup, Flow created a platform that helps […]