The past year has ushered in record growth for the eCommerce industry. Consumers around the globe are going online to buy everyday essentials and more — but this has also created significant regulatory challenges for the online platforms and marketplaces driving this trend. Cybercriminals have...
Many United States consumers are now out and about, free to shop at any number of reopened businesses and dine at various restaurants. If you were to stop any of these consumers and ask where they made their last purchases, however, the odds are strong...
Amid the seismic changes that have refashioned the payments landscape over the last few years — as large players get ever larger (such as the $22 billion Fiserv-First Data deal) — there is an opportunity for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies and digital marketplaces to monetize payments....
Not all of the nearly 15 million U.S. RV campers who rely on online vehicle marketplaces get what they pay for. Scammers can pose as RV owners and persuade legitimate customers to transact outside platforms' secure boundaries — stealing funds for nonexistent wheels. In this...
March 11, 2020
Amid the seismic changes that have refashioned the payments landscape over the last few years — as large players get ever larger (such as the $22 billion Fiserv-First Data deal) — there is an opportunity for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies and digital marketplaces to monetize payments. And, as Christopher Connor, chief client officer at Payrix, told […]
October 09, 2019
The gig economy — and digital marketplaces designed to service gig workers and employers — is where so much of the action is these days. Payments and other forms of...
March 28, 2019
As major rideshare companies compete for even greater shares of the market, they’re placing a heavy focus on fine-tuning onboarding processes. Making it easy for both drivers and riders to...
February 18, 2019
Digital disbursement solutions have helped aid expansion of the sharing and gig economies. Now, these solutions are being put to use in other unexpected markets, including the now-legalized sports betting...
February 27, 2019
It’s a process that stands not only as a familiar feature of U.S. history, but a part of global economic development stretching back centuries: First comes innovation, then comes growth based on that innovation (not just economic, but cultural and other forms of growth), then comes the regulatory backlash. That’s not a statement about politics, […]
February 27, 2018
The European Commission is looking to tax digital firms’ revenues, eyeing where their users are based – not where the firms themselves base their headquarters. Such a plan, Reuters reported...
