Ewallets news and trends

30% of Main Street Businesses Plan to Add Digital Wallet Payments
Digital Payments // January 26, 2022

Main Street businesses’ investment and upgrade plans suggest that they intend to capitalize on new opportunities to gain and service customers.  Just over half of these businesses are planning for their future growth by investing in equipment, according to “The Main Street Index,” a PYMNTS and Melio collaboration...

Los Angeles, Healthvana Link Up To Put COVID Vaccine Proof In eWallets
Mobile Wallets // December 28, 2020

Digital wallets could soon be used to prove that a patient has been vaccinated as part of the fight against COVID-19. Los Angeles County, a hot spot for the spread of the virus, is now offering a digital record that can be placed in an...

Merrell On Meeting Consumers’ Newfound Need For Faster, Flexible Payment Experiences
Consumer Payments // August 28, 2020

Six in 10 consumers are shopping more online and less in stores than they did before the pandemic, so removing friction from checkout is key. In the inaugural Anatomy Of A Consumer Payment Playbook, Rachel Wilkie, senior director of eCommerce for online footwear retailer Merrell,...

US House Wants Economic Stimulus Payments To Leverage eWallets
Coronavirus // March 23, 2020

To help bolster the American economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve could utilize digital wallets and a “digital dollar” to provide “qualified individuals” with payments. With passing of the draft legislation, legal adults would receive $2,000 and $1,000 would be provided for each...

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30% of Main Street Businesses Plan to Add Digital Wallet Payments

January 26, 2022
Main Street businesses’ investment and upgrade plans suggest that they intend to capitalize on new opportunities to gain and service customers.  Just over half of these businesses are planning for their future growth by investing in equipment, according to “The Main Street Index,” a PYMNTS and Melio collaboration that surveyed more than 750 U.S. businesses.  Get the report: The Main […]

Can Amazon Make Waving The Future Of Payments?

January 20, 2020
The rumors about hand-based payments out of Amazon have been building for the last few months.  In early September 2019, reports emerged that Amazon was testing hand recognition-based payments at Whole...

As Mobile Wallets Players Compete, What Will It Take To Win?

November 26, 2019
There are, as of last count, approximately 170 mobile wallets of various descriptions worldwide. Some are massive and deep-pocketed and have active user counts in the billions, while others are...

Ingenico On The Complexity And Rewards Of China’s eCommerce Market

November 22, 2019
The headlines focus on trade wars, on tariffs, on shifting supply chains and on slowing GDP growth. And yet the Chinese consumer keeps spending — on travel, on luxury goods...

Quick Reads
Singapore’s Tranglo Expands Cross-Border Payments Network

April 08, 2024
Tranglo has expanded its cross-border payment network to allow transfers to more than 30 digital wallets. The Singapore-based FinTech announced the expansion Monday (April 8), noting that its direct-to-wallet transfers eliminate the need for intermediaries and ensure funds are available to recipients immediately. “This is especially important for millions of rural recipients, who often lack access to traditional financial […]

Los Angeles, Healthvana Link Up To Put COVID Vaccine Proof In eWallets

December 28, 2020
Digital wallets could soon be used to prove that a patient has been vaccinated as part of the fight against COVID-19. Los Angeles County, a hot spot for the spread...

US House Wants Economic Stimulus Payments To Leverage eWallets

March 23, 2020
To help bolster the American economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve could utilize digital wallets and a “digital dollar” to provide “qualified individuals” with payments. With passing of...

Vietnam Looks To Drop Foreign Ownership Cap For Payment Cos

February 12, 2020
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has proposed the removal of the 49 percent foreign ownership limit on payment intermediary businesses, according to reports this week. SBV said it won’t...