Payments And The Platform Economy news and trends

Fraud Control, Business Travel, Staying Competitive In The Sharing Economy
Security & Fraud // November 22, 2019

In the $37 billion homesharing market, fraudsters are increasingly exploiting the speed and convenience that platforms promise. As Airbnb recently learned (in a big way), failing to validate the legitimacy of listings can sour consumer relationships, and lead to lost revenue. In the latest Payments...

Online Marketplaces And The $1.8T Counterfeit Problem
Payments Innovation // September 19, 2019

Fraudsters sold counterfeit products worth $323 billion last year, and are projected to make off with $1.8T by 2020. Kimberly Gianopoulos, director at the U.S. Government Accountability Office says that payments services providers, working with government agencies, can help marketplaces fix that. In the latest...

Why The GAO Thinks PSPS Can Help Fix The Marketplace Counterfeit Problem
Payments Innovation // September 18, 2019

Online marketplaces need to meet higher standards if they want to keep customers from the competition. For third-party marketplaces, that means supporting transactions in local currencies and through the local payment methods that both buyers and sellers prefer. As online shopping is now a global...

AI-Powered Visual Shopping Experiences For Millennials, Gen Z
Payments Innovation // August 26, 2019

Sixty percent of millennials like using visual searches when shopping online marketplaces. Meeting that "look, buy, have" way of shopping means using AI to optimize those retail platforms for visual search, as Lihi Pinto Fryman, co-founder of visual AI company Syte, told PYMNTS. In the...