Platform Payments news and trends

Will 99 Cents Burn Toast at the POS?
Platform Payments // June 26, 2023

After spending the last 20 minutes online deliberating over what you really need to round out your summer wardrobe, you’re ready to check out. You review your basket, apply the promo codes to get your discount, and check the total before clicking the buy button....

More Than Half of US Consumers Say Making Healthcare Payments is Too Hard
Healthcare // March 20, 2023

Healthcare shouldn’t be painful, but healthcare payments are rife with pain points, and unified platforms are one way providers and their partners are improving a vital process. We explore this in The Digital Platform Promise: How Patients Want to Streamline Healthcare Payments, a PYMNTS and Lynx collaboration based...

Auto Repair Shops Look to Software Platforms for Service, Scheduling and Payments
Back-office // December 15, 2022

Auto repair is about grease and gears, and digital is taking it in new directions. Speaking with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster for the J.P. Morgan Global Innovators in Payments series, Jeff Haynie, chief technology officer at auto repair shop management platform Shopmonkey, described a sector transitioning...

PayPal Claims Top Spot in BNPL as Q3 Volume Spikes 157%
Platform Payments // November 03, 2022

PayPal’s users are still engaged, but spending is clearly slowing. But even as PayPal, like other firms, is not immune to macro headwinds and inflation’s dampening effect on consumer spending, its role in facilitating the omnichannel experience remains in focus, with new tap-to-pay support and...

Interviews & Exclusives
More Than Half of US Consumers Say Making Healthcare Payments is Too Hard

March 20, 2023
Healthcare shouldn’t be painful, but healthcare payments are rife with pain points, and unified platforms are one way providers and their partners are improving a vital process. We explore this in The Digital Platform Promise: How Patients Want to Streamline Healthcare Payments, a PYMNTS and Lynx collaboration based on a survey of over 2,500 U.S. consumers and measuring […]

Auto Repair Shops Look to Software Platforms for Service, Scheduling and Payments

December 15, 2022
Auto repair is about grease and gears, and digital is taking it in new directions. Speaking with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster for the J.P. Morgan Global Innovators in Payments series, Jeff...

How Smart Algorithms Deliver Faster, Secure Gig Payouts

February 20, 2020
Freelancing has become an attractive source of income to a wider percentage of Americans in recent years, with 36 percent having conducted ad hoc work either part-time or full-time. The...

How kimkim Uses Faster Payments To Win Gig Worker Loyalty

January 22, 2020
Gig workers will make up a full half of the American workforce by 2028, responsible for creating online content, designing webpages and conducting local food or historical tours, as well...

Quick Reads
Nuvei Adds Split Payments to Its Platforms Offering

September 24, 2024
Nuvei has unveiled several new features and enhancements for its Nuvei for Platforms product. “Nuvei for Platforms is designed to accelerate growth and drive revenue for various business models, including marketplaces, commerce platforms, the gig economy, payment facilitators, and independent software vendors (ISVs),” the Canadian FinTech said in a news release Tuesday (Sept. 24). “Through a single integration, […]

Yapstone Powers Expanded RentPay Platform For Rentals.com

May 08, 2019
Payments platform operator Yapstone has expanded its work with Rentals.com, enabling it to allow any renter to pay any landlord digitally. In a press release, Rentals.com said it expanded its RentPay...