Platform Payments news and trends

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...

Uber’s Ability to Cross-Sell and Hire New Drivers Will Be Key Q3 Test
Earnings // October 31, 2022

Beyond the rebound in revenues, beyond the bounce back in Uber’s core ride-hailing business, we’ll get a sense of just extensible the platform model really is when the company reports earnings before the market opens on Tuesday (Nov. 1). Last quarter showed a 33% surge in...

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
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 solution to include landlords who may not be ready to accept digital payments. Yapstone powers the RentPay solution, which now allows any renter to pay […]