| Global payments news: Voice payments, biometrics, Safelite, PayPal, Apple Pay, more...
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| This week we're taking a deep dive into why voice payments can't seem to find its voice yet. We've got an update on biometrics payments trends as well as a new same-day insurance claims payment plan from Safelite. Finally, we've got our usual popular weekly global payments news roundup for your weekend reading pleasure.
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| Voice shopping can’t find its voice yet
Despite the hype and estimates that voice shopping could reach $40 billion in annual sales within several years, research shows that consumers simply aren’t sending off their orders via Google Home and Alexa yet. A report by tech newsletter The Information shows that only about 2% of Amazon Alexa owners have shopped with their voice so far in 2018. Read more… |
| Are biometric payments ready to break out yet?
Although 15% of consumers have made a biometric payment in the past year, research from Transaction Network Services (TNS) shows biometric payments are not ready to break through into common use according to a survey of more than 3,000 in the US, UK, and Australia. In the UK, 18% of those surveyed had made a biometric payment in the past year followed by the US and Australia with 16% each. Read more…
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| Safelite launches same-day car insurance payment claims service
Instead of taking days or weeks to pay out non-glass insurance claims, a new service from Safelite Solutions and Ingo Money could pay accident claimants within hours. Safelite Solutions SVP of Strategic Client Sales & Support Jon Cardi said in a PYMNTS.com interview, “This is a total disruption within the insurance industry.” Read more… |
| Global payments news: Order ahead, Apple Pay, Voice shopping, biometrics
Here’s what we’ll be reading this weekend in payments industry news, trends, research and innovations from around the globe. News includes voice payments, biometrics payments trends, PayPal global payments survey, mobile order-ahead growth, wearable payments and a big fine for Alipay. Read more… |
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