|
Payments NEXT newsletter: Mobile banking, fastest-growing EU/CIS e-commerce markets, NRF holiday sales forecast, weekly arenews roundup
|
|
Welcome to Payments NEXT’s weekly newsletter and Friday global payments news roundup. We’ve got features on rankings for the top US financial institutions for mobile banking and which EU and CIS e-commerce markets are growing fastest. The National Retail Federation’s holiday sales predictions are out as well as a look at a new EU payments partnership between Google Pay and PayU. Finally, we wrap up with our popular Friday global news roundup for your weekend reading.
|
|
Mobile banking report ranks top US financial institutions & features
Mitek released a new report ranking the top 20 US retail financial institutions based on the customer experience, quality and features of their mobile banking deposit app and services. The third annual 2018 Mobile Deposit Benchmark Report shows that financial institutions investing in the design, customer experience and features of their mobile deposit app are having the most success in growing their digital banking business. Read more... |
|
Which e-commerce EU & CIS markets are growing fastest?
You may be surprised to learn which e-commerce markets in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States are growing the fastest. In fact, according to the latest PPRO research report, the average e-commerce growth-rate is 25% in this region, two-and-a-half times higher than the average growth rate for Western and Central Europe. Let’s look at why these countries are growing so fast. Read more…
|
|
Retail sales up 3% in Sept; holiday sales forecast looking festive
New National Retail Federation (NRF) research shows September retail sales were up 3.0% over last September and projections for 2018 holiday sales indicate 4.3% to 4.8% growth over last year. NRF Chief Economist Jack and said, “Recent solid wage gains and other fundamentals continue to propel spending, which has been supported by tax cuts, saving and access to credit. Today’s numbers confirm an underlying strength in the industry and a solid trajectory as we go into the fourth quarter.” Read more... |
|
| Google Pay and PayU extend partnership in EU online payments
Online retailers using PayU in Europe can now add to Google Pay to mobile and online payments for customers. Google and PayU first introduced Android Pay (now Google Pay) to the Poland market earlier in 2018. Customers simply save their credit card details to the pay.google.com website or on the Google Pay mobile app. When paying for goods or services, online shoppers simply click on the Google Pay logo on the PayU payments portal. Read more... |
|
Payments NEXT – Oct 19: Global payments news roundup
Welcome to Payments NEXT’s Friday global payments news roundup featuring breaking news, industry insight, trends, research and much more. News makers include PayPal, Bankrate, Square, Mitek, MasterCard, PPRO, NRF, RippleNet, GooglePay and Albertsons. Read more… |
|
Get more global payments industry news and insight
Find the daily payments industry news you can use at PaymentsNEXT. |
|
