Retail: Page 10


  • A Walmart storefront showcases its refreshed brand identity, with a new typeface and the spark logo set apart as a standalone asset.
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    Klarna seeks to flex advertising muscle

    Buy now, pay later provider Klarna has become an advertising juggernaut, and the new tie to Walmart will give it access to troves of additional customer data.

    By March 19, 2025
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    Brex strives for predictability after operational overhaul

    After the company laid off 20% of its employees last January and changed the way it puts out products, Brex COO Camilla Matias has high hopes for what’s coming.

    By Gabrielle Saulsbery • March 18, 2025
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    Digital wallets proliferate as features advance

    As more companies aim to offer digital wallets the rise in competition is sharpening their features.  

    By Payments Dive staff
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    Klarna to displace Affirm as Walmart BNPL provider

    The Swedish buy now, pay later business partnered with a Walmart-backed fintech to offer loans at the retail giant via a digital payments app.

    By March 17, 2025
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    Block takes on payday lenders with Cash App

    The company says new consumer loans to be made by its Square bank through the digital wallet are a less expensive alternative to predatory short-term financing.

    By March 17, 2025
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    Klarna whittled workforce via AI ahead of IPO

    The Swedish buy now, pay later juggernaut cut its headcount in each of the past two years, and expects to keep shrinking it.

    By , March 16, 2025
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    Digital payments to exceed $33.5 trillion by 2030: report

    Consumers are predicted to rely less on debit and credit cards and turn more to mobile wallets in the coming years, a Worldpay report predicts.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 14, 2025
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    Payments firm ‘for sale’ signs pop up as buying interest swells

    Payments players, including Green Dot and Flywire, have potentially put their businesses up for sale and larger companies have shown their appetite for acquisitions as an uncertain economy increases financial pressures.

    By March 13, 2025
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    How PayPal is bolstering its branded business

    The payments pioneer is counting on merchant tech upgrades, its buy now, pay later offering and Venmo to re-energize its flagship business, a top executive said this week.

    By March 12, 2025
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    Fiserv CEO transition took only 10 days, CFO says

    CEO Frank Bisignano quickly deemed his successor, Mike Lyons, ready to lead the payment processor, but don’t expect any strategy shifts, Fiserv’s CFO said.

    By March 11, 2025
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    Green Dot considers sale as CEO exits

    The embedded finance company, which posted a loss last year, hired Citigroup to explore its strategic options and named an interim CEO.

    By March 11, 2025
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    Sezzle pitches coupon feature to consumers and merchants

    The discounting function will allow merchants to increase their products' exposure, the company says.

    By Updated March 7, 2025
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    Fiserv investors count on next CEO’s well-rounded resume

    The payment processor’s CEO designate, Mike Lyons, has won over analysts and investors with his experience at bank clients and payment peers. He’s expected to take over from Frank Bisignano later this year.

    By March 6, 2025
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    Online retailer Stitch Fix expands BNPL options

    Stitch Fix is one of many retailers increasing buy now, pay later options. It added Affirm this week to a roster that also includes Klarna and Afterpay.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 6, 2025
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    Checkout.com opens San Francisco office

    The British digital payments company is expanding its U.S. presence after seeing revenue surge last year.

    By March 5, 2025
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    PAR Technology fuels software strategy with acquisitions

    The company has pivoted to a software strategy, by buying up other companies and building on its point-of-sale hardware beginnings.

    By March 4, 2025
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    Zip targets BNPL services at everyday purchases

    New partnerships focused on common consumer transactions recently allowed the Australian buy now, pay later company to boost revenue in the U.S. market.

    By March 4, 2025
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    Visa lays out blueprint for global growth

    As if to push back against slowing card business growth in the U.S., the network’s top executives have staked out areas targeted for expansion.

    By March 3, 2025
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    Q&A

    Fiserv exec talks real-time payments and challenges

    Matt Wilcox, president of digital payments solutions for Fiserv, discussed the company’s plans for making real-time payments ubiquitous, and the hurdles to reaching that goal.

    By March 3, 2025
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    NCR Voyix links with Worldpay, reports revenue drop

    The e-commerce payments company narrowed its losses last year, even as revenue declined. Now, it’s wooing restaurants and retailers through the new tie.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 28, 2025
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    Stripe bids for worker shares in offer worth $91.5B

    The payments processing company will join with some of its investors to buy stock from current and former employees, Stripe said Thursday.

    By Feb. 27, 2025
  • A Klarna sign at a Charlotte Premium Outlets mall in Charlotte, N.C. on March 26, 2022.
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    Gen Z uses BNPL more than credit cards, survey shows

    A J.D. Power survey of about 4,300 U.S. consumers found that more of them used buy now, pay later products than credit cards during the holiday shopping season last year.

    By Feb. 27, 2025
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    Digital gift card provider Raise closes $63M round

    Cryptocurrency-focused investment firms and organizations poured capital into the gift card company that says it focuses on “blockchain-powered payments.”

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 26, 2025
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    Amex, Alipay target fast-growing China market

    The card company has locked arms with the local digital payments player to accelerate its growth in China, the world’s second most populous nation.

    By Feb. 26, 2025
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    Durbin to reintroduce credit card competition bill

    The senate minority whip from Illinois plans to reintroduce the Credit Card Competition Act proposal in a bid to increase competition for Visa and Mastercard.

    By Feb. 25, 2025
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    PayPal CFO takes on COO role

    Jamie Miller added the new responsibilities as she teams with CEO Alex Chriss to give the digital payments pioneer a bigger role in commerce.

    By Feb. 25, 2025