PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Razer, a gaming hardware company based in Singapore, has partnered with Visa to offer a prepaid card that will let the company’s 60 million users make payments all over the world, according to reports. The region is also the home to more than 213 million millennials.

Company 100

Company Online San Francisco Payments 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“ Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year ad campaign launched by American Express in 1987 to persuade consumers that it was worth it to pay an annual fee for one of its charge card products. As the slogan implied, being an American Express card member was the only way to unlock those benefits. Those are the 47 million U.S.

Millennials 246

Millennials Retail Online Report 246

PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

In 2003, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that American consumers spent roughly 48 minutes a day shopping offline and online. In 2003, the majority of the online shopping was done at the desktop at the office when the boss wasn’t looking, and that experience included laboriously typing in card credentials at every site.

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Google Mobile Apple Online 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

And, yes, this likely sounds blasphemous from someone who’s been beating the mobile payments drum since 2005, well before the iPhone and the App Store changed how consumers, retailers and payments players all use mobile devices. Paying for things will happen online for pickup in the store later. I’m glad I got your attention.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

The season takes place in the year 1985 – 10 years before eCommerce and Amazon, and seven years before today’s 27-year-old millennials were born. Between 1956 and 2005, 1,500 malls were built in the U.S. Card networks gave consumers a better way to pay at all of the merchants where they wanted to shop.

Innovation 170

Innovation US Maine Google 170