PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

billion in annual spending on PPE projected by 2027. Procurement of PPE at the company level is often a sizeable B2B purchase, which are still surprisingly paper-based, lacking in both speed and transparency. “In the last few months, we’ve seen companies focus on selling goods and buying inventory online.

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Payments Report Company Meeting 132

PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

Online marketplace Mercari and chat company Line have teamed up for mobile payments amid strong competition in the cashless payment space in Japan, Nikkei Asian Review reported. The government is now aiming to double the rate of cashless payments by 2027 to 40 percent.

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Payments Mobile Google Apple 108

PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

And insofar as they shopped online, cards (credit and debit) were preferred by nearly three-quarters of respondents. Alipay reports its recent expansion into the Japanese market has seen a six-fold surge in retail adoption with more than 300,000 merchants there now accepting the mobile payment app. percent).

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Mobile Payments National Marketing 154