PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Most businesses have been hit hard by the global pandemic, but perhaps no segment has been more crippled or left with a future more uncertain than the Main Street local establishments that rely on daily sales for traffic. percent reporting they lean “much more” on online sales. That includes 34.8 Only a third of those polled (30.7

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

We have deep dives on Main Street, disbursements and quick-response (QR) code payments. . NEW DATA: The State Of Main Street Businesses Six Months Into The Pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has stretched Main Street to its financial limits. Six Months Into Pandemic, Taking The Pulse Of Main Street SMBs.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

The Federal Reserve is nearly ready to debut its new Main Street lending program, and it is reaching out to banks for advice, according to a report from CNBC. The Fed has received over 2,200 pieces of feedback online, sources said, according to CNBC. billion in sales from 2019. The coronavirus has put the Fed in a unique position.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

We have deep dives on disbursements, Main Street small- to mid-sized business (SMBs) and BarkBox reportedly combining with Northern Star Acquisitions Corp. Bridgetown Holdings, the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) , is reportedly mulling a deal with Tokopedia , the Indonesian online shopping company. Billion Valuation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

A glimmering bright spot in the daily bad news cycle is PYMNTS’ finding that businesses of every type – especially small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) – are using the pandemic as an impetus to make needed operational changes and bring SMBs’ online presences firmly up to date. So, what happens now? Our survey reveals that 49.4

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

Businesses that didn’t have eCommerce channels could not sell their products, while eateries that lacked online ordering couldn’t serve diners. in Main Street On Lockdown: Business Recovery. Small and medium-sized companies faced the choice of finding digital ways to reach customers or run the risk of going out of business.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

The boutique shops that lined Main Street USA, which got nearly all of their business face-to-face in their stores, expected that 2020 would be another great year. In other words, this sample reflects the composition of SMBs on those Main Streets and side streets of the communities that we all call home.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Online marketplaces are the digital storefronts helping small to mid-sized businesses survive — but adding real-time settlement into the mix can help them thrive. And 60 percent of surveyed firms selling across online marketplaces would take their business to one that offers real-time settlement.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

As all aspects of individuals’ lives migrate online, from payments to dating, why shouldn’t the process of taking out an insurance policy do the same? “I thought, surely, this would all have gone digital, and that I could go online and buy a policy in five minutes or less,” he said. It’s a major expense.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The continued resumption may not be enough to stave off the top-line pressures and cash crunches that bedevil the Main Street SMBs that power a significant portion of the U.S. The state of Main Street right now? is roughly six months into a global pandemic (as declared in March by the World Health Organization).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

In addition to working toward its general mission of moving the sport and hobby forward, the RIA functions as a trade and advocacy group for independent running specialty stores, the huge majority of which are Main Street businesses. The RIA is dialed into Main Street.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

All eyes may be trained on Wall Street now, and Main Street too as the latest tranche of business lending gets underway. Larger full-service restaurants opened community markets to sell raw ingredients, produce and food staples through online stores,” he said. Card-present volumes were down by 60 percent year over year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

Consumers living under stay-at-home orders are going online to manage their personal and professional lives. These are just a few of the questions we sought to answer in Main Street On Lockdown: Reinventing The Road To Recovery edition. . The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a massive consumer migration to digital commerce.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

online wholesale retailer sometimes called “Costco for millennials,” is seeking a buyer, Reuters reported. The main impetus for consumers is convenience. Boxed , the U.S. Boxed, based in New York, offers sales of fresh groceries, office supplies and more. eCommerce growth has far surpassed other kinds buying methods, PYMNTS reported.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

PayPal and Venmo users are using them to shop online or make P2P payments, and so bringing them in-store via a QR code was easy. And there will be workarounds for a few years, Huang predicted, as QR is for the first time really coming online in the U.S. and reaching toward its greater potential. A Bright Future.

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Accenture

AUGUST 8, 2021

Doing these things involved mainly online purchases. In early 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down many everyday services, people discovered new ways of doing things—like grooming their pets or styling their own hair. They didn’t want to think about the payment….

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Main Street businesses are optimistic about their longer-term survival — meaning that they believe their businesses will be around two years from now. That’s important, given the fact that Main Street SMBs are responsible for driving a significant portion of the economy, employing roughly 40 percent of the workforce. The Payments .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

When it comes to online shopping, one of the greatest frustrations for consumers — and friction points for merchants — is having to manually enter credit or debit card information for each purchase. percent of consumers today have account information stored online with at least one or more companies or service providers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

"But there are more people working from home and not available in the office, and customers started to see that having B2B eCommerce and online ordering is much more meaningful now, compared to the traditional way they were doing it.". That will be the main feature, to cut down the costs and timeline of go-to-market," he said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2017

Another online home furnishings retailer is joining the HGTV family. Joss & Main just announced its partnership with HGTV ‘s Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation series. Starting June 10, Joss & Main’s pieces will be on HGTV’s show for six weeks.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Online grocers are increasingly allowing underprivileged consumers to use EBT payments (the modern equivalent of food stamps) at a time when the pandemic has made going to the store too risky for many shoppers. The move by the two companies is just the latest initiative in a growing trend of EBT acceptance for online grocery shoppers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

Main Street may not be able to save itself in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis. Activate Fairfax” is a relatively new department within the county’s government, coming online last October, with a focus on supporting small businesses with funding, business advice and activation of vacant spaces. Located outside of Washington, D.C.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2020

Main Street in Trouble . As we estimated in our comprehensive Main Street Index two weeks (and a lifetime) ago, these smaller firms as a group populate 3.6 We estimate that Main Street represents 28.3 We estimate that Main Street represents 28.3 As Main Street goes, so goes GDP. million storefronts across the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

Online grocery sales saw a 110 percent increase in activity in April, according to Adobe’s Digital Economy Index (DEI), numbers spurred by the coronavirus ‘s push toward people avoiding human contact. Online sales as a whole continue to dwarf physical retail, the DEI stated. That category isn’t an anomaly.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 21, 2017

based online student lending service Prodigy Finance has raised a $240 million round of equity and debt funding in order to expand its services within the U.S. The funding breaks down with $40 million in equity mainly from venture capital firm Index Ventures, as well as Baldeton Capital and AlphaCode. The rest of the $200 […].

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

While the online car sales business has struggled like most non-essential retailers amid the coronavirus pandemic, there are signs of life, according to new research from automotive digital solutions provider Cars.com. Shoppers are handling price negotiations (48 percent) and financing (42 percent) online. automotive industry.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

But it also has to be easy, fast and friction-free — now more than ever as a mass of consumers are moving their shopping, dining, working and leisure time online in response to the coronavirus outbreak. It has to be secure first and foremost, particularly when payments data is on the line.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

While credit is an important part of millennials’ shopping lives, this generation has unique spending priorities, particularly when it comes to online shopping — and these priorities are looming even larger since the pandemic shifted much of commerce online. consumers, that were conducted in March and September.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

We are now using Mastercard Send , our push payments platform, to support four sub-verticals of games of chance, where you buy tickets online, sports betting and bookmaking, games of skills and fantasy sports. “We estimate about $120 billion as the size of the overall market in the U.S.,” Hernandez said. “We

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

We have deep dives on Main Street’s digital shift, ATM innovation and PPP loans. NEW DATA: Inside Main Street SMBs’ Digital Shift. Companies that didn’t have online shopping channels couldn’t sell their products, while eateries that didn’t provide online ordering for delivery or pickup couldn’t serve their diners.

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Payments Source

MARCH 1, 2021

Jumia Technologies is expanding in online food delivery as the pioneering Africa e-commerce business looks to grow beyond its main market of trading phones and electronics.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2019

As online food delivery services proliferate amid the battle for customer loyalty, and as grocery and related stores strive to gain more digital footholds, the online sale of alcohol is growing and becoming a bigger part of all those plans. Online food delivery is in the midst of what might one day be called a golden age.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

Stemming from AI, machine learning is helping technology move at a swifter rate, and as more people bring their shopping needs into the online world, it’s likely that machine learning will play a larger role moving forward. In 2016, online financial fraud hit 15.4 million Americans, a 16 percent increase to $16 billion in stolen money.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

It is well known that shoppers tend to behave differently online than they do in brick-and-mortar stores — and this extends to how they choose to pay at checkout. One of the more notable differences is their tendency to favor credit cards online and other options such as digital wallets over debit cards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The pandemic is proving to be a tough loyalty test for retailers, as they are competing for customers’ attention in an environment where competition is still present in both online and in stores. One recent study found that 51.7 They are beginning to value placing more emphasis on being able to pay however they like, for example.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

Plus, Karen Webster details Main Street small business continued worries. Amazon Puts New Online Grocery Customers On Hold. Can Main Street SMBs Cross The PPP Cash Chasm? Here’s what new data shows these Main Street SMBs need from the government — and why. JPMC To Require 700 Credit Score, 20 Pct Down For New Mortgages.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

China’s biggest internet watchdog is seeking out public opinion until Feb. 7 about how the rules should be revised in order to bring about expanded oversight for digital payments, eCommerce and livestreams. The plan to revise cyberspace regulations comes at a time when China is stepping up the scrutiny of tech giants.

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