Tagged: online shopping

Paze Report Finds Customers Warming to Digital Wallets, Abandoning Online Carts

New research from the Paze PulseSM Report, by Early Warning Services, revealed that over the past year, 71% of online shoppers have abandoned their online shopping carts. While an overly complicated checkout process and security concerns were among the top reasons for cart abandonment cited… Read More

BNPL Adoption: Buy Now Pay Later Transactions via Afterpay Increased Significantly During Holiday Shopping

Globally, the peak minute of shopping occurred on Black Friday at 2:09 pm ET on November 24, 2023, according to an update shared by Square. Cities with the largest volume of sales were New York, Los Angeles, London, Chicago, and Miami. Over the Black Friday… Read More

UK’s Starling Bank Survey: Consumers Admit to Overspending, Experience Negative Impact of Making Unnecessary Purcchases

The Black Friday sales are fast upon us and while “nearly two thirds (62%) of consumers say they plan to take advantage of the discounts, nearly a third (29%) of people who have shopped over Black Friday in the past have regretted their purchases.” Buyer’s… Read More

Prove’s Financial Crime Report: Majority of Consumers Concerned About AI based Fraud

Holiday shopping season is a favorite time of year for many, but as consumers everywhere start preparing to open their wallets ahead of Black Friday, “a new type of threat has begun rearing its ugly head: AI-based fraud.” The recent boom in AI capabilities and… Read More

Global Fintech Klarna Expands Growth Tools for Clients via Rollout of Digital Products

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, announced the expansion of its growth tools for retailers and creators to help them engage with their audiences in more effective ways and enhance the shopping experience for consumers. With a mission to accelerate commerce, Klarna’s… Read More

Global Fintech Klarna Reports Profitable Quarter

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping service assistance provider, reported its latest financial results revealing “a net profit in Q3 2023.” Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Klarna said: “With a profitable quarter and continuous double digit growth, we have achieved exactly what we set… Read More

MENA Region Fintech Tabby Finalizes $200M Series D at $1.5B Valuation

Tabby, the MENA region’s shopping and financial services app, has raised $200 million in equity financing led by Wellington Management, which claims to be one of the world’s major independent investment management firms. The equity financing drew additional participation “from growth equity investor Bluepool Capital,… Read More

Global Fintech Klarna Leverages AI for Human Shopping Experience

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant has unveiled a treasure-trove of 13 new products as part of its Spotlight Fall launch. Shopping lens, the flagship new feature, “allows shoppers to take a picture of things and styles in their surroundings, instantly find… Read More

Fintech Klarna Introduces “Conscious” Shopping Tools

Klarna, the AI powered global payments network, announced the launch of several new products and services aimed to promote circularity and encourage smart shopping. With these updates, Klarna continues to evolve beyond payments “to become a starting point for every purchase for 150 million consumers… Read More

MENA Region Fintech Tabby Introduces New Digital Shopping Tools, Features

Tabby, the MENA’s leading shopping and financial services app, has announced the arrival of Tabby Shop, its new all-encompassing shopping tool, “marking the most significant change on the Tabby app since its launch.” The new app is a one-stop-shop “showcasing over 500,000 products from thousands… Read More

BNPL Fintech Klarna Teams Up with UK Luxury Store Liberty to Offer Payment Flexibility

Klarna, the AI powered global payments network and shopping destination, has today announced its partnership with iconic British department store Liberty, “with its flexible and interest-free payment options now available online.” The partnership will aim to “help Liberty’s customers save time and money and worry… Read More

BrewDog’s James Watt Provides £250K in Funding to Basket, a Digital Commerce Tech Startup

James Watt’s ‘The Next Unicorn’ project, where he has linked up with Crowdcube in order to find the next “beast,” has provided Basket with £250,000 in funding, according to a report in Tech.eu. Basket is a tech startup established by Lex Deak and William Neill…. Read More

Fintech Klarna Introduces UK’s Credit ‘Opt Out’ After Meeting with MP

Klarna, the global payments network and shopping destination, has today launched the UK’s first voluntary credit ‘opt out’, an additional tool in the Klarna app to help consumers save time, money and worry. The new feature will “help consumers achieve their financial goals by providing… Read More

European Fintech Enfuce and E-Commerce Firm Starcart Enhance Online Shopping with Embedded Payments

Enfuce, the European card issuing and processing Fintech, has been selected by  Finnish e-commerce aggregator start-up Starcart in order “to offer its retailers and shoppers the speed, security and convenience of embedded virtual card payments.” The partnership is set “to transform the way in which… Read More

Chargebacks911 Says E-Commerce Merchants Should Protect Themselves from First-Party Fraud

Post-COVID-19 holiday shoppers flocked to online sales “in unprecedented numbers in 2022, bringing along with it an increased risk of chargebacks.” Monica Eaton, founder of Chargebacks911, advises eCommerce merchants “to act now and protect themselves from first-party fraud.” As holiday shoppers navigated the post-COVID-19 inflationary… Read More

Increase in Online Sales Accompanied by Significant Rise in Chargebacks, New Report Reveals

Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. eCommerce sales “increased by 50.5% from 2019 to 2021,” according to an update shared by Chargebacks911. While eCommerce growth is “predicted to slow to 9.4% year over year in 2022, online sales are expected to cross the $1 trillion… Read More

Citi Ventures Invests in Fintech Platform Wildfire Systems

Wildfire Systems Inc., a Fintech platform that powers white-label reward programs and shopping companions, announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Citi Ventures. The funding will “support Wildfire’s technological innovation and continued ability to deploy new features that will drive rewarding online shopping… Read More

MENA Region’s Kenzz, a Digital Commerce Solution Provider, Raises $3.5M

Kenzz, the “mass” e-commerce solution bringing reliable online shopping to the mass market in Egypt and MENA, recently announced that it has completed a $3.5 million seed fund raise. The investment round was “led by Outliers Venture Capital – a venture capital fund backing early-stage… Read More

Smart Shopping App Karma Introduces “Pay with Karma”

Karma, the fintech app that helps shoppers get what they want at the lowest price by scanning for coupons and getting price drop notifications, announced the launch of its innovative payment feature, Pay with Karma. The new embedded checkout “gives shoppers a simplified, one-swipe purchase… Read More

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