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January 11, 2018

Embedded Payments

TRENDING: Embedded Payments Power New Rideshare Use Cases
 

Shuttling kids from school to soccer practice used to mean managing car pools, traffic — and lots of friction. But software platforms with embedded payments are giving parents new options. In the latest PYMNTS Payments Powering Platforms Tracker™, powered by WePay, Zemcar co-founders Bilal Khan and Juliette Kayyem explain how embedded payments help scale their safe, kid-friendly, on-demand alternative to car pools. Plus, the latest provider rankings for more than 90 providers in the directory.

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Points Redemption

Why Aren’t Rewards Redemptions Omnichannel?
 

Shopping is omnichannel. Earning rewards is omnichannel. So why isn’t rewards redemption? Bridge2 Solutions chief commercial officer Larry Wine tells PYMNTS why that’s not the case today, but how Software-as-a-Service — with an emphasis on service — can fill the gap.
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Breaking News: POS Lending

LendingPoint’s Loan Hero Acquisition To Expand Credit Options For 145M Consumers
 

What happens when an alt lender focused on prime customers and one focused on serving near-prime customers become one organization? It gives businesses the opportunity to offer credit to consumers, regardless of their credit score — at their point of need. That’s the impetus behind LendingPoint’s acquisition of Loan Hero, announced today. LendingPoint CEO Tom Burnside told Karen Webster what the acquisition means for both organizations and how it’s focus on the medical and dental segments taps a truly unmet need.

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Improving Subscription Commerce Conversions

NEW DATA: Subscription Commerce Top Performers
 

No subscription services are made alike — but the top performers do share some common traits. According to the latest Subscription Commerce Conversion Index, a Recurly collaboration, 100 percent of the top merchants all do three things, but miss on two others that could eliminate the friction that consumers face when engaging with them. Care to hazard a guess on which side passwords fall? Find those details, plus an interview with CEO and founder Matt Fiedler at music subscription service Vinyl Me, Please on how the company has used subscriptions to turn a niche market into loyal subscribers.

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