| The Venture Investing Road Less Traveled: Funding Enablers, Not Challengers Over the last decade, weâve seen high flying tech unicorns brought to earth, while venture capital (VC) dollars continue to chase neobanks and alt credit platforms. Commerce Ventures Founder Dan Rosen tells Karen Webster why the key to VC success lies in a road less traveled â funding the smaller tech enablers that help payments and financial services incumbents fast track innovations across new use cases â instead of the challengers who wish to see them toppled. Hereâs why. |
| Podcast: Insurance At The POS |
| The Latest Retail Upsell: Insurance At The Point Of Sale Every merchant is looking for an edge â a way to both sell more and build customer loyalty and trust. And as Mitch Doust, Cover Genius executive vice president of the Americas tells Karen Webster, offering insurance at the point of sale might help them do both â particularly since consumers seem to like and want it. |
| Citi: Treasurers, Embracing RTPâs Bright Future â While Bracing For Dark Days Ahead Change may be the only constant in payments as the speed at which we pay, how we pay, and even where we pay are all evolving. That means that the role of the corporate treasurer is changing too. In the latest edition of the PYMNTS Executive Insight series, Citi executives weigh in on how day-to-day cash management is evolving â with an eye on real-time payments (RTP) and the challenges that lie ahead. |
| With Manchester City, Investors Look Beyond Tech And On The Turf Where business meets sports, sports is big business. Private equity and tech titans are shelling out big bucks to grab ownership stakes in sports franchises to make even bigger bucks (see the $500 million Manchester City stake going to U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake). There’s money to be made in broadcasting rights, in endorsement contracts and in the global enthusiasm for star players. Here’s why it beats an investment in WeWork any day. |
| | PYMNTS Black Friday Consumer Shopping Study | | NEW DATA: Millennials Were Black Fridayâs Big Spenders In 2019 Black Friday is the traditional start of the holiday shopping season and this year 151 million consumers got their Black Friday shopping groove on. This year, that groove was more online than at a physical store, but with all income groups spending at least 25 percent more this year than last. Millennials were the biggest spenders. Thatâs according to a hot-off-the-presses PYMNTS study of more than 2,000 U.S. consumers to find out what they bought, where they shopped and how they paid. Hereâs what we learned. |
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