PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

Some might think of eCommerce as a global force, where technology underpins transactions done 24/7, and where even the smallest businesses can see significant top-line gains as they tap new markets. Chinese companies have to work with banks and regulators, increasingly on a daily basis, as they pursue outbound eCommerce.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

At a time when online retail sales are growing and accounting for a larger slice of the overall pie, the battle to deliver products as quickly and cheaply as possible has never been tougher. Our customers are actually direct-to-consumer eCommerce brands,” he said. eCommerce’s Two Buckets . But bucket No.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

According to eMarketer’s worldwide retail and eCommerce forecast, in 2019 China’s total retail sales are forecast to increase 7.5 According to eMarketer, a major driver of the retail sales in China is eCommerce , with sales growing by more than 30 percent this year, projected to hit $1.989 trillion. In the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

In this week's roundup of bank-FinTech collaboration and open banking initiatives, Citi embraces the unlocking of account data to third-party FinTechs, while WEX weighs in on opportunity for banks to take advantage of partnerships. The company is focusing on users that may be underbanked, lacking traditional bank accounts.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

In September, PYMNTS reported that the market, like many others, was beginning to shift into a digital mode for more eCommerce ability, according to Chief Digital and Innovation Officer Darren MacDonald. eCommerce was a fast-growing channel for pet-related shopping even before the pandemic, making $12.2

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

The Census will release its Q2 eCommerce sales results today, but we’ve been using our own methodology to forecast eCommerce sales for some time, given the lag in Census reporting. PepsiCo said its Q2 eCommerce sales doubled quarter over quarter. percent and quarter-over-quarter growth of 1.6 More than legit, actually.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Plus, Mastercard announced a new Account-to-Account service to its Track Business Payment Service. US Economic Forecasts Grim Amid Escalating COVID-19. Mastercard Boosts Business Payments With Account-To-Account. In today’s top news, PNC will acquire BBVA’s U.S. unit for $11.6 PNC Advances $11.6B

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

Africa as next great eCommerce frontier? There’s also a technology boom, which comes as the continent, in Nazir’s words, “leapfrogged over the landline and over the computer, and straight to the smartphone and, now, into mobile money over bank accounts. Consider the fact that eCommerce generated $16.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

percent year on year since just Sunday alone, and Adobe is reiterating its forecast for record online sales for Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. percent gain year over year — and accounts for 38.6 percent of all eCommerce sales during the period. Consumers have already spent $62.5 Sales have also shot up 49.2

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Amazon’s piece of the retail pie is expected to end the year even bigger, with market research firm eMarketer boosting its estimates on dollars spent at the eCommerce giant. All told, Amazon will account for 43.5 percent of all eCommerce sales this year. eMarketer predicts eCommerce sales will jump 15.8 billion in 2017.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

trillion worth of sales is expected to pass through B2B eCommerce systems by 2021, according to Forrester research published last June. Analysts are forecasting a rise in B2B buyers seeking products online, with the customer experience the driving factor of growth and success for B2B eCommerce players. An estimated $1.2

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The growth of the mobile commerce (mCommerce) and eCommerce industries is fueling the global smart card industry, which is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8 percent through 2020, according to a new research report. All such factors are expected to drive the market during the forecast period.”. percent. “To

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

Whether it was helping small businesses get their PPP payments or convert to eCommerce, getting cash in the hands of workers delivering food, or accommodating digitized mortgage closing and escrow activity, the coronavirus has foisted a lot of change on the financial services industry in a short amount of time. “A

Cash Flow Forecasting 139

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

After being the majority of Apple’s revenue since 2012, the iPhone accounted for only 48.3 The company still beat analysts’ earnings forecasts on the top and bottom line and saw bigger than expected growth in both its wearables and services departments. India’s population of 1.3 billion estimate.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

All told, cash accounts for 75 percent of all retail transactions within Germany, even taking into account, as the German Association of Money and Bond Services estimated, that a third of all card payments have been done through contactless means in the wake of the coronavirus.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

NRF Increases Sales Forecast For 2018. Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be the driver of growth for the eCommerce giant now, but Piper Jaffray predicts that, in three years’ time, advertising will bring in more revenue for Amazon. Citigroup has let go of a payments executive, and initial coin offering (ICO) exit scams are taking a toll.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

But even the most enthusiastic futurist or technologist couldn’t have forecast that by the first week of May 2020 the world would no longer be going digital so much as gone digital in response to black swan events that radically hit reset on our working, commerce and personal lives nearly overnight.

Securities 97

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The newest PYMNTS eBook is full of expert insight into the future of B2B payments, from commercial cards to accounts receivable. This week’s B2B Data Digest pulls some of the highlights from that eBook and serves up the numbers behind the forecasts. — $20 trillion: the expected valuation of the B2B payments market.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

With staff shortages caused by the pandemic, however, the eCommerce firm is pausing the offering. COVID-19 Stimulus Money Could Show Up In Consumer Bank Accounts Today. The first round of help was forecast to reach those who had provided the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with direct deposit information in the past.

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The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

From accounting and payroll management to budgeting and forecasting, finance is the reason and numbers behind every bit of data that passes through the organization. Here are the 7 best finance software solutions broken down into different categories: 1) Accounting. Perhaps there is no bigger name in accounting than Intuit.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Analysts had forecast earnings per share of 5 cents on revenues of $1.56 The firm added that it currently has access to $1.4 billion in liquidity — $655 million in cash and $750 million available via a credit facility. Darden also declared a 30-cent-per-share quarterly cash dividend payable on Nov. 2 to shareholders of record as of Oct.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Amazon is forecast to reach the number three spot among sellers of digital ads in the U.S. According to The Wall Street Journal , buoyed by a pickup in ad revenue growth and accounting changes, Amazon is on track to generate $4.6 The research firm pointed to “strong organic growth in ad revenues” and the accounting changes.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The digital consumer population in Southeast Asia is still growing steadily and is forecast to reach 370 million by end-2022, accounting for 82% of the total population of 15-year-olds and above. This figure is projected to rise further to 402 million by 2027, accounting for 88% by the end of the forecast period.

Marketing 52

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2017

Visa said, based on VisaNet, the processing network, eCommerce spending increased 19 percent. The data meshes with Visa’s forecast in October, which forecasted online shopping would jump 18 percent year over year. In November 2016, greater than 25 percent of holiday retail was eCommerce, up from close to 22 percent in 2015.

Retail 47

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

The program will use pre-negotiated savings and an eCommerce interface to allow smaller fleets and businesses to purchase products and services they need to run their businesses. The release states that users will be able to access “discounted prices” with WEX EDGE and use their WEX fuel account to make payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

The average 12-month price target for the eCommerce firm is $2,188 per share, which marks a 16.5 But the report points out that the forecast doesn’t account for share buybacks. The investment bank is bullish on Amazon’s investment in one-day Prime shipping that the eCommerce firm said will likely bring higher purchase frequency.

Marketing 55

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

During the holiday season, he said, eCommerce accounted for over 30 percent of US consumer holiday volume — and retail spend was strong early in the holiday season, the CEO said. Net revenue growth forecasts were maintained, to high single-digit percentage growth.

eCommerce 40

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

The eCommerce Web site — which features handmade jewelry, art, clothing, furniture, toys and craft supplies — saw double- and triple-digit percentage gains during Q2 in several key areas. Those accounted for 14 percent of total gross merchandise sales on Etsy’s marketplace.).

Sales 71

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

percent forecast. For fiscal 2021, the retailer expects that growth to slow, with eCommerce growth clocking in closer to 30 percent. As for what comes next, full-year profits are forecasted to be between $5 and $5.15 It’s too difficult to tell at this early stage exactly how to forecast it,” he said about the Coronavirus. “We

Forecasting 53

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

After Halloween comes the lucrative holiday shopping season — sorry, Thanksgiving, but you’re only a speed bump — but there are serious questions about how happy the fourth quarter will be for some big eCommerce operators. billion, according to a fresh forecast from Adobe Analytics. retail websites. Amazon’s Problem. Take Amazon.

eCommerce 52

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2020

Accounts payable (AP) tools that provide quick, detailed oversights of businesses’ financial statuses and payments obligations can help pick up the pace of payments by keeping invoice approval processes on track. For more on these and the rest of the latest AP automation headlines, download the Tracker. About The Tracker .

Invoicing 79

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Within the past week, a net 5,600 accounts on trading app Robinhood , which is popular with millennials, left their Tesla position, with the number of accounts holding the automaker’s shares falling by more than 4 percent. Despite the lower numbers, the company reaffirmed its delivery forecast of 360,000 to 400,000 for the year.

Forecasting 50

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Some forecasts put total retail spending slightly ahead of last year. Consumers who said they would spend “about the same” accounted for 47.3 Perhaps the data points that are the most contentious center around overall spend. However, PYMNTS data, which directly addressed intent to spend, shows that only 18.7 percent of responses.

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Entertainment Retail Forecasting Sales 121

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

BitX Funding President Todd Rowe said in the announcement, “BitX Funding is committed to helping Amazon power sellers by providing the funding needed to take their eCommerce business to the next level.” ” The firm said Fulfill by Amazon (FBA) sellers have a “tremendous opportunity” to expand with the online economy.

Finance 63

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

bank account or at any of the more than 54,000 terminals in the U.S. “We Last month, Kroger reported a 127 percent jump in eCommerce revenue in the second quarter. The World Bank forecasted in May that due to the shutdown caused by the pandemic, remittances will decline by 20 percent to about $445 billion.

Forecasting 64

Forecasting eCommerce Banking Sales 64

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The long weekend after Thanksgiving is the media darling, with brand-name recognition for three out of the four days: Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday (plus Giving Tuesday, to give a full account of where consumer dollars might be going during the final week of November). billion, and breaking even more records with $6.6

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CFO Thought Leader

MAY 10, 2025

Prologis CFO TimArndt explains why ecommerce triples warehouse demand and how realestate strategies must adapt. Bottom line: stop forecasting the unknowable; engineer organizations that can quickly outreact competitors when the environment lurches. Brett’s Key Takeaways Brett Knowles distills three imperatives.

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