BPCL has teamed with Fino Payments Bank in order to provide digitized card refills for fleet drivers in India, according to a report from The How We Shop Report, a PYMNTS collaboration with PayPal, aims to understand how consumers of all ages and incomes are shifting to shopping and paying online in the midst of … Read more

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), once the red-headed stepchild to more popular smart contract implementations, are finally beginning to have their day in the sun.  Average purchase prices of NFTs on peer-to-peer exchanges are rising sky-high. Six-figure sales are no longer uncommon. Dapper Labs, the minds behind the great-granddaddy of NFT collectible projects, CryptoKitties, have attracted significant … Read more

The faster spread this fall of COVID-19 in Europe compared to the spread in the United States during the same period has left Europe’s economy sputtering even as the U.S. economy continues to come back to life, according to new data cited by The How We Shop Report, a PYMNTS collaboration with PayPal, aims to … Read more

George W. Bush warned Barack Obama that “the critics will rage (and) your ‘friends’ will disappoint you,” while Obama urged current US President Donald Trump to “sustain the international order that’s expanded steadily since the end of the Cold War.” Anyone looking to advise the occupant of the Oval Office in January — whether that … Read more

Hong Fang, CEO at Singapore-based OKCoin, a regulated cryptocurrency exchange, says she first heard about Bitcoin (BTC) in 2012. But it wasn’t until 2016 that she began to realize Bitcoin’s potential as a globally accessible medium of exchange or store of value. Hong noted during a recent podcast with Anthony Pompliano, the Co-Founder and Partner … Read more

Dunkin’ Brands Group, the parent of Dunkin’ — formerly Dunkin’ Donuts — and Baskin-Robbins, has stated on its website that it is negotiating to be acquired by Inspire Brands, a private equity-backed company whose other properties include The How We Shop Report, a PYMNTS collaboration with PayPal, aims to understand how consumers of all ages … Read more

Food delivery app The How We Shop Report, a PYMNTS collaboration with PayPal, aims to understand how consumers of all ages and incomes are shifting to shopping and paying online in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our research builds on a series of studies conducted since March, surveying more than 16,000 consumers on how … Read more

Google rivals who have complained for years about what they decried as a hands-off approach to the Silicon Valley giant from competition regulators around the world are beginning to sound a different theme following the recent Department of Justice lawsuit against the company, The How We Shop Report, a PYMNTS collaboration with PayPal, aims to … Read more