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Apple鈥檚 product strength and established wallet reach will make the solution a prime competitor in a crowded market.

It added Apple Pay as a payment option for Advanced Checkout and introduced new features to streamline customer checkout.

On today's episode, we discuss why brands should be thinking more about community; Apple rolling out its buy now, pay later offering; consumers' shipping priorities; H&M's new resale program; what in-store retail robots can do; facts about US national parks; and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood, vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian, and analyst Blake Droesch.

Companies implemented the tech for hyperpersonalization, AI chatbots, fraud prevention, and other use cases

How can brands and retailers succeed in the new era of mobile-first ecommerce?

On today's episode, we discuss Apple鈥檚 dominance in the digital wallet arena. In our 鈥淗eadlines鈥� segment, we look at the ramifications of The Kroger Co.鈥檚 about-face on Apple Pay and how the EU is scrutinizing Apple Pay in its antitrust investigation. In 鈥淪tory by Numbers,鈥� we examine how Gen Z鈥檚 use of iPhones will keep Apple competitive in the digital wallet space and the success of Apple鈥檚 new savings account. And in our new segment, 鈥淲hat If,鈥� host Rob Rubin presents a few hypotheticals and discusses what things would look like if they were true. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst David Morris.

It launched Tap to Pay on Android a year after it signed on to deploy Apple鈥檚 Tap to Pay on iPhone鈥攈elping feed demand for softPOS and contactless payments.

EWS is expanding the digital wallet鈥檚 merchant network, but it will need to score some bigger names than GNC for the wallet to make real headway.

On today鈥檚 episode, we discuss how Gen Zers are different from older generations in that a lot of their financial services product consumption will be embedded within non-financial service-specific experiences. In our "Headlines" segment, we examine how convenience plays a major factor into Gen Z decision-making. In "Story by Numbers," we discuss Gen Z鈥檚 use of Apple Pay in consumer finance and if consumers can find competitive prices while using embedded finance experiences. And in "For Argument's Sake," we debate if more than 10% of Gen Z or Gen Alpha will go their whole lives without establishing direct relationships with financial service providers. Listen in to the conversation with host Rob Rubin and our analysts Grace Broadbent and Eleni Digalaki.

Bank of America, JPMorgan, and other banks are creating a digital wallet to compete with Apple Pay and PayPal鈥攂ut there鈥檚 one catch.

Influencer marketing is becoming a need-to-have for payment brands鈥� marketing teams. While not without risks, it鈥檚 key to building awareness and creating relationships with young consumers.

But fraud still remained rampant across the holiday weekend, showing payment providers have more work to do to step up their protections

US P2P apps need to tap new uses and services to stay competitive, especially amid Zelle鈥檚 dominance. Here鈥檚 how each app sizes up and differentiates to attract younger generations.

The company used its two-sided network to capitalize on the holiday weekend

Marqeta Flex helps digital wallets and card issuers embed BNPL options, eliminating the need for direct integrations with merchants

While cards make up much of the UK鈥檚 contactless payments segment, mobile wallets have made headway: The number of UK proximity mobile payment users grew 10.7% YoY in 2022, accounting for a little over 23% of the UK鈥檚 population, per Insider Intelligence forecasts. Mobile wallets could capture more contactless payment volume going forward as players like Apple Pay and Google Pay expand their features.

Despite Google Wallet and Apple Wallet鈥檚 investments in travel and ID features, adoption has been tepid

The mobile wallet鈥檚 scaled-back rollout has been slow. But wero should be able to overcome that thanks to its transformative nature

The point-of-sale installment offering will face adoption hurdles given growing competition in the country

PayPal's outage highlights rising API-related flaws in finance. With 80% of U.S. adults relying on app-based payments, regulatory scrutiny and customer frustration could reshape the competitive landscape.

In the third of five reports in our 鈥淧ayments Ecosystem 2024鈥� collection, we unpack how the lines between POS hardware and software are disappearing as providers push the innovation envelope.

Over half of proximity mobile payment users are under age 35, and about 1 in 5 are Gen Zers. And newly introduced features will make wallets more important than ever to merchants. To view the full forecast, click here. TikTok is mainstream. Adult TikTok users will spend 18 minutes daily on the platform in 2024, per our forecast鈥攁 number that has steadily risen since its blockbuster 2020.