4 Results from 2020
Nikhita Hyett Managing Director - Europe at BlueSnap
As we approach the end of the year, the festive shopping season is in full swing. But in 2020, it’s turning out to be a very different experience for retailers and their customers. Bustling high streets have been replaced by virtual queues and Christmas lights traded for the glow of our digital devices, as we sit down to do our gift shopping onlin...
08 December 2020 /payments
It’s now common knowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a huge shift in the world of payments, resulting in the rise in contactless, mobile, and ecommerce-based transactions. But over the last couple of years, there’s been an even bigger payments revolution happening, hidden in plain sight. Recent MasterCard figures show that around $1...
04 November 2020 /payments
We've all witnessed the exponential rise of e-commerce this year, with IBM figures showing projected growth of nearly 20% in 2020. The industry has effectively jumped ahead five years in just 12 months – and this is just in retail, so doesn't include the vast increase in other online transactions across both B2B and B2C industries. But what we don...
22 October 2020 /payments /covid-19
The retail and ecommerce industry has already seen a number of significant unexpected events to contend with in 2020. The effects from the unplanned outage caused by Wirecard’s issues can be added to a growing list of unwelcome surprises this year, which have put huge pressure on retailers from both a financial and a technical perspective. For any...
16 July 2020 /payments /regulation
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