E-Payments | SupplyChainBrain

Mobile Payments Not Catching On? Just Give Them Time.

August 18, 2015

Smartphones have yet to displace cash or credit cards at the retail point of sale. But give them time.

UK Online Sales Slow Down For Christmas While Eurozone Sees Significant Expansion

December 23, 2013

Findings of a recent survey show a healthy growth in online holiday shopping in the main Eurozone markets, but a slowdown in overall UK online sales in the run-up to Christmas 2013.

Why Is Maritime Industry Dragging Its Feet on Electronic Invoicing?

May 7, 2013

Maritime Executive

INTTRA recently conducted a global e-invoicing study that showed 100 percent of surveyed shippers/freight forwarders want to receive invoices electronically from their carriers, with 81 percent requesting it before the end of 2013. Yet today, most carriers still process their invoices manually, and therefore, so must their customers.

E-Invoicing, Slow to Catch on in Ocean Transportation, May Be Gaining Steam

April 1, 2013

Maritime Executive

In a digital age where a delay of seconds or one human error can be the cause of lost revenue, wasted resources or unhappy customers, good technology becomes critical to run a business. Twelve years after the ocean shipping industry adopted e-commerce tools that resulted in an average savings of $100,000 per year and hundreds of thousands of labor hours per week, the final steps in the shipping process - invoicing and payment - are still catching up.

Survey Suggests There Is Need for 'Mobile Wallets' and Services Targeted at Retail

March 19, 2013

SAP

Fifty-three percent of industry leaders believe that improving customers' retail experience would be essential to creating a successful mobile payments scheme, according to survey by SAP. The GSMA Mobile World Congress survey is aimed at addressing top issues facing mobile commerce service providers and reflects the sentiments of mobile operators, fixed telecommunication providers, over-the-top (OTT) players and other global mobile industry executives.

Expanded Mobility, Social Media and the Cloud to Drive Global E-Commerce Growth This Year

January 31, 2013

Basware

The increasing use of mobile apps to conduct key invoice processing functions from anytime and anywhere; expanding use of social media platforms to collaborate with colleagues, suppliers and partners; and the growth of the cloud as an enabler of automation for companies of all sizes, will power growth in e-commerce in 2013.

Use Caution in Regulating Mobile Payment, Retail Group Urges

May 2, 2012

National Retail Federation

The National Retail Federation has urged the Federal Trade Commission to move cautiously in establishing regulations for mobile payments, and said any rules that are adopted should parallel those for the underlying form of payment and not be specific to the technology.