August 2021

The importance of offering multiple payment methods
Online retailers in the UK lose more than £1.8 billion (€2.13 billion) annually due to the lack of payment methods available for their customers. New research shows the importance of...
August 31, 2021
Klarna launches in Poland
Swedish fintech company Klarna has entered Poland last week. The company launches its ‘buy now, pay later’ service in collaboration with H&M. Klarna has been building its presence in Europe...
August 30, 2021
Top payments apps in China
China is often a frontrunner when it comes to the adoption of digital trends. Mobile payments, for example, have long become omnipresent in the Chinese everyday shopping reality. Whereas in...
August 19, 2021
Marketplaces are taking the lead online
More than 40% of all post-pandemic online spending globally is taking place on marketplaces. With online set to account for 51% of all retail sales this year. 72% of global...
August 18, 2021
Women in China shop online more frequently
The e-commerce in China is in many respects unique. It is not only the biggest e-commerce market in the world by a huge margin, it is also almost 2.5 times...
August 17, 2021
UK charity shops sell 151% more online
Charity shops in the United Kingdom are looking more and more at e-commerce. This happened after losing thousands of euros of income during the lockdowns. The number of items sold...
August 16, 2021
Four new global brands sign on to use APEXX Global’s BNPL Connect
Addition of Atome, LayBuy, Sezzle and Tamara demonstrates the growth of APEXX’s BNPL Connect  APEXX will have integrated over 20 global BNPL providers by 2022, enabling merchants and PSPs to...
August 13, 2021
Online preferences of European shoppers
European shoppers are confirmed e-commerce users, new research suggests. More than 92% of European shoppers in nineteen European markets say that they buy online at least some of the time....
August 12, 2021
The world’s top marketplaces
Chinese tech giant Alibaba clearly dominates the world of online marketplaces. Even US high-flyer Amazon cannot compete in terms of GMV. Asia is a region in which marketplaces traditionally dominate...
August 11, 2021
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