E-Commerce

14 Oct 25 @ 15:41

Mastercard has launched a new data-driven service designed to tackle one of the most persistent pain points in digital commerce: low payment approval rates. The Payment Optimisation Platform (POP) uses... read more

06 Oct 25 @ 16:44

OpenAI has taken another decisive step toward “agentic commerce” — the emerging era where artificial intelligence acts not only as an assistant, but as a buyer on behalf of consumers.... read more

06 Oct 25 @ 15:49

The British e-commerce sector enters 2025 on uncertain footing. Despite steady growth and signs of consumer resilience, retailers now face a sophisticated new wave of fraud — one that extends... read more

01 Oct 25 @ 12:29

Agentic commerce — where autonomous AI agents transact on behalf of individuals and businesses — has taken a decisive step forward. PayOS, a payments and value-added services platform, announced it... read more

01 Oct 25 @ 11:07

The UK payments landscape is undergoing one of the most profound shifts in its history. Figures from UK Payment Markets 2025 show that nearly 49 billion transactions were made in... read more

26 Sep 25 @ 11:19

The path of history is littered with technology that looked like the future. The pocket computer, complete with stylus input and rudimentary apps, became a must-have for executives, selling millions... read more

24 Sep 25 @ 10:05

Hari Vasudev, CTO of Walmart’s US business, says that he expects agentic commerce to drastically change the way companies like Walmart engage online. He points to them building agents of... read more

09 Sep 25 @ 13:06

Global e-commerce payments are projected to surge past $13 trillion by 2030, according to new analysis from Juniper Research, marking a 57% increase on the $8.3 trillion expected in 2025.... read more

05 Sep 25 @ 11:44

The DACH region — Germany, Austria and Switzerland — remains one of Europe’s most influential hubs for e-commerce. Germany alone ranks as the sixth largest online retail market worldwide. Yet... read more

05 Sep 25 @ 09:54

To date, our series on SME digitalization has considered opportunities in this segment, the challenges of serving SMEs in emerging markets, and the role of banks and fintechs in SME... read more

03 Sep 25 @ 15:19

The narrative of online retail is often dominated by success stories: platforms scaling at speed, new entrants disrupting incumbents, and established players adapting to digital-first consumer behaviour. Yet for every... read more

28 Aug 25 @ 11:50

For decades, retailers have fixated on Baby Boomers and Millennials as the twin pillars of consumer spending. Yet a quiet generational shift is underway. In 2025, Generation X – those... read more