Platforms that Don’t Offer Real-Time Payments are at Risk of Losing their Sellers and Gig-Workers. Globally, 85% percent of gig economy workers would work more often if they could get paid faster, according to a recent analysis by PYMNTS.com.1 Gig…
Global cross-border shopping will make up 17% of ecommerce by 2023, with sales of $736 billion globally, according to an eShopWorld report1. Given these estimates, global cross-border ecommerce opens up significant growth potential for businesses. Four billion people have the…
Listen Now If you’re a retailer or a new challenger bank, it just doesn’t make sense to build out payments infrastructure. Eric Rosenthal, Rapyd’s Managing Director of the Americas, joins the Tearsheet Podcast to talk about how our Fintech as…
Sarel spoke to John and Steve at Fintech Newscast about the origins of Rapyd and the future of Fintech as a Service. Listen Now Sarel shares the challenges of uniting hundreds of global payment methods into a single network and…
This is the third in a series on the impact of COVID-19 on the digital economy. For more, please read Defying the COVID Economy: These Industries Thrive During the Economic Downturn There’s no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic has done…
The COVID-19 pandemic has made ecommerce an even more entrenched part of how we shop, buy and access products for daily needs. This effect is felt most in fast-growing ecommerce markets that were already experiencing large-scale shifts in consumer behaviors.…
We are entering the fourth industrial revolution1: artificial intelligence, robotics, and connected societies are powering new businesses that leverage the broader opportunities of the diverse, global workforce. Platform, marketplace, and gig-economy business models are taking advantage of workers and supply…
The island nation of Indonesia is home to more than 200 ethnic groups1. With the world’s fourth-largest population and a GDP of over $1 trillion2, this archipelagic country boasts the biggest economy in Southeast Asia – a region brimming with…
Brazil offers ecommerce leaders lucrative opportunities in the largest eCommerce market in Latin America1. Understanding how Brazilian consumers engage in digital commerce and how they prefer to pay is absolutely vital to capturing and growing business. Online marketplaces, digital goods sellers…
Germany can be a challenging market for international ecommerce companies. It’s citizens favor German-made products — due in part to domestic companies' deep cultural understanding of their clientele. Companies looking to enter this market or succeed with cross-border sales need…