Ecommerce Industry News
Announced in March, eBay’s Managed Payments integration with Google Pay is completed. That means buyers can now pay for purchases from US-based sellers who are opted in to eBay’s own payment processing system. Google Pay […]
Mercari’s payments subsidiary Merpay has entered into an alliance with another payment service with the goal of promoting a “cashless society,” beginning in Japan. Mercari Inc. established Merpay Inc. in November 2017 as a fully-owned […]
If you’re due to get a tax refund this year, would you prefer it be sent directly to your PayPal account? That’s an option for US taxpayers if you have a PayPal Cash Card. Business […]
eBay is adding Google Pay to Managed Payments, which is currently optional for sellers as the marketplace transitions away from PayPal powering its payment processing. eBay already offers Apple Pay for mobile payments through Managed […]
Amazon is making it easier for US merchants to accept its payments solution off-Amazon thanks to a deal with Worldpay, which announced Wednesday it is the first acquirer enabling Amazon Pay for its merchants. Worldpay […]
Selling on Instagram is now possible with the help of PayPal. This is bound to be very welcome news for small sellers who chafe at marketplace restrictions – though for now, the beta product is […]
PayPal has been making it easier for users to withdraw funds, and this week, it’s rolling out “Instant Transfer to bank” to consumers in the US, though it comes with fees. PayPal expects to roll […]
Reports came flooding in on Friday, February 15, about Etsy taking funds from some sellers’ bank accounts and charging their credit cards for hundreds, even thousands of dollars. Etsy updated sellers on a thread on […]
Late last week we reported on the Etsy billing debacle in which it incorrectly withdrew funds from some sellers’ bank accounts and charged some sellers’ credit cards, despite the sellers not owing fees. The problem […]
The next phase of eBay’s Managed Payments rollout will impact larger merchants. As we reported in November, eBay is turning off Integrated Merchant Credit Card Accounts (IMCC) in two phases beginning March 1, 2019 – […]