Payment: a lever for retail innovation

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This month, our editorial team highlights how innovation is taking shape around payment. This key stage, enabling turnover to be collected by retailers, is at the heart of numerous pilots and POCs: roll-out of mobile checkout in the aisles, rise of wallets and BNPL options, expansion of Wero…
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BNPL: in a mature market, Alma, Klarna, Scalapay, Younited and Oney seek new growth levers
As BNPL reached maturity in France and Europe and commonplace online, players in the sector are accelerating their transformation. Longer instalments, new verticals, extended services and…
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