Ingenico Experts / Shaping the future of payment
Ingenico Experts / Shaping the future of payment
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many of us into virtual learners.
Many online service businesses have seen dramatic swings in demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In contrast, providers of cloud-based services – including software-as-a-service (SaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) – have experienced relative stability. In its latest subscription economy report, Ingenico’s subscription partner Zuora notes that software companies have seen a ‘limited impact’ overall from the pandemic. Unsurprisingly, communication and collaboration services have performed well, with the former growing 1.4X.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for digital goods and services has exploded as businesses have been forced online and customers have been shopping safely from home. Most of us experienced a much higher number of video calls that replaced face to face interaction, even birthday parties and weddings ceremonies were done via video these days. The digital conference tool Zoom experienced a huge spike in use on a single day in April, with 300 million people using its services.
Consequently, digital businesses are now reaching a critical mass, with demand coming in from new demographics and geographies, while payments are playing a critical role, enabling them to open up new markets and optimize the potential from existing customers.
So, in this blog I’ll explain the key areas for digital companies to consider, and how to reach what we call ‘peak payments conversion’.
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On the Ingenico 40th anniversary, let’s have a look on the early years of the company short after Roland Moreno’s invention of the smart card in 1974.