Subscription Economy stories

G2A teams up with epay to broaden its marketplace with hundreds of gaming and entertainment gift cards as demand for prepaid digital spending grows.

Personetics and Atomic team up to let banks prompt deposit and bill switching inside apps, aiming to cut friction and boost primary relationships.

Visa rolls out enhanced Subscription Manager for issuers, letting banks offer in-app controls for recurring payments as subscription spending surges.

Xero is axing its app store billing by June 2026, forcing developers onto new API-based tiers and their own subscription systems.

Australian subscription brands are turning to hyper-automation to replace clunky billing, scale complex pricing and stay ahead of rivals.

Boku lifts H1 revenue 34% and EBITDA 53% as merchants shift from cards to wallets, pushing payment volumes to $7.4 billion.

AI is set to reshape eCommerce by 2026, powering discovery, emotional journeys and flexible subscriptions built on cleaner product data.

Small businesses are cutting back on costly martech subscriptions, favouring simpler, local Australian software that better fits their needs and budgets.

HitPay and Yuno partner to simplify payments, enabling merchants to use a single API for local e-wallets and schemes across Asia Pacific markets.

Amazon Prime tops the list of most-cancelled subscription apps, with 578,000 monthly cancellation searches, surpassing Disney+ by nearly 45%.

Amazon Prime leads digital subscription cancellations with 578,000 monthly searches, as users reconsider services amid rising costs and tiered pricing models.

B2C firms are embracing AI-powered self-service platforms to cut costs and boost customer flexibility, enhancing subscription account management.

Cleeng has partnered with Primer to enhance global payment operations, aiming to reduce subscriber churn while boosting payment performance across markets.

Prvidr has opened a new office in Townsville to better serve its expanding clientele across Queensland, boosting technology job opportunities in the region.

In the latest Transformation Insider edition, experts reveal generative AI's potential to reshape supply chains and fuel customer growth across Asia.

Interworks.cloud appoints Katerina Moumtzoglou as CFO, leveraging her 20+ years of financial expertise to drive global growth and cement its cloud commerce leadership.

To excel in the booming SaaS market, resellers need to harness data, build customer-centric subscription models, and leverage automation to streamline operations.

Chargebee has named Brian Clark as President of Go-to-Market and Andrew Sherwood as SVP of Global Sales, aiming to capitalise on the booming USD $1.5 trillion subscription economy.

Despite high expectations, Equipment as a Service makes up less than 1% of 2023 equipment sales amid global interest.

Pure Storage is upgrading its partner programme to provide better support and align with partners' business models.