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The way we shop is transforming as consumers embrace contactless payments and curbside pickup. Here's everything you need to know.

The coronavirus has been a catalyst for big changes in the way consumers spend and pay.Ongoing trends like contactless payments and buy now, pay later are accelerating.New trends are emerging, like consumers' preference toward buy online, pick up in-store.Here's how banks, credit card companies, fintechs, and investors are thinking about the new norms in how we shop and pay.Click here for more BI Prime stories.From banks to credit card companies to retailers, the coronavirus pandemic has impacted virtually every player in the payments industry.Ongoing trends, like buy now, pay later and contactless payments, have been accelerated. And new norms in the way we shop, like buy online, pick up in-store, are emerging.We've spoken with execs across the payments ecosystem to understand what's changing,




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Vista Equity Partners Invests Rs 11,367 Cr In Reliance's Jio Platforms, Picks Up 2.32 % Equity Stake

Vista's investment will translate into a 2.32 per cent equity stake in Jio Platforms on a fully diluted basis, making Vista the largest investor in Jio Platforms behind Reliance Industries and Facebook




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Rebel Wilson flaunts her slimmed down waist at Oscars party following epic weight loss

Rebel Wilson is relishing in her epic weight loss. 




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Film studio behind Parasite slams Trump for saying the film should not have won the Best Picture

During the Colorado speech on Thursday, Trump lamented that he did not agree with the outcomes of the Academy Awards after 'Parasite' - a South Korean film - won Best Picture.




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Emma Roberts looks chic in ruffled top as she picks up goodies from Joan's On Third in LA

The Scream Queens star ditched her alter ego of villainous sorority president Chanel Oberlin and went back to basics.




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Jussie Smollett pictured with heavy security after making return to stage following attack

Jussie Smollett was flanked by security as he made his return to the stage on Saturday following a brutal attack last week.




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PICTURED: First wave of 750 paratroopers deploys to Kuwait

On Wednesday at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division boarded C-17 Globemaster aircraft transports bound for Kuwait.




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Pictures show how public spaces have emptied as countries battle to contain COVID-19

A series of photographs taken in recent days from Libya to Singapore show deserted streets after governments across the world shut down borders to contain the deadly coronavirus.




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Russian man saws off his own leg while high on 'zombie drug' spice

Graphic pictures showed the man lying on a hospital bed and clutching at the stump of his left leg which was cut off above the knee in the city of Projopyevsk, 2,100miles east of Moscow.




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Russia's coronavirus tally rises above 10,000 with Moscow at its epicentre

The country reported a record one-day rise of 1,459 new cases on Thursday as well as an increase in the national death toll from 13 to 76.




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Elle Fanning gives the FINGER on the poster for Hulu's fictionalized biopic on Catherine the Great

The Georgia-born 22-year-old executive produces and stars in The Great, which centers on Prussian Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst's transformation into Russia's longest-ruling female leader (1762-1796)




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Chloe Sevigny reveals first picture of baby son Vanja as she poses with boyfriend Sinisa Mackovic

The 45-year-old actress posted the photo on Wednesday, telling fans that her son Vanja Sevigny Mačković was born May 2nd in New York City.




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PICTURED: Bronx motorcycle gang leader, 51, shot dead in broad daylight by two assassins

The widow and daughter of Francisco Rosado, 51, the slain leader of The Bronx chapter of Pagan's Motorcycle Club, have described him as a loving family man who adored his kids and grandkids.




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Julia Roberts, 52, is seen next to a picture of herself at age 23

Movie star Julia Roberts was in a composite of the 52-year-old Oscar-winning actress next to an image of herself from her 1990 film Pretty Woman.




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Aussie Olympic swimmers react to Chinese drug cheat's explosion over another podium snub 

The controversial Yang has been in the spotlight in Gwanju for the past week since  Australia's Mack Horton refused to share the podium with Sun after he finished second in the 400m freestyle final.




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OLIVER HOLT: The use of drugs makes it hard to believe what you are seeing at the Olympics

OLIVER HOLT - MAIL ON SUNDAY CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: A year to go to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and, right on cue, the spectre of doping rides back into town.




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Dylan Alcott removes pictures with Mack Horton on social media after Chinese trolls abuse him

The Australian wheelchair basketballer and tennis player said he owes Horton an apology, but said he could no longer cope with the online abuse he was receiving from Chinese trolls.




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Cyclist shares pictures of his emaciated legs following ten-month doping ban and battle with bulimia

Slovenian cyclist Janez Brajkovic, 35, posted the pictures of his incredibly lean legs after returning to the track following a ten-month doping ban for testing positive for methylhexaneamine.




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Russia facing ban from 2020 Olympics and European Championships

Russia could be set for a new ban from major international sporting events like next summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games over claimed inconsistencies in anti-doping data.




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WADA ban Russia from international sport for next FOUR years... meaning no Olympics and World Cup

Russia have been banned from the world's top sporting events for four years, including next summer's Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Qatar World Cup, for tampering with doping tests.




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US stars plan podium protest at Tokyo Olympics if Russian athletes win medals

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: American athletes are planning podium protests at the Olympics to express anger at the presence of Russian athletes if they win medals at next summer.




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British Olympic Association call for strongest possible action against Russia

British Olympic chiefs have called for even tougher sanctions against Russia to prevent their athletes competing as neutrals in Tokyo next year.




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Spotlight on Tokyo Olympics, Qatar World Cup and cash for Russian doping cover-ups at Diack trial

ROB DRAPER AND PETER ALLEN IN PARIS: A criminal trial will start on Monday with some huge names on the International Olympic Committee sweating to see if they are named in court.




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Olympic hero Sir Mo Farah looks like a man who is hiding something

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: It is with some irony that the lustre of Sir Mo Farah's legacy might now depend on the same kind of iffy memory that got him into this mess in the first place.




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Russia use delaying tactics in bid to compete at Olympics despite ban for state-sponsored doping

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Russia has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport for more time to prepare an appeal against their four-year ban from international sport.




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Three-time Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang banned for EIGHT YEARS for doping

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has been banned for eight years. The Court of Arbitration for Sport found the three-time Olympic champion guilty of refusing to cooperate with sample collectors.




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Russia braced for blanket Olympic ban over doping with athletes set to be froze out

The World Anti-Doping Agency are expected to order a ban on Russian athletes competing at the Olympics as well as preventing them from hosting or competing in major international events.




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Steven Gerrard picks one Liverpool player in his dream XI

After being sent the challenge by his former Liverpool team-mate Jamie Carragher, Gerrard delivered his line-up during an appearance on Sky Sports on Thursday morning.




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Ted Cruz hits out at Jim Carrey painting that depicts him as vampire

Carrey's painting shows O'Rourke pulling a curtain to shine light on Cruz. The actor told his followers to make Tuesday like 'the end of every great vampire movie' and 'turn all those bloodsuckers to dust'.




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Donald Trump claims Marie Yovanovitch 'didn't want to hang my picture in the embassy'

Former Ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on Friday denied Donald Trump's claim that she refused to hang his picture in the U.S. Embassy in Kiev. 




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Shirtless Barack Obama is pictured paddleboarding in Hawaii

Former President Barack Obama, 58, has been vacationing in Hawaii since before Christmas. On January 2, he was pictured paddleboarding in the Pacific Ocean.




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Dancing pictures emerge of the woman accusing Joe Biden of assault

Perez likened the claims to 'the Hillary emails because there was nothing there'. He said Sunday Biden had already been through a comprehensive investigation.




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The lonely streets of London: Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly are among famous spots left empty

Some of London's biggest tourists spots have been left empty as stark aerial images reveal eerie shots of Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus sparsely populated because of the coronavirus.




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Trump sent Trudeau a magazine picture of the Canadian prime minister and scrawled 'looking good!'

Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have exchanged at least a few hand-written notes, according to a Monday report.




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PICTURED: Justin Trudeau wearing blackface and an AFRO wig in high school

In the new photographs, Trudeau is dressed up as Jamaican singer Harry Belafonte to sing Day-O, a Jamaican song, at Jean Brebeuf High School at a talent show in the 1990s.




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Donald Trump Jnr tweets infamous picture of Justin Trudeau in blackface

A dispute between US President Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau continued Wednesday evening when Donald Trump Jr. weighed in on the two leaders' diplomatic spat.




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PICTURED: Inside the Trump Winery wedding of conservative activist Candace Owens

The political commentator, 30, married Brit George Farmer over Labor Day weekend at the Trump winery in Charlottesville, Virginia in front of guests including Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.




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Brexit Party candidate is pictured dressed as a 'vampire Luftwaffe pilot' in a 'Nazi-inspired' band

Dr Graham Cushway, the candidate for Brighton Kemptown, has faced calls to quit after he was revealed as the bassist of a band who dress up as 'undead Luftwaffe pilots'.




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Leonardo DiCaprio PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Actor, 44, and Camila Morrone, 22, cruise into Sardinia

The Titanic actor went shirtless as he soaked up the sunshine in royal blue swim-shorts, while his girlfriend dazzled in a simple black ensemble.




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Joao Felix sidelined for three weeks after picking up ankle knock in Atletico Madrid game

The Portuguese star underwent X-ray and MRI scans at a local hospital and the club later confirmed that their mega-money summer signing has suffered a Grade 2 ankle sprain.




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Stunning pictures show North Korea's mass games, days after Kim Jong-un suspended the event

The North Korean mass games are a spectacle of gymnastic synchronisation believed to be the world's 'biggest human performance' held at Rungrado, reportedly the world's biggest stadium.




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Russell Crowe picks ex-Rabbitoh to lead the NRL after the ex-boss suddenly quit

The 56-year-old Rabbitohs owner believes Richardson is the best candidate for the job after his departure from the club last month.




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Kendall Jenner celebrates Easter with throwback pictures of when she went blonde for a week

Kendall Jenner was feeling nostalgic this Easter. The 24-year-old posted a couple of Instagram throwback pics reminding her 126 million followers of the time she spent '1 week as a blonde, remember?'




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Frozen 2 picks up steam with $16.6M from 26 international markets

Disney's Frozen 2 is growing momentum, scoring $18.6M from 26 markets globally through Thursday.




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Shocking picture of bats for sale in Indonesia shows wet markets are still open

Since I have begun to write on the urgent need to close live animal markets, I have been surprised by the support I have received from across the UK.




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Princess Eugenie picks Alex Bramall for royal wedding portraits

Eugenie, 28, was previously photographed Alex when she posed for a shoot with Harper's Bazaar US in 2016. The official portraits will be taken at Windsor Castle, following the ceremony.




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Keira Knightley is picture perfect in a leopard print coat and lace silk dress 

The actress, 33, proved she can rock any look to perfection as she headed to the AOL Studios in New York City on Tuesday in a stunning number.




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Keira Knightley PICTURE EXC: Heavily pregnant star displays her bump in monochrome maxi dress

The 34-year-old actress sported a full-length monochrome dress underneath a light blue denim jacket as she went shopping for fruit at a local green grocers.




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Jennifer Lawrence is pictured on the set of her new movie where she plays a war veteran

The 28-year-old actress didn't give much away about the plot of the movie as she was pictured casually dressed and removing exercise equipment from a house.




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Jennifer Lawrence can't hide her smile while picking up bridal supplies from Bergdorf Goodman

Though busy, the Academy Award-winning actress, 29, appeared like she was in a great mood, smiling while making her way to Bergdorf Goodman to pick up some bridal supplies.