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Swedish government mandates debit payment preferences
E-commerce Payments Trends

Did Sweden set the next big trend in e-commerce payments?

by James Booth, VP, Head of Partnerships, EMEA, PPRO Swedish Parliament, Stockholm Designed to increase consumer protection for online shopping and curb rising household debt amongst Swedish consumers (currently increasing at a rate of 7% per annum), the Swedish Parliament has approved an amendment to ...
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Serious Scamdemic of pandemic fraud attacks
Banking Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

Inside the growing payments and financial “scamdemic”

There’s no question e-commerce is booming for many reasons during the global pandemic. There’s one other huge growth industry during this same timeframe. It’s something I call a “scamdemic” – a pandemic of payments and financial fraud that’s costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars. ...
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Q2 2020 E-commerce sales records for retail
E-commerce Retail

Big US retailers hit Q2 online revenue home runs

If there was any doubt that the future of retail is omnichannel, Q2 online sales results for Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s tell the story of growing digital dominance during the pandemic. US Q2 e-commerce up 44.5% According to the Marketplace Pulse, US e-commerce ...
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E-commerce Payments Trends

Payments shock factor: The digital acceleration no one saw coming

By: Steve Villegas, VP of Payment Partnerships North America at PPRO To suggest that COVID-19 has transformed the future of business would be too obvious. But, in certain industries like retail, it is hard to fathom just how much change the pandemic has ignited. The ...
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3 key payments industry disruptions
Banking Bitcoin & Blockchain Fintech Payments Trends

3 trends disrupting traditional B2B payments

The impact of COVID-19 has accelerated disruption in the B2B payments marketplace and according to a new study from Juniper Research, it will be two years before business recovers its losses. The research shows how deep the disruption to business has been around the world ...
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Banking Fintech Payments Trends

How COVID-19 changed business payments

By Brady Harris, CEO of Dwolla Organizations across all industries are operating under completely different circumstances and many leaders are in uncharted territory as they maneuver through the coronavirus. If COVID-19 has taught us anything it’s that we must interact with our customers digitally in ...
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E-commerce Payments Trends Retail

Forget “new-normal”, welcome to “now-normal” e-commerce

Since the onset of COVID-19, we’ve been living with a shopping and e-commerce reality that industry analysts and trend watchers have dubbed the “new-normal.” Signifyd’s latest Pulse Report for E-commerce indicates the idea of “new-normal” is already an outdated concept and we really should now ...
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Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity E-commerce

US coronavirus scammers break $100 million barrier

Not only is COVID-19 wreaking havoc on the health and finances of consumers around the world, but scammers are also having a field day, surging past $105 million in fraud losses this year to date in the US alone. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ...
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SMBs meet new consumer purchase preferences
Cybersecurity E-commerce Payments Research Retail

Visa study finds new consumer purchase paths and SMBs responding

From online shopping with rising digital and contactless payments and the massive increase in home deliveries, retail online and in-store after the pandemic will never be the same. Visa is out with a new study that looks at both shifting consumers’ preferences and small business ...
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B2B payments automation
Banking Fintech Payments Trends

Finexio finds payments growth and new partner despite pandemic

US B2B payments automation was gaining wider adoption last year and early into the new year. The obvious appeal to business owners and CFOs was cost savings, faster payments by clients and for suppliers, potential faster-pay discounts, quicker automated reconciliation, and a greatly reduced burden ...
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