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April 10 Payments NEXT big global news roundup

The weeks are sliding by slowly as we all stay at home and wait out the COVID-19 crisis. Today, on this Good Friday, we’ve got another big roundup of global payments, fintech, and e-commerce news. It feels like there are not quite as many clouds ...
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Forter Fraud Index, 8th Edition
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Coronavirus insights enhance annual Forter Fraud Attack Index research

Forter today released the 8th edition of its Fraud Attack Index, a comprehensive trend report on sophisticated fraud attack vectors and the evolution of fraud. Forter also released a COVID-19 Special Report, focusing on Coronavirus related e-commerce consumer behavior and fraud trends during the Q1 2020. The coronavirus ...
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Banking Payments Trends

April 6 Global payments news roundup

We’re starting this week with a big global payments news roundup since there’s so much going on in the payments, fintech, and e-commerce industry around the world. We hope you find the business intelligence valuable and that you’re staying safe and healthy during these trying ...
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Payments Trends Retail

Companies doing GOOD during coronavirus pandemic

It’s a sad reality that so many businesses have closed, laid-off employees, seen massive revenue decreases, and suffered other harsh impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. Many businesses have been forced to go into crisis management and survival mode as a result. But some companies are ...
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cashless payments growing
Payments Research Payments Trends

Cashless or classless: The flaws in today’s payment debate

By: Steve Villegas, VP of Payment Partnerships at PPRO There is a constant debate on whether global economies should continue to offer cash payments or go cashless by converting solely to digital. Critics say this move would disenfranchise unbanked, cash-dependent consumers and does not drive ...
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concern for coronavirus impact on rent and lease payments
Banking Payments Trends

First of month rent, mortgage and lease payments raise US financial concerns

Only about one-third of US workers can work from home and they earn about 45% of the country’s wages. Being the first of the month, there are millions of rents, business leases and other payments due. The big question, is what happens with them? In ...
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E-commerce Fintech

Mar 30: Payments, e-commerce & retail news roundup & coronavirus insights

In the spirit of sharing as much strategic information and business intelligence as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve got another news roundup to keep you up to date on the latest breaking payments, e-commerce, and retail news stories. In India, the country’s Retail Association ...
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global fraud grows during coronavirus pandemic
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TransUnion reports both e-commerce growth and COVID-19 fraud increase

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on March 11th, new research by TransUnion identified a 23% increase in weekly e-commerce transactions the following week. While somewhat predictable, the growth in the e-commerce transactions was also accompanied by an ...
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coronavirus and supply chain management
Logistics

Will your supply chain survive the coronavirus pandemic?

The supply chain for products around the world, no matter the source country, is stressed and stretched beyond belief. It’s an open question of what the supply chain will actually look like when the pandemic eases. We’ve gathered a collection of insights from experts that ...
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E-commerce Retail

Retail wrestles with COVID-19 around the world

Other than hospitals, no one is harder hit than retailers around the world and online. Merchants face growing challenges with their supply chain, overwhelming consumer demand or lack of demand, forced closures by some governments, decreased shopping by many consumers, and hoarding of products by ...
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