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2019 holiday shopping research
Payments Research Payments Trends Retail

How’s holiday shopping shaping up for consumers and retailers?

Don’t be too fast to write off bricks and mortar retailers during this holiday shopping season. According to new research from Experian, 52% of consumers will shop in a retail store this year compared with 26% who plan to shop online and 22% on their ...
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India payments infrastructure expands
Banking Mobile Payments Payments Research Payments Trends

Who dominates India’s $1 trillion payments market?

Credit Suisse predicts India’s payments market will be worth more than $1 trillion by 2023. Guess who’s already dominating this burgeoning payments market? You might be surprised to learn that it’s two American companies that are leading the payments industry in India – Google Pay ...
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global payments news
E-commerce Fintech Payments Trends Retail

Nov 22 Global payments news roundup

Yes, we know you’ve been watching the impeachment hearings but it’s time to get caught up on global payments news from around the globe. We start with PayPal’s acquisition of shopping and rewards technology company Honey and why it makes strategic sense. TransUnion takes a ...
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PayPal acquires Honey
E-commerce Loyalty Payments Technology

PayPal seeks rewards gold in Honey acquisition

PayPal announced the acquisition of Los Angeles-based consumer shopping and rewards technology company Honey for $4 billion. Launched in 2012, Honey has 17 million active users who use the platform to find savings as they shop online at more than 30,000 participating online merchants in ...
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Credit Card & Online Fraud E-commerce

TransUnion fraud survey highlights merchant holiday sales risks

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday approaching, online sellers are gearing up for the most important sales event of the year. Unfortunately, fraudsters are also gearing up and consumers are concerned. According to a new report from TransUnion, nearly half of consumers (46%) are worried ...
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Sao Paulo, Brazil
Banking E-commerce Payments Research

How to expand your business into Latin America

By Javier Vallaure, General Manager LATAM at PPRO Latin America is a continent of contrasts – both culturally and economically. The region comprises countries whose per capita GDP compares favorably with mid-ranking European nations, but also those whose citizens are among the poorest globally. Despite ...
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global payments news
Banking E-commerce Payments Trends

Nov 15 Global payments news roundup

Here’s what we found noteworthy in the global payments news this week. Brightwell with NCR is growing its payments niche market with cruiseship crews. Google Bank? The tech giant announced plans for a new banking account service in partnership with Citigroup. A record $38.4 billion ...
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Brightwell Payments serves cruiseship crew
Banking Fintech Payments Technology

Cruising for payments: Brightwell grows unique market niche

Atlanta fintech company Brightwell Payments is growing substantial business in a unique market by helping underserved global workers get paid as well as send and spend money safely and easily worldwide. Brightwell and NCR announced the two companies will collaborate to provide financial services including ...
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Bigtech banks coming
Banking Fintech Payments Trends

Welcome to Google Bank?

It’s official. In 2020, Google will introduce checking accounts for its Google Pay customers in partnership initially with Citigroup and Stanford Federal Credit Union. Analysts expect the new checking account will not carry the Google name but rather be branded with the partner bank name. ...
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2019 Singles Day sales results
E-commerce Retail

All you need to know about 2019 Singles Day sales

The numbers are in and it was another massive Singles Day sales success with more than $38.4 billion in sales in just 24 hours. That’s more than Amazon’s entire third-quarter sales – in one day. The best way to get a handle on it is ...
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