It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and online sales all throughout the Empire. The good news according to the latest findings from Coresight Research is that 2019 holiday sales are expected to be up 3.5% to 4% compared with last year. That puts ...
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Welcome to the weekly global payments news roundup where it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas sales predictions. At least according to the National Retail Federation, which says holiday sales should be up 3.8%-4.2% over last year. We profile a new banking app Cleo ...
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The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts sales this holiday season should be up 3.8%-4.2% over last year. Despite concerns about a hangover from China-US tariff disputes, the NRF is hoping US holiday sales will reach between $727.9 billion and $730.7 billion, excluding auto, gasoline and ...
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Yo! You knew it was just a matter of time before your kids got a bank app that only speaks their language and doesn’t want to talk to Boomers at all, right? When a news release announcing its US banking app launch starts like this, ...
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UK headquartered GoCardless launched services to enable international ACH (Automated Clearing House) debit payments for US companies in more than 30 countries around the world. The new service also enables easy US payments to GoCardless’s existing 40,000-plus international customers. GoCardless has built a global bank debit ...
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GoCardless is out with a new report on payments preferences in 10 major markets that comprise 80% of global e-commerce. The report gives us valuable insights into consumer payments preferences in 10 countries. We’ve got a quick quiz to see how much you know about ...
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It’s definitely the busy season and we’ll help you save time with this week’s global payments industry news roundup. Narvar tells us what customers hate most about returning products and what to do about it. Macy’s same-day delivery program sets a new bar for US ...
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Product returns are one of the biggest e-commerce business challenges. They’re expensive in time, staffing, logistics, and overall cost. They’re frustrating for customers. According to research from Narvar, properly handled and managed, customer returns can turn into an e-commerce asset. In fact, research shows 96% ...
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Macy’s announcement of a new, free, same-day delivery program for hundreds of thousands of products, creates a whole new US retail reality. As if retailers didn’t have enough competition from Amazon, Walmart, Target and other e-commerce sellers, Macy’s just set the home-delivery bar higher than ...
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With the same resilience as bitcoin, cryptocurrency payments for merchants are still alive and well despite what some may perceive as declining interest by merchants and consumers. According to UTRUST, more than 100,000 merchants around the world accept cryptocurrency payments for goods and services today. ...
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