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NatWestwill test biometrics bank card
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A biometrics bank payments card? Thumbs up!

Trouble remembering your payment card PIN number? Beginning in April, two British banks will test a bank card with a built-in biometrics scanner to enable more secure payments authentication. Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest will test the new bank card with a built-in fingerprint ...
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UK invoice fraud
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50% of UK businesses at risk of invoice fraud

New research from Santander Business shows that half of UK businesses are at risk of invoice fraud because they do not check invoices diligently. The survey says only 50% of UK businesses verify details in email invoices, leaving them at risk of invoice fraud. 40% ...
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Mar 8 Global payments news roundup

What a busy week in the payments world despite the distractions in DC! Here’s your weekly global payments news roundup. Philly became the first US city to ban cashless stores totally. A Mitek survey looks at cross-border e-commerce and a recipe for success. We’ve got ...
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Shopify Plus global e-commerce research
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Ingredients for cross-border e-commerce success

Are you already selling globally or unsure where to start or how to improve your cross-border sales? We’ve got some insight and tips from Shopify Plus that should help you tap into the estimated $3.5 trillion global retail e-commerce market. Some 57% of global online ...
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Global payments trends to watch in 2019

Credit and debit card payments account for the vast majority of the United States’ online purchases, particularly with the introduction of contactless payments. However, this doesn’t ring true for the rest of the globe. In fact, card issuers such as Visa and Mastercard only account ...
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Why BOPIS 2018 holiday shopping sales jumped 46%

While 2018 holiday shopping retail results were up a solid 5.2%, it’s the buy online pickup in-store (BOPIS) sales jump of 46% that got industry analysts attention. A new report from Bell & Howell and OrderDynamics has some answers on why shoppers are embracing BOPIS, ...
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March 1 Global payments news roundup

It’s Friday and we’ve got a solid lineup of global payments news starting with a brand perspective on voice ordering, FedEx robot delivery tests, and a point-of-sale loan partnership between fintech Affirm and Walmart. Check JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s props for Square and a view ...
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Walmart and Affirm offer POS loans
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Walmart and Affirm will offer POS loans

Walmart and Silicon Valley lender Affirm announced plans to offer the 4000-store retailer’s customers loans at the point-of-sale (POS) online and in-store at most US Walmart locations. The companies hope a simple, point-of-sale purchase and POS loan will appeal to consumers tired of excessive credit ...
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State of fashion e-commerce 2019
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What’s driving fashion e-commerce in 2019?

New research from Nosto and an analysis of more than 1.2 billion site visits across online fashion retailers, provides valuable insight into the state of fashion e-commerce in 2019. With a “retail first” approach, the most successful online fashion retailers are finding new ways to ...
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cybersecurity and online fraud myths
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Myths vs facts: Exposing 3 misconceptions in payments fraud and security

In our bustling e-commerce landscape – today’s most competitive market – it’s hard to believe that many online merchants, particularly those based in the U.S., avoid access to global transactions. When considering U.S. cross border e-commerce is expected to bring in $203 billion by 2021, ...
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