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How can merchants get the upside – with no downside – of cross-border payments?

By John Lunn, CEO, Gr4vy Global retail e-commerce sales are on track to reach $7.4 trillion by 2025, with consumer payments driving sales at checkout. Moreover, the COVID-19 ...
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Just-in-time supplier e-payment enrollment: Strategy whose time has come

By Jill Rosenthal, Sr. Director of Payment Optimization, MineralTree While payments are an unavoidable cost of doing business, many accounts payable (AP) and finance teams have transitioned to ...
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global payments race

Keeping pace with innovation to ensure secure, prompt payments

 By Boyce Adams, Senior Vice President of Growth at AvidXchange Protecting customer privacy and security has always been a priority for financial services, but as new developments like ...
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Can the US go from lagger to leader in contactless payments?

By Gary Prince, Chief Strategy Officer at SimplyPayMe, Contactless payment methods have swept across Europe over the past few years and are beloved for their ease of use. ...
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Future-proofing payments: Configurability beats customization

By Jill Bohlken, Director of Enterprise Sales, PayNearMe While most of us think “customized” means best-of-the-best, that doesn’t always hold true for technology solutions, including payments platforms. A ...
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global payments news and research

May 27: PaymentsNEXT global news roundup

Busy, busy, busy pretty much describes the payments industry this week. Today’s news roundup features new EMV contactless specs, faster payments features and benefits, zero fraud guarantee for ...
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2021 global fraud +9.4%

TransUnion: Shipping fraud (+780%) led digital fraud growth in 2021

by Jeff Domansky According to TransUnion’s latest annual fraud survey, fraudsters are finding new ways to scam merchants and consumers, leading to a new growth industry. Overall fraud ...
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Apr 27 global payments news

PaymentsNEXT: April 27 Global payments news roundup

Time for a quick global roundup of payments news. We start with a new Mastercard-Microsoft ID tie-up, Visa spending jump, digital wallets growth and a look at the ...
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inflation hurts small business

Five ways small businesses can fight back against inflation

By Prashant Gandhi, Chief Business Officer, Melio With the COVID-19 pandemic showing no sign of slowing and employees leaving their jobs at a record pace as part of ...
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Why Tax Plays a Critical Role in Payments

By Amit Mathradas, President and COO, Avalara The payments ecosystem has undergone rapid change over the last decade and even more so since the onset of the COVID-19 ...
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