Here’s what we’ve been reading in the global payments news this week. There’s everything from Amazon’s new 4-Star concept store to the mall of the future, biometric payments, contactless payments research and the challenge of look-alike domains. It’s all the news you can use for ...
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With the fast growth of online shopping, a new research report from Venafi shows hackers are also increasing their efforts to steal confidential shopper data using look-alike domains. Global cybersecurity firm Venafi analyzed suspicious domains targeting the top 20 retailers in the US, UK, France, ...
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If you’re a certain age, you might remember the grand FW Woolworth’s department store. Founded in 1878, the successful chain pioneered the five-and-dime store where you could find thousands of products at reasonable prices. It grew into one of the world’s largest department store chains ...
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It’s not like Visa and MasterCard haven’t tried to get US consumers to embrace contactless cards. But according to a recent infographic released by Visa, only 0.6% of US consumers used contactless payments as of September 2017. Contrast that with some of the biggest adopters ...
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The payments industry loves the promise of new technology whether it’s mobile payments, fingerprints, facial recognition or other biometric payments. But the challenge of moving from test markets to the real world is always present. Visa, Mountain America Credit Union, and Fingerprints AB ran a ...
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India’s leading online shopping site Flipkart, now 77% owned by Walmart, launched a cashless credit program that will give shoppers access to an instant credit line of up to Rs 60,000 ($834 USD) to buy products on the e-commerce marketplace. The announcement comes just ahead ...
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Here’s the best global payments news that crossed our desk this week, all curated and quickly accessed for your weekend reading enjoyment via Payments NEXT. Retail sales prediction: Black Friday & holiday sales could jump 15.5% A new report from Internet Retailer suggests US 2018 holiday retail sales could ...
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Here’s the best global payments news that crossed our desk this week, all curated and quickly accessed for your weekend reading enjoyment. We start with PayPal’s acquisition of iZettle for $2.2 billion. Amazon’s Alexa introduces six new products, hoping to dominate the voice shopping market. ...
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A new report from Internet Retailer suggests US 2018 holiday retail sales could grow by 15.5% this year. US shoppers are expected to spend $119.99 billion in online shopping in November and December 2018 compared with $103.80 billion spent during the same timeframe last year. ...
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The business world has become more competitive than ever. Not only is there increased pressure on companies to be profitable, but also to keep information safe. For many companies, cybersecurity is an area that’s easy to cut back on, but that can prove to be ...
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