By Trinity Van, PayNearMe When low-income individuals start businesses, the first hurdle they face is securing a loan. The second is getting the loan payments disbursed quickly and safely, preferably in the same account they use to pay their business expenses. By design, many small ...
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By André Leite Futuro, Head of Global Partnerships at ClearSale Friendly fraud can be an online retailer’s worst enemy. While fraud detection tools are increasingly adept at spotting fraud attempts by organized criminals, fraud committed by otherwise good individual customers can be hard to detect–and it’s getting ...
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The payment industry is exploding with innovation. From digital wallets to blockchain, experts predict advancements in payments will play a significant role in driving the success of retailers everywhere, online and off. Staying competitive within your industry means adapting to current payments technology, and embedded payment ...
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By Chris Abele, VP & General Manager, Global & Emerging Payments, Fiserv Globalizing commerce presents an enormous revenue opportunity. Credit Suisse says cross-border commerce accounts for roughly $900 billion in payments volume globally. Yet, as enticing as it may be for businesses to expand into ...
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By Bob Kaufman, CEO of Connexpay Payment intermediaries play a crucial role in facilitating transactions between customers and third-party vendors – everyone from mom-and-pop travel agencies to major global ticket comparison sites has the same basic business model of acting as a ‘middleman’ between two ...
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By Michael Engel, Managing Director & VP of Payments at Diebold Nixdorf Payments are a critical piece of a financial institution’s value proposition. Payments represent nearly a third of revenue at most banks and the largest share of bank interactions with customers. However, over the ...
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By Suresh Dakshina, Co-founder, Chargeback Gurus This February, US credit card debt hit an astonishing all-time high – $986 billion. This is just three years after stimulus checks and broader pay raises had allowed Americans to save more than ever—the personal savings rate of April ...
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A busy week in payments news already. We’ve got a roundup of the latest global payments news to keep you in the know and out in front of the latest industry developments. The Merchants Payments Coalition says the Credit Card Competition Act could save merchants ...
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By Gaurav Mittal, Executive Vice President, Ethoca The speed of commerce is exhilarating. Recent data shows overall US retail sales are up 8.8% yearly, with e-commerce specifically up 8.4%. With resilient consumer spending since the start of the year, it’s inevitable that, against this backdrop, ...
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Alex Baulf, Senior Director, Global Indirect Tax and E-Invoicing, Avalara E-invoicing isn’t a new concept in the world of payments. Since the advent of machine-readable document formats, businesses have been sending and processing electronic invoices as part of their accounts receivable and payable processes. However, ...
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