Russian hackers and trolls may have received all the media coverage in 2017 but it was Chinese and Venezuelan hackers who carried out the most e-commerce fraud in 2017 according to a new report by Experian. In its 2017 E-commerce Fraud report, Experian says online shopping ...
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Our newsletter today features a new research report from CSI & The Center for Generational Kinetics on millennial banking habits and preferences and how banks can win over and keep these profitable bank customers in a digital, competitive world. We also highlight an excellent profile ...
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Millennials are entering the wealth-accumulation phase of their lives and are driving all major banking trends. A new CSI and The Center for Generational Kinetics research report provides insight into these new millennial banking preferences and behaviors and what millennials now need and want from ...
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US retail sales rose 0.6 percent in March 2018 according to the US Census Bureau. Not great, but not negative. More interesting and telling was the recent newsletter from loyalty marketing group Colloquy which profiled eight brands succeeding despite the challenging US retail environment. Several ...
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Today, we’re looking at PayPal’s campaign to bring in new customers from the nine million “unbanked” US residents who either don’t use a bank or don’t like using banks. We examine how traditional banks are losing mobile customers because their user experience on bank mobile ...
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A new report from Javelin Strategy & Research suggests banks may be failing to pivot fast enough to keep up with the changing demands of consumers for mobile banking. Nearly a third (32%) of checking account applications start on a mobile device – more than those ...
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Got no bank? You may be just the customer PayPal is looking for. Of course, more than 227 million worldwide customers know and likely use PayPal often for payments services. PayPal doesn’t have a US bank license but that hasn’t stopped it from moving further ...
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We’ve got a couple of quick stories for you today, starting with the demise of signatures on credit cards by the major credit card networks. That’s way overdue. Also, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb will let users pay by cryptocurrency for products and gifts using ...
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When was the last time you used a pay phone? I can’t remember either. In the same way, by the end of this month, credit card signatures will no longer be required on four major credit card networks, including – American Express, Discover, Mastercard and ...
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Yandex.Money launched 'Pay in Parts' – a new service for online buyers in Russia and around the world. ...
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