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 pandemic as digital commerce grew in popularity. Among the top changes is the widespread adoption of digital ...
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E-commerce
E-commerce
A busy day and busy week ahead for global payments news in this roundup from PaymentsNEXT. US e-commerce jumped 14.2% in 2021, payments sector investment may get a reset, FYNCR introduced an all-in-one credit card bill payments mobile app, and the Tillful Card promises SMBs ...
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By Rodger Desai, Prove Co-Founder & CEO As we evolve into a more phone-centric and mobile-first world, digital identification is becoming a powerful tool to enable safer and more secure transactions and digital interactions. In tandem, the digital payments industry is rapidly expanding alongside us ...
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Welcome to our final payments news roundup and post for this year. A new Nilson report says we can look forward to $408.5 billion in losses globally due to fraud by 2030. Community Banks are expected to create a new payments network to challenge Zelle. ...
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Seismic payments shift ahead Doug Hall 2022 is shaping up to be a year of seismic change in the payments business. In Part 1 of our series and today’s Part 2, a clear pattern emerges from the insights of our industry leaders. As Trevipay’s Brandon ...
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The end of fintech as we know it? Doug Hall As we reached out to payment industry leaders for a look back at the year and predictions about what’s ahead for 2022, we were thrilled with the responses and willingness to go on the record ...
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By Jeff Domansky With Black Friday sales over and the holiday shopping season well underway, let’s take a look at how merchants and the payments industry fared. First, a sales overview from the retail industry’s National Retail Federation (NRF) and Adobe Analytics. Overall sales decreased ...
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Offering better flexibility and efficiencies than checks and other outdated options, prepaid cards can save businesses money, reach more people and provide unparalleled versatility By Theresa McEndree, Head of Global Marketing and Brand, Blackhawk Network Many US businesses issue incentives and disbursements via checks or ...
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By Jeff Domansky A 15-month research study by global payments provider Vesta shows that from 10% to as many as 13% of card-not-present (CNP), online transactions may be fraudulent. Coupled with annual e-commerce growth of 32.4% in the US and 27.6% globally, the result is ...
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Lots of global payment news rolling out as PayPal cancels international BNPL fees, Paysafe spends $441 million to acquire SafetyPay, record half-year VC fintech investment of $98 billion, T-Mobile’s disastrous hacking, increased automated fraud, and retail companies reporting the latest quarterly results (Walmart, Target) and ...
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