With the launch of its MasterCard Digital Wellness program, the payments giant is making some smart moves to enhance digital payments and security for the small business sector. The new AI technology and suite of resources helps small and independent businesses offer online customers password-free, ...
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E-commerce
E-commerce
E-commerce, global competition, and changing shopper tastes and demographics have caused dramatic disruption in the US retail marketplace. Coresight Research tracked 5,524 US store-closures in 2018 compared to a record 8,139 closures in 2017. The company says at the end of May, the number of ...
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Welcome to this week’s global payments news roundup which leads off with an interview with Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan who talks about moving towards a cashless society. Next, we look at Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency announcement and what’s ahead for the proposed new cryptocurrency ...
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When it comes to delivering products by drone, Walmart and Amazon are going head-to-head in what many believe is the future of fast deliveries for online shoppers. According to BDO, Walmart filed 97 new drone patents with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) since July ...
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Minnesota State University infosecurity grad student Dan Salmon has a cybersecurity warning for seven million users of the popular P2P app Venmo. He recently downloaded your data to prove to Venmo that one year after they were warned by other security experts about the security ...
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Bond Capital founder, VC investor, and technology analyst Mary Meeker is well-regarded for her annual internet trends reports. We’ll ignore whether a 333-slide presentation is good communications or smart presentation strategy, but there is something for everyone in her analyses and we’ve got a quick ...
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Let’s face it. Cross-border B2B payments are still at the teething stage. Trillions of dollars move through large decentralized financial networks daily, but the process is slow, complicated, and expensive for banks and their business customers. Visa B2B Connect aims to ease the pain of cross-border ...
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According to FICO, over 25% of US consumers have a “poor” credit rating thanks to overspending, over lending, and inadequate regulation. That’s more than 43 million Americans with credit scores less than 629 and 14% of the population has no credit rating at all. Another ...
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It’s never a happy day when a 109-year-old retailer files for bankruptcy. That’s certainly the case with FTD as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and begins to sell off its business assets, one bouquet at a time. A colorful history Founded in 1910 ...
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The checkout line is getting crowded with point-of-sale (POS) finance competitors each looking for a slice of the consumer lending market with the help of innovative technology and platforms. Filene Research Institute estimates the annual size of the POS finance market in the US at $391 billion ...
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