Your Friday roundup of global payments news is ready for launch. We start with a look at 2018 gift card preferences and what’s on the horizon. Then we move over to China for a look at a boom in biometrics payments. Ever ordered dinner from ...
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First Data has some fascinating research on 2018 gift card preferences, growth and trends in the UK. If you’re a retailer or online seller using gift cards as part of your marketing strategy, you’ll want to learn more. Physical gift cards just won’t die One ...
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In China, more than 580 million people made a payment with their mobile phone last year and 68% used a mobile wallet for off-line payments. In many cases, this increasingly cashless society uses QR codes for purchases atlocations including noodle shops, fast food restaurants, electronics ...
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In the US, fast food is a $200 billion industry. The on-demand food delivery business is also growing fast and is now estimated to be a $2 billion-plus a year industry according to a new report from Edison Trends. Let’s look at some of the ...
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Welcome to Payments NEXT’s weekly global payments news roundup. The week started with a bang with the planned $43 billion FIS/Worldpay merger. We covered several new product launches including Verifi’s self-service chargeback service, Branch’s new payday loan features, and ZestFinance’s bias-free lending platform. We also ...
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If you’re curious about the state of e-commerce in the Western EU, a new report from Internet Retailer says sales of the top Europe 500 online retailers and consumer brands grew 13.9% in 2017. This came at the expense of off-line retailers whose sales only ...
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It’s Friday and we’ve got your global payments news roundup. 23% of e-commerce in Europe is now cross-border according to a new report. Research shows consumers would buy more if retailers offered free returns. Thumbs up for the new biometrics bank card now testing in ...
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Are you already selling globally or unsure where to start or how to improve your cross-border sales? We’ve got some insight and tips from Shopify Plus that should help you tap into the estimated $3.5 trillion global retail e-commerce market. Some 57% of global online ...
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Credit and debit card payments account for the vast majority of the United States’ online purchases, particularly with the introduction of contactless payments. However, this doesn’t ring true for the rest of the globe. In fact, card issuers such as Visa and Mastercard only account ...
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While 2018 holiday shopping retail results were up a solid 5.2%, it’s the buy online pickup in-store (BOPIS) sales jump of 46% that got industry analysts attention. A new report from Bell & Howell and OrderDynamics has some answers on why shoppers are embracing BOPIS, ...
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