It’s Friday and we’ve got a solid lineup of global payments news starting with a brand perspective on voice ordering, FedEx robot delivery tests, and a point-of-sale loan partnership between fintech Affirm and Walmart. Check JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s props for Square and a view ...
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E-commerce
New research from Nosto and an analysis of more than 1.2 billion site visits across online fashion retailers, provides valuable insight into the state of fashion e-commerce in 2019. With a “retail first” approach, the most successful online fashion retailers are finding new ways to ...
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In our bustling e-commerce landscape – today’s most competitive market – it’s hard to believe that many online merchants, particularly those based in the U.S., avoid access to global transactions. When considering U.S. cross border e-commerce is expected to bring in $203 billion by 2021, ...
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Spring still seems far away in many parts of the country, so let’s warm up with the best of this week’s global payments news. Research from CompareCards.com says consumers are still looking for more credit card rates protection. Apple and Goldman Sachs have teamed up ...
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by Ned Hayes, General Manager, SureID It’s Monday, and you need a little brain fuel in the form of caffeine intake. When you pull up to the ordering station, you name your drink. When you order, you tap the kiosk with one finger. A moment ...
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Tightly woven into e-commerce and payments are the critical issues of trust and privacy for consumers. Experian’s Global Identity and Fraud Report found that 74% of consumers see security as the most important element of their online experience, followed by convenience. Security and convenience are ...
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A study by Coresight Research and Celect estimates non-grocery retailers lost more than 12% of annual sales or more than $300 billion due to markdowns in 2018. Just 60% of inventory is sold at full price, according to the retail leaders surveyed. Competition and rapid ...
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In this week’s payments news, we’ve got an NRF prediction for 2019 retail sales growth of 4.4%. The Anti-Phishing Working Group says 38% of phishing attacks targeted payments information while the Identity Theft Resource Center reports nearly half a billion US consumer records were stolen in ...
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New Feb 1 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regulations on e-commerce have the online selling business in turmoil in India. The new government regulations prohibit foreign-owned companies from restricting local retailers from their marketplace platforms or only selling products from preferred suppliers. Local Indian businesses have ...
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Our global payments news roundup is truly worldwide this week. Visa and MasterCard reported solid year-end financials, although both cards remain locked out of China during the trade dispute. In India, Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart are scrambling to respond to new stringent e-commerce regulations on ...
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