By Jeff Domansky, Jane 4, 2021 New research from Checkout.com and Oxford Economics shows that disconnected payments cost merchants more than $20.3 billion in the US, UK, France, and Germany last year. The research also identified those disconnects and where improvements can still be made ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Dec 17, 2020 Prior to the pandemic, the economies of SE Asia were booming, and e-commerce was showing substantial growth as well. A new PPRO report shows the region’s e-commerce growth even eclipses the more developed marketplaces during the COVID-19 crisis. The ...
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By Thayer Stewart, CEO, PaymentWorks, Dec 15, 2020Everywhere you look, the statistics on B2B payments point to a rapid rise in the adoption of digital payments. Checks are still around, of course (and continue to cost businesses money to process), but according to a report ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Dec 15, 2020 It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas and that means last-minute online shopping, higher incidence of fraud, potential delivery delays, and the expectation of a record number of gift and online shopping returns. We’ve got a few holiday ...
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By Rob Lincolne, founder and CEO, Paydock, Dec 8, 2020 When Square launched in 2009, they often spoke of the ‘Hidden cost of accepting cash.’ Articulating reconciliation, banking, and administrative inefficiencies (not to mention theft) contemporary thinking at the time referenced the value of non-cash ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Dec 2, 2020 Apparently, porch pirates are alive and well, preying on online shoppers and stealing as many as 17 million packages from consumer porches and verandas since the start of the pandemic in March, according to new research from insuranceQuotes.com. In ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Dec 1, 2020 As predicted by most industry analysts, Cyber Monday was another roaring e-commerce success with sales reaching an estimated $10.8 billion by Adobe Analytics, up 15.1% from last year’s $9.4 billion. While impressive, sales fell short of Adobe’s earlier prediction ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Nov 30, 2020 Black Friday looked very different this year from previous years. Initial results show US consumers shopped from their couches with a vengeance, racking up more than $9 billion in Black Friday purchases online. During the pandemic, Thanksgiving Day shopping ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Nov 25, 2020 Retailers and other online sellers have their fingers crossed for a mega Black Friday sales launch leading into the all-important holiday shopping season. In fact, for many businesses, this is all about survival. The National Retail Federation’s (NRF) forecasts ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Nov19, 2020 There will be full contact on the field, but for football fans at Super Bowl LV in February 2021, buying refreshments and souvenirs will be 100% cash-free for the first time, thanks to a partnership between Visa and the NFL. ...
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