E-commerce

Q2 2020 E-commerce sales records for retail

Big US retailers hit Q2 online revenue home runs

If there was any doubt that the future of retail is omnichannel, Q2 online sales results for Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s tell the story of growing ...
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digital payments trends

Payments shock factor: The digital acceleration no one saw coming

By: Steve Villegas, VP of Payment Partnerships North America at PPRO To suggest that COVID-19 has transformed the future of business would be too obvious. But, in certain ...
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Forget “new-normal”, welcome to “now-normal” e-commerce

Since the onset of COVID-19, we’ve been living with a shopping and e-commerce reality that industry analysts and trend watchers have dubbed the “new-normal.” Signifyd’s latest Pulse Report ...
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US coronavirus scammers break $100 million barrier

Not only is COVID-19 wreaking havoc on the health and finances of consumers around the world, but scammers are also having a field day, surging past $105 million ...
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SMBs meet new consumer purchase preferences

Visa study finds new consumer purchase paths and SMBs responding

From online shopping with rising digital and contactless payments and the massive increase in home deliveries, retail online and in-store after the pandemic will never be the same. ...
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Amazon Q2 2020 revenue moonshot

Amazon’s Q2 financials moonshot

You really can’t analyze the payments industry without considering the role of e-commerce and the impact of the world’s largest e-commerce monolith – Amazon. Amazon’s Q2 financial results ...
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Millenials and their money

Looking at young adults and their money habits

How much money did you save when you were young? Would your savings have helped you make it through the pandemic? Did you even know what a 401(k) ...
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The role of payments innovation in small business: Brazil perspective

By Augusto Lins When it comes to adopting digital payments technology – the US market is a well-known laggard. In fact, as of 2019 – cash and checks ...
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Vietnam's e-commerce economy is growing fast

Decoding Asia-Pacific’s payments & e-commerce landscape

By: Tristian Chiappini  Asia-Pacific (APAC) is both a fascinating and complex region when it comes to its e-commerce landscape. With the ubiquitous use of e-wallets and other local ...
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Canadians toss the cash, forgo bank branches, embrace contactless payments

New research from McKinsey shows Canadian consumers avoided cash and bank branches in May over the fear of COVID-19 and turned to contactless payments to fill the gap. ...
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