According to the 2018 Mastercard SpendingPulse Report, US retailers enjoyed their best sales in six years with $850 billion in US holiday retail sales, an increase of 5.1% over ...
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Happy New Year and welcome to the first global payments news roundup for 2019. We start with an in-depth World Payments 2018 Report from Capgemini and BNP Paribas, ...
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Retailers are not only bracing for the busy holiday shopping season, they’re also getting ready to handle the massive merchandise returns by shoppers online and in-store. In fact, ...
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We’ve got our popular Friday fast roundup of the global payments news you should know about. There’s a report on mobile shopping and mobile payments, Cyber Monday sales ...
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In the midst of the busiest shopping days of the year, fraudulent returns by consumers continue to cause problems and cost retailers in-store and online. Overall, product returns ...
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During this holiday season, busy shoppers may find that some merchants prefer payments with debit or credit cards instead of cash payments. USA Today reports some of the ...
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Total in-store and online Thanksgiving sales through the holiday weekend showed positive results led by a sharp increase in e-commerce. According to the majority of retail industry analysts, ...
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Leading into the post-Thanksgiving weekend, we’re sharing a collection of global payments news that caught our eye this week, starting with a preliminary Black Friday sales report along ...
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New research from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Forrester show retailers, e-commerce sellers and payments industry leaders expect many changes in retail payments in the near future. ...
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SurePayroll estimates US e-commerce platforms lose roughly $18 billion in potential revenue each year to abandoned carts. With the holiday shopping season ready to roll, it’s a great ...
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