Payments Research

IBM-Prairie Payments Joint Venture

Canadian credit unions and IBM plan new payments as a service platform

Credit unions in three Canadian provinces will be looking blue when it comes to modernizing their payments technology and platforms in a new eight-year, $100 million technology services ...
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Rapyd payments research

Rapyd Asia payments research report: One size does not fit all

When it comes to payments across seven major countries in the Asia-Pacific region, new research from Rapyd tells us two key things. First, there is no single payment ...
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local payment preferences critical

What’s the post-pandemic payments world look like?

As consumer buying behaviors change quickly during and post-pandemic, the payments world is also going through significant changes. While contactless payments were very slowly gaining traction, particularly in ...
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international student payment preferences

Two-thirds of international students prefer familiar tuition payment options

A new report by payments company Flywire says 67% of international students are concerned if they can’t use their tuition payment method of choice at UK universities. While ...
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cashless payments growing

Cashless or classless: The flaws in today’s payment debate

By: Steve Villegas, VP of Payment Partnerships at PPRO There is a constant debate on whether global economies should continue to offer cash payments or go cashless by ...
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Japanese e-commerce is growing quickly

Why 2020 is the year of cross-border e-commerce in Japan

Kelvin Phua, Global Head of Payment Networks at PPRO, explores the possibilities offered by the cross-border e-commerce market in Japan Japan is the world’s third-biggest economy. Its GDP per capita is ...
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Valentine’s Day 2020 will warm retailers’ hearts

US consumers are expected to spend more than $27.4 billion this year on Valentine’s Day, an increase of 32% from last year. That’s enough to make many retailers’ ...
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holiday returns may hit $41.6 billion

Holiday e-commerce returns could hit $41.6 billion

There’s a costly hitch to the happy e-commerce sales estimated at $138.5 billion for 2019. CBRE Group and Optoro estimate the cost of product returns from US online ...
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global remittances 2019

International remittances grew 11% and big growth is ahead

Remittances are a multi-billion-dollar industry and the latest Juniper Research offers valuable insight into the size of the market, the biggest sending and receiving countries, and what’s on ...
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2019 holiday shopping research

How’s holiday shopping shaping up for consumers and retailers?

Don’t be too fast to write off bricks and mortar retailers during this holiday shopping season. According to new research from Experian, 52% of consumers will shop in ...
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