MSTS is out with a new report on B2B sellers and buyer payment preferences. There are valuable insights and solutions to some of the challenges faced by B2B sellers, but one statistic shocked me. The research showed that 57% of B2B buyers did not complete ...
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Surf and turf window shopping costs UK retailers billions. New research from Barclaycard shows that UK online shoppers abandon their shopping carts to the tune of £18 billion ($21.9 billion) annually. This behavior is not unique to British consumers either as US and other online ...
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In China and Europe, contactless cards and mobile payments are commonplace, even with small payments. But in the US, cash and debit for small purchases are still king, although there is change on the horizon according to a survey from CreditCards.com. For US consumers, contactless ...
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Lots of global payment news to cover, so let’s get right at it. We profiled 11 logistics leaders in last-mile delivery including Nuro, Boxbot, Amazon Scout, Starship, and Postmates Serve. The latest PULSE survey shows debit payments are growing and contactless is trending. Russian e-commerce ...
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US consumers are paying with debit more often, and in more ways, including online shopping, online bill payments, and person-to-person (P2P) payments and momentum is building according to the Discover Financial Services’ PULSE® debit network’s 2019 Debit Issuer Study, carried out in May 2019. E-commerce ...
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We’ve got our weekly global payments news roundup ready for your reading pleasure. We start with a look at ActiveViam research showing 71% of retailers are concerned about getting outpriced by Amazon. For the first time, alternate payments now make up 51% of all online ...
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A new research report from PPRO and Amadeus shows alternate payment transactions in the global travel industry have taken off and surpassed more than half of e-commerce travel transactions for the first time. Alberta, Canada Travelers now choose to pay for digital travel with alternative ...
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Consumers will open their digital wallets 40% more and spend nearly $790 billion this year across Europe and North America, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The study predicts the largest growth in 2019 will come from instore payments, with mobile contactless payments ...
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Put aside any preconceived ideas or misconceptions about e-commerce in Latin America. E-commerce in the region is growing at 25% to 30% and past barriers to doing business and handling payments are fast disappearing with the growth of e-commerce, mobile adoption, new payments options, and ...
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With roughly 30 million Americans with at least one debt in collections according to the Federal Reserve, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is looking at new rules to regulate how third-party debt collectors contact debtors. New regulations could reduce the use of pestering phone ...
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