Point of sale financing platform ChargeAfter got a big boost with a strategic investment and network access to Visa’s network of sellers, acquirers and issuing banks. The new ...
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Like the SARS pandemic before it, the new coronavirus has everyone on edge from health and immigration officials, manufacturers, tourism operators, and retailers to international traders, financial markets, ...
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They’ve tried drone deliveries of Slurpees and now 7-Eleven is testing a completely cashierless store at its Irving, Texas headquarters. The fast-food giant announced the pilot in a ...
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New York City, the country’s largest, became the third US city to banish cashless-only transactions following similar bans in San Francisco and Philadelphia as well as the ban ...
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By Stefan Merz, COO at PPRO The e-commerce market is set for exponential growth – it is predicted that global e-commerce retail sales are set to reach $4.9 ...
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Back in July 2019, more than 50 banks and corporations signed up with SWIFT to initiate SWIFT GPI tracking of international payments as a way to enhance e-commerce ...
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It’s getting to the point where voice skills like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant can do just about everything except give the kids a bath. The timing of ...
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Here’s your weekly global payments news roundup, all wrapped up in one handy reading package. Juniper Research reports global remittances hit $682.6 billion in 2018 with much more ...
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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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By Steve Villegas, VP Payment Partnerships, North America at PPRO Over the last decade, we have seen an explosion in FinTech ushering a new era of commerce. Payment ...
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