Payments Trends

PULSE contactless payments research

Debit payments growing and going digital

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 ...
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AI moves into debt collections

AI approaches for a new debt-collection era

For decades, debt collection has relied on the same methods: repeated phone calls and letters to consumers. Not only does this take a lot of time and energy, ...
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global payments news

July 26 Global payments news roundup

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 ...
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alternate payments in travel industry

Alternate payments in the travel industry are taking off

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 ...
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mobile payments research

Research: Consumers opening their digital wallets in US, EU

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. ...
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July 19 Global payments news roundup

Another week, another $6.2 billion+ in record Amazon Prime Day sales. That’s our lead story and we’re sticking to it, even though some are saying it might have ...
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Latin America e-commerce growth

EBANX sees growth and opportunity in Latin America

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 ...
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GoCardless grows in EU

GoCardless lowers recurring subscription payments barriers

If you’re a US business, selling products and services with recurring payments in foreign markets can be a challenge. Many foreign consumers and businesses simply don’t prefer to ...
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cashless payments trends, Japan

Cashless in Japan still a distant reality today

Quick. Name a country where 80% of transactions are still paid for in cash. Surprisingly, that would be Japan, second only after Germany as the country that pays ...
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July 5 global payments news

July 5 Global payments news roundup

Happy July 5 to our US readers and welcome to this week’s global payments news roundup. We start with a look at the growing Chinese traveler payments market ...
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