For the first time in the UK, debit cards have taken over from cash as the consumers’ preference for payments. New research from UK Finance shows consumers made 13.2 billion debit card payments in 2017 compared to 13.1 billion payments in cash. This comes a ...
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Payments Trends
Payments Trends
Here’s what we’ll be reading this weekend in payments industry news, trends, research and innovations from around the globe. PayPal Cross-Border Consumer Research 2018 The new PayPal cross-border consumer research study is filled with insights for e-retail and e-commerce operators. Learn how online commerce, and ...
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Although 15% of consumers have made a biometric payment in the past year, research from Transaction Network Services (TNS) shows biometric payments are not ready to break through into common use according to a survey of more than 3,000 in the US, UK, and Australia. ...
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It’s been a busy week in global payments news and we’ve got a roundup of the latest payments trends, payments research, and innovations for your weekend reading pleasure. Apple Pay and other mobile payments will count for 1 in 3 in-store transactions by 2020 The ...
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The changing customer and technology landscape is having a huge impact on retailers in-store and online. A recent Retail Wire presentation provided a look at the most recent research and what merchants can expect in retail payments in the future. Mobile matters to e-commerce sales ...
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A new report from Juniper Research says in-store contactless payments will reach $2 trillion by 2020, representing one-third of the total point of sale transactions. Driven by payment cards and mobile wallets, contactless payments will reach $1 trillion by the end of this year, a ...
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Well, another Amazon Prime Day and another $4 billion-plus in global revenue. That pretty much sums up the results and they must be doing the happy dance at Amazon headquarters in Seattle. According to Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, sales were up 33% over last year’s ...
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We’ve got the latest global retail benchmarks research from Vend with valuable industry metrics. Buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS) sales are up and we look at what to do about the growth in fraud as well. Finally, we have our weekly global payments news roundup to help you ...
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Here’s a roundup of the global payments news we’re reading this week. It includes a look at what Amazon is up to in the payments and financial services business and a preview of Amazon Prime Day. Also included is a look at the struggle of ...
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Why buy online, pickup in-store (BOPIS) fraud is up 250% and how to prevent it. ...
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