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Payments news roundup: ID fraud, Target, Alibaba, Gap, Best Buy, Netflix

Here’s a roundup of the global payments news we’re reading heading into the weekend. Lots of new developments in identity fraud, retail ups and downs, new payments industry developments and a free Amazon report. Synthetic identity fraud is rising; data breaches abound Synthetic identity fraud is ...
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e-commerce subscription services
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Can your e-commerce business cash in on the membership economy?

According to McKinsey & Company research, e-commerce membership sites have grown more than 100% annually during the past five years. An estimated 15% of consumers have signed up to one or more subscription services for everything from beer and wine, child and baby items, contact ...
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Global payments news: Coffee by drone, Google store, Walmart e-commerce, Amazon theaters, US contactless cards

This weekend’s reading in payments news, trends, research and innovations from around the globe is for the fast and the furious. Watch for Google’s first-ever retail store in Chicago, Amazon’s possible move into the theater business, and Walmart’s stellar e-commerce results. We’ve also got a ...
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Asia-Pacific e-commerce will reach $2.3 trillion in 2022, powered by mobile

Online shopping in the Asia-Pacific region will reach $1.6 trillion in 2018 and $2.3 trillion by 2022 according to a new report from GlobalData. Across the entire Asia-Pacific market, Asia-Pacific e-commerce growth increased between 2013 and 2017 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of ...
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UK payments research
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Debit cards take over from cash as preferred payment in UK

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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Global payments news: Order ahead, Apple Pay, Voice shopping, biometrics

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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Are biometric payments ready to break out yet?

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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Global payments news roundup: Square, ING, PayU, Abra, Javelin, Apple

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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Retail payments trends, digital impact and what’s ahead for merchants

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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contactless payments future
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Contactless payments will reach $2 trillion by 2020

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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