We continue our highlights of Worldpay’s Global Payments Report 2017 and its insights into the latest payments trends and market developments. In this post, we focus on several unique perspectives and new market developments including biometrics, silver surfers and baby boomers, growth of bank transfers ...
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Payments Trends
Payments Trends
Worldpay released its Global Payments Report 2017 and it’s loaded with information on the latest payments trends and market insights. In this post, we look at the bigger picture for payment trends from 2016 to 2021 globally and in the four biggest regions of North ...
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Now, you can send or receive money using Google Assistant via voice on your mobile phone and soon on Google Home devices as well. ...
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A new research study shows that more than half of Square merchants would accept cryptocurrency payments for goods and services. The survey of 100 US merchants by Nomura Instinet showed 60% are open to taking bitcoin payments instead of dollars. “This result is surprising, especially ...
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According to government research, fewer than one-third of Mexicans own a credit card. With such a large un-banked population, Amazon saw an opportunity to grow its e-commerce business by launching its own debit card called Amazon Rechargeable. Amazon Rechargeable “Clients that don’t have a credit ...
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Since shopping and payments are like hand in glove, let’s look at the latest trends in US retail. It’s a rugged ride. Struggling retailers list grows More than 5,000 US stores closed in 2017 and the list of struggling retailers in the US is growing. ...
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The Bank of Amazon? According to new research, it may not be as far-fetched as you think. ...
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Google launched Google Pay on Tuesday – its effort to consolidate and compete directly with Apple Pay and other global mobile payments competitors. The new Google Pay app replaces Android Pay, used to pay at checkouts, and Google Wallet, which let users send money to ...
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Who are the top ten cashless societies in the world? There are a couple of surprises. ...
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The UK has already used regulations to encourage and manage fintech growth. Two recent stories show that fintech regulations are definitely going in the right direction in the US and Hong Kong as well. 7 US states coordinate fintech regulations Seven US states – Georgia, ...
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