New research from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Forrester show retailers, e-commerce sellers and payments industry leaders expect many changes in retail payments in the near future. 44% of retailers no longer require signatures for debit card transactions, 13% will eliminate them by the ...
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SurePayroll estimates US e-commerce platforms lose roughly $18 billion in potential revenue each year to abandoned carts. With the holiday shopping season ready to roll, it’s a great time to consider the impact of a shopping cart abandonment on sales and revenue. According to SalesCycle, ...
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It’s a week from Black Friday, but the Black Friday ads are already running in full force. To help you get through the weekend while you shop online, we’ve got our popular Friday global payments news roundup ready for your weekend reading. Payments Trends to ...
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Shopping at Walmart got even easier if you live in Miami, thanks to a collaboration between Walmart, Ford and delivery service Postmates. The new test drive lets customers shop for groceries online, have their order picked and packaged by Walmart’s personal shoppers and delivered in ...
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Cequence Security announced an innovative application security platform that protects against the growing number of malicious bot attacks impacting online businesses. An estimated 31% of internet traffic is now made up of malicious bots with another 31% of traffic made up by “good” bots and ...
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Internet of Things (IoT) payments will total an estimated $24.5 billion in 2018 but Juniper Research predicts the IoT payments market will grow at an impressive average of 75% per annum over the next 5 years, reaching $410 billion by 2023. A large portion of ...
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Another year, another Alibaba’s Singles Day sales record with sales reaching $30.8 billion (RMB213.5 billion), up 27% for the one-day e-commerce extravaganza. Last year, sales were $25.3 billion for the promotion, also known as Alibaba’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival. The company said it handled more ...
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Welcome to this week’s Payments NEXT newsletter with lots of pre-Black Friday and holiday sales data and predictions, including a 14% increase in spending this year and online sales expected to reach $124 billion. We’ve got a look at how Sears missed the e-commerce and ...
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Here’s the global payments news that got our attention this week, curated and provided for your weekend reading. Look for plenty of pre-Black Friday and holiday sales data and predictions, including a 14% increase in spending this year. Check out the estimated $30 billion organized ...
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Experian‘s 2018 Holiday Survey shows holiday shoppers are in a generally positive mood about holiday shopping and plan to spend 14% more this year than in 2017. The 2018 survey provides useful insight into shoppers’ thoughts on spending plans, budgets and interesting differences between the shopper ...
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