What the 2025 Chargeback Surge Means for Banks and Merchants

By Douglas Hall, Founder & CEO of EQUE If you’re a financial institution or merchant hoping that chargebacks will plateau anytime soon, I’ve got news for you: they won’t. The just-released 2025 State of Chargebacks report from Datos Insights and Ethoca confirms what many of ...
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US benefits fraud tsunami
Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

Could US unemployment payment fraud tsunami hit $100 billion-plus?

By Jeff Domansky Ramped up demand for unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Fraud detection budget cuts during previous low unemployment. Federal and state ...
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global payments news and research
Banking Fintech Payments Trends

July 24 – Global payments news roundup

After wrestling with alligators and hosting issues, we’re back with the latest payments news from around the world. Lots going on, so check ...
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Failed payments cost global businesses $118.5 billion in 2020

By Jeff Domansky New research offers a staggering look at the real costs of failed payments, the key reasons for most failed payments, ...
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AR perception gap
Payments Research Payments Technology

Mind the gap: AR dept modernization is more talk than walk

By Jeff Domansky AR departments talk a lot about AR automation, integrated payments, efficiency, and saving money. However, new research from Billtrust shows ...
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fastest-growing mobile wallets
Banking Mobile Payments Payments Research

Report: Guess where the fastest-growing mobile wallets are?

By Jeff Domansky With more than 2.8 billion mobile wallets in use worldwide at the end of 2020 and the impact of the ...
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Branson-Bezos bragging rights
Banking Payments Trends

July 2 global payments news roundup

Out of this world! That pretty much sums up this week’s global payments news, and it’s only Friday. Branson and Bezos may be ...
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Payments Research Payments Trends

Cash flow constrictions cramping small business growth

By Jeff Domansky The majority of small businesses in six countries (60%) experience cash flow issues at some point, so it’s no surprise ...
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Consumer payment fails
Fintech Mobile Payments Payments Research

Research: What consumers say about bill payments? Fail

By Jeff Domansky A new bill payment study shows US consumers struggling with cumbersome bill pay processes and wanting faster, easier bill payments ...
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hardship payments
Payments Research

Consumers in hardship programs continued payments during Covid

By Jeff Domansky The pandemic imposed terrible health and financial hardships on consumers everywhere, with an estimated 7.48% of US mortgage accounts in ...
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Disruptive Technologies

Baidu’s autonomous robotaxi service is live in Beijing

By Jeff Domansky At PaymentsNEXT, we’re usually focused on the payments industry, fintech, technology, payments trends, and new developments. Once in a while, ...
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