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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Payments Trends

Aug 11 Global payments news roundup

The worldwide payments news keeps on rolling, and we’ve got a roundup to keep you current. Merchants and Amazon are upping their efforts ...
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real-time payments research
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Real-time business payments in Canada take a giant step

By Jeff Domansky Interac Corp and 13 leading Canadian financial institution members launched Interac e-Transfer for Business, providing real-time digital payments to personal and ...
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Do CAPTCHAs work?
Cybersecurity

Payment security, CAPTCHAs, and more than meets the AI

by Jeff Domansky Despite the promise of AI and its potential as a security tool, we’ve fallen into a world of pain when ...
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BNPL market heats up
Buy Now Pay Later E-commerce

BNPL heats up with Visa, Apple, PayPal, Discover initiatives

By Jeff Domansky If there was ever any doubt that buy now, pay later was mainstream worldwide, we can put that notion to ...
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US benefits fraud tsunami
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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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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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payment failures cost business $118.5 billion
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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
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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
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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
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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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