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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Mobile Payments Payments Technology

Square shares Noble aspirations to own events payments

By Jeff Domansky, May 26, 2021 A new partnership of Square and digital ordering company Noble should make it easier for concertgoers to ...
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Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

Lazy Android app cloud security exposed data for 100 million+

By Jeff Domansky, May 25, 2021 Last week, Check Point Research (CPR) released a study showing misconfiguration of third-party services by mobile app ...
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US retail is ready to reopen
Payments Trends Retail

Global consumers ready for revenge spending

By Jeff Domansky, May 21, 2021 Frustrated with 15 months of pandemic restrictions, work-from-home mandates, and longing to shop in-store once again, consumers ...
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Payments Trends Retail

May 19: Global payment news roundup: Laybuy, Adyen, Wise, Billtrust, Masrvi, Target, Best Buy, more…

Tie your runners and get ready to ramble. Here’s the weekly roundup of global payments news, developments, and innovations to keep you current. ...
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Payments Trends Retail

Consumer buying behaviors that will shape the future of retail

By Jeff Domansky, May 18, 2021 At the Consumer Electronics Show 2021, Best Buy CEO Corie Barry summed up the future of retail ...
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Credit Card & Online Fraud E-commerce

Global payment fraud jumped 69% in the past year

By Jeff Domansky, May 13, 2021 Cybercrime is incredibly profitable for fraudsters. Experts estimate more than $1 trillion was lost globally to cybercrime ...
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Banking Disruptive Technologies Fintech

Wise, Google Pay partner for inexpensive cross-border money transfers

By Jeff Domansky, May 11, 2021 A new partnership of Wise and Google Pay means US mobile wallet users can send money to ...
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FIs challenged by fintechs
Banking Fintech

As technocracy pillages payments, banks must prioritize responsible fintech

By Richard Steggall, Urban FT, May 10, 2021 When it comes to digitization and technology adoption, banks and credit unions have been thrown ...
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Fintech Payments Trends

May 6 PaymentsNEXT global payments news roundup

Lots of breaking and positive news this week, and this quick roundup will keep you up to speed on the payments industry news ...
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Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

Pandemic fraud & cybercrime hitting banks hard

By Jeff Domansky, May 5, 2021 Three-quarters of financial institutions (74%) saw a significant spike in Covid-related fraud and cybercrime in the past ...
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