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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$4.2 trillion in global e-commerce
E-commerce Logistics Payments Trends

$4.2 trillion projected for global e-commerce in 2021

By Jeff Domansky, April 28, 2021 It looks like new online shopping habits by consumers could ring up $4.2 trillion in e-commerce sales ...
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E-commerce Payments Research

Intuit QuickBooks survey: US Small business recovery building momentum

By Jeff Domansky, April 27, 2021 It’s financial results season, and it’s not just big business seeing an economic recovery underway. A new ...
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Disruptive Technologies Fintech

Are world’s most unbanked countries fintech opportunities?

By Jeff Domansky, April 26, 2021 Any idea who the world’s biggest unbanked countries are? New data from Finbold paints an interesting picture ...
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Fintech Payments Trends

Global payments news roundup: Afterpay, Amazon, FIS, Amex, more…

By Jeff Domansky, April 23, 2021 We’ve got a Friday global payment news roundup to keep you at full speed as you follow ...
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Fintech Mobile Payments

Four Lessons from the Best Fintech Apps

By KC Karnes, April 21, 2021 The fintech industry is having a moment, and it’s likely to last for many years. At the ...
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Afraid of our finances?
Banking Payments Research Payments Trends

How big is our fear of financial fees?

By Jeff Domansky, April 19, 2021 April is National Financial Literacy Month in the US, and we can all forget about the fear ...
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mortgage payments key during pandemic
Payments Research Payments Trends

Covid-19 spending: Mortgages mattered most in US

By Jeff Domansky, April 15, 2021 According to new research, when it comes to consumer spending priorities during Covid-19, mortgages mattered most, followed ...
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Buy Now Pay Later

Splitit opens BNPL access to 9 billion UnionPay cardholders

By Jeff Domansky, April 13, 2021 It’s getting crowded in the buy now pay later (BNPL) marketplace, but hustle and innovation can differentiate ...
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Banking Loyalty Payments Trends

Do we need Instacart & DoorDash credit cards?

By Jeff Domansky, April 9, 2021 Grocery delivery app Instacart and restaurant delivery firm DoorDash are both planning to issue credit cards soon. ...
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Cybersecurity E-commerce

New fraud solution aims to increase approvals for Magento merchants

By Jeff Domansky, April 8, 2021 False declines are a $430 billion-plus global headache for retailers. A new Forter-Adobe collaboration aims to help ...
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