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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identity theft and account takeover
Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

US identity theft jumps as e-commerce grows

By Jeff Domansky, March 17, 2021 New research from Aite Group shows 47% of US consumers experienced financial identity theft (application fraud in ...
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fintech opportunities
Banking Fintech Payments Trends

Post-Covid consumer payment & fintech strategies

By Jeff Domansky, March 16, 2021 The payments and fintech world looks very different today after one year of Covid disruption. The pandemic’s ...
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Covid relief for small business
Disruptive Technologies Payments Trends

US small business relief can’t come fast enough

By Jeff Domansky, March 10, 2021 The US Congress today passed the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill and economic recovery program. Missing ...
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Feedzai research identifies skyrocketing fraud
Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

Online transactions soared in 2020, fraud skyrocketed too

By Jeff Domansky, March 9, 2021 Consumers quickly embraced e-commerce and online payments last year while fraudsters high-fived with record purchase scams, impersonation, ...
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Payments Research Payments Trends

$1400 stimulus check won’t cover one month of bills

By Jeff Domansky, March 8, 2021 As the US Congress gets ready to finalize the newest stimulus package, a new report from doxo ...
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financial market disruption
Banking Fintech

Payment, Non-bank Lenders Loan More Than Traditional Banks

By Jeff Domansky, March 4, 2021 When it comes to business loans, non-bank lenders have jumped out ahead of traditional banks as the ...
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Banking Fintech

A Bank for Squares? Dorsey Says Definitely

By Jeff Domansky, March 3, 2021 Payment services company Square Inc. officially launched its bank yesterday. A year after Square Financial Services (SFS) ...
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Affirm financial results
Buy Now Pay Later Fintech

Affirm plans debit card with buy now pay later feature

By Jeff Domansky, March 1, 2021 The global $400 billion-plus buy now, pay later (BNPL) market is heating up incredibly fast, leading to ...
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UK fintech valued at $15.5 billion
Banking Fintech

UK fintechs fight to retain market leadership

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 26, 2021 The UK fintech business is big for a midsize nation. It contributes $15.5 billion to the UK ...
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PaymentWorks' fraud prevention platform
Cybersecurity Logistics Payments Technology

How universities are fighting payments fraud

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 22, 2021 When it comes to fraud, universities are just one more appealing target for cybercriminals. Like many businesses, ...
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