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 Technology Retail

Changes brewing for retailers at point-of-sale

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 19, 2021 With all the challenges ahead for surviving retailers, none is more important than responding to new consumer ...
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E-commerce Mobile Payments

7 payments industry trend-charts worth a look

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 18, 2021 When it comes to keeping up with payments industry trends, sometimes the pictures are worth more than ...
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Payments Research Payments Trends

How have payments changed in the past 10 months?

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 16, 2021 We’ve got a roundup of expert perspectives on how payments changed in 2020 and what’s on the ...
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Uber acquires Drizly
E-commerce Logistics

Uber bellies up to alcohol delivery firm Drizly

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 11, 2021 Uber really does want to be all things to all people. As part of its growth strategy, ...
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Disruptive Technologies Fintech

67% of investors trust robots more than human advisors

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 10, 2021 As someone who writes about payments, finance, and fintech, a new research report from Oracle caught my ...
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Disruptive Technologies Payments Technology

Real-time tax compliance will change payments dramatically

Liz Armbruester, SVP of global compliance, Avalara Feb 9, 2021 . For hundreds of years, sales tax returns have been collected and held ...
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7500 healthcare workers get free Super Bowl LV tickets
Mobile Payments Payments Technology

Super Bowl weekend, masks, and contactless payments

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 5, 2021 Kickoff is just a couple of days away for Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida. This year, ...
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PayPal record 2020 financial results
E-commerce Mobile Payments Payments Trends

Record: PayPal’s big, no VERY BIG year

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 4, 2021 Amazon’s not the only company to release record-high Q4 financial results. PayPal just ran the table with ...
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Amazon record Q4 results
E-commerce Fintech

Amazon record earnings rock the e-commerce world

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 3, 2021 The record Q4 2020 earnings report for Amazon crossed the $100 billion level for the first time, ...
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Banking E-commerce Payments Trends

Contactless payments are here to stay for merchants & consumers

By Jeff Domansky, Feb 1, 2021 Contactless payments are now approaching tsunami size. The latest Visa Back to Business Study shows just how ...
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