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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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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contactless payments tsunami
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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Earned Wage Access leaders
Fintech Payments Trends

Earned Wage Access companies tackle CA consumer regulation

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 27, 2021 The business of providing Earned Wage Access (EWA) or on-demand pay services for employees has grown quickly, ...
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best mobile check deposit accounts
Banking Disruptive Technologies Fintech

Research: Consumers love their mobile check deposits

By Jeff Domansky Jan 26, 2021 US bank and credit union customers didn’t seem to miss visits and lineups at their favorite financial ...
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Jan 25 global payments news
Cybersecurity Payments Trends

Global payments news roundup: Cybersecurity, false declines, digital wallet growth, Q4 VC funding, 2021 trends, real-time payments, more…

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 25, 2021 With the new US administration in town, there’s a huge volume of payment news and new developments ...
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cybersecurity spending growing
Cybersecurity

12 billion records stolen last year; cybersecurity spend will grow +10%

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 25, 2021 With new threats emerging and the number of attacks growing, global cybersecurity spending is expected to rise ...
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Greenwood digital bank founders
Banking Fintech

Greenwood digital bank will serve Black & Latinx community

Greenwood founders (l to r): rapper Michael “Killer Mike” Render, Ambassador Andrew Young, Bounce TV founder Ryan Glover By Jeff Domansky, Jan 21, ...
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2020 retail sales +8.3%
E-commerce Retail

NRF: holiday sales up 8.3% despite pandemic; some in survival mode

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 18, 2021 The National Retail Federation (NRF) said holiday retail sales in the US were 8.3% higher during the ...
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Loyalty

The inspiration of Martin Luther King

US residents and other thoughtful citizens around the world celebrate Martin Luther King Jr (MLK) Day today and it’s a wonderful time to ...
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