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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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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False declines cost billions in lost revenue
Credit Card & Online Fraud E-commerce Payments Research

Shocking cost of lost business from false customer declines

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 15, 2021 New research from Forter shows merchants losing billions of dollars in missed opportunities as they struggle to ...
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Walmart fintech coming soon
Banking Fintech

Attention Walmart customers: Fintech on aisle five

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 13, 2021 Walmart announced plans for a new fintech startup that could soon offer its 265 million weekly customers ...
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2021 payment industry trends
E-commerce Payments Trends

Payments in 2021: What’s ahead after the digital boom

By Stefan Merz, Chief Operating Officer at PPRO, Jan 12, 2021 It has been a year of momentous change for the payments industry. ...
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Stripe cancels payment processing for Trump campaign
Cybersecurity E-commerce

Stripe stops payment processing for Trump campaign

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 11, 2021 Stripe announced it will no longer process payments for the Trump campaign website and fundraising after last ...
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Trump online stores closed by Shopify
Cybersecurity E-commerce

Shopify shutters Trump online stores

By Jeff Domansky, Jan 8, 2021 Shopify closed two Trump brand stores on its e-commerce platform yesterday in response to the Wednesday violence ...
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