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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Not so fast: What’s blocking the future of invisible payments?

Matt Jackson, Head of Partner Development (EMEA) at PPRO Invisible payments have already had a massive impact on the physical and online retail ...
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E-commerce Retail

10 key US H1 e-commerce facts to know

When it comes to US e-commerce and COVID-19, we’ve got 10 things you really need to know about the impact of the pandemic ...
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PeasyPay biometric payments
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Biometrics enables EU payments with a wave and a smile

European shoppers in Budapest and Spain are shopping and paying with a wink and a wave with the launch of Hungarian fintech PeasyPay.Imagine. ...
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Indonesia e-commerce blooming
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Why Indonesia is the world’s next digital payments battleground

By Kelvin Phua, Global Head of Payment Networks at PPRO The COVID-19 outbreak has seen the e-commerce sector surge. Despite economic uncertainty, consumers ...
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Tappit powers Jacksonville Jaguars contactless payments
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NFL Jaguars kick off season with Tappit contactless payments

It’s been a season of uncertainty for US hockey, basketball, baseball, and now for NFL football fans. With NHL hockey playoffs well underway ...
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Banking Payments Research

10 key insights into US payments and debt during the pandemic

Here are 10 important insights you need to know about payments and the US economy during the pandemic. The data comes from recent ...
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US student loan debt = $1.6 trillion
Banking Payments Trends

The looming US $1.6 trillion payments problem

There’s one ballooning payments problem that simply isn’t going away soon. It’s the $1.6 trillion debt carried by an estimated 44.7 million American ...
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Research: Business fraud drops, consumer fraud jumps during pandemic

When it comes to online fraud globally, there’s good news and there’s bad news. According to a new report from TransUnion, the good ...
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Swedish government mandates debit payment preferences
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Did Sweden set the next big trend in e-commerce payments?

by James Booth, VP, Head of Partnerships, EMEA, PPRO Swedish Parliament, Stockholm Designed to increase consumer protection for online shopping and curb rising ...
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Serious Scamdemic of pandemic fraud attacks
Banking Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

Inside the growing payments and financial “scamdemic”

There’s no question e-commerce is booming for many reasons during the global pandemic. There’s one other huge growth industry during this same timeframe. ...
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