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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India market
E-commerce

Flipkart consolidates in India e-commerce market

The Indian e-commerce market is projected to grow more than 85% from $49 billion (INR3.4 trillion) in 2019 to $91 billion (INR6.3 trillion) ...
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global coronavirus impact growing
Payments Trends

Coronavirus raises global fear for health & economy

Like the SARS pandemic before it, the new coronavirus has everyone on edge from health and immigration officials, manufacturers, tourism operators, and retailers ...
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7-Eleven tests cashierless stores
Disruptive Technologies Payments Trends Retail

7-Eleven testing first cashierless store at head office

They’ve tried drone deliveries of Slurpees and now 7-Eleven is testing a completely cashierless store at its Irving, Texas headquarters. The fast-food giant ...
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loyalty program fraud up 89%
Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity Loyalty

Loyalty program fraud growing fast; merchants unprepared

When it comes to loyalty program fraud, merchants are unprepared, and consumers are uninformed about the risk to their personal information and their ...
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Invoiced automated AR services
Banking Fintech Payments Technology

Invoiced hits $10 billion in automated accounts receivables

The global automated accounts receivables marketplace was estimated at $1.7 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow at an annual rate of ...
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Digital bank N26 hits 250K subscribers
Banking Fintech

N26 hits 250,000 digital-only US bank customers in 5 months

Berlin, Germany-headquartered digital bank N26 has signed up more than 250,000 digital-only bank customers in just five months since launching in the US ...
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Amazon Q4 financials impress
E-commerce Retail

Amazon provides powerhouse earnings report

Amazon over-delivered in its Q4 earnings results big time. The online giant reported earnings of $6.47 per share vs analyst expectations of $4.03 ...
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iGaming fraud report
Chargebacks Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

Scams plague online gaming industry, Super Bowl too

In the run-up to the Super Bowl LIV, iovation released its 2020 iGaming Report, providing an analysis of more than 4 billion online ...
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only 38% use gift cards within 30 days
E-commerce Loyalty Retail

62% haven’t spent holiday gift cards yet

It’s the end of January. Do you know where your gift cards are? An important question for both retailers and consumers. Surprisingly, only ...
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Google global shopping insights
E-commerce Retail

Google’s global shopping insights show omnichannel eye-openers

Google’s 2019 global shopping insights report shows that consumers are increasingly becoming omnichannel creatures of habit. The implication is that retailers and online ...
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