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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Oct 11 Global payments news roundup

Welcome to this week’s global payments news roundup. We unwrap holiday sales predictions for the UK – up 3.5%-4%, according to Coresight and ...
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Converting clicks to bricks: Five new retail growth strategies

The impact of digital on bricks and mortar retail is developing fast with some occasional surprising twists and turns. While e-commerce only makes ...
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UK 2019 holiday retail outlook is upbeat and online

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and online sales all throughout the Empire. The good news according to the latest findings ...
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Oct 4 Global payments news roundup

Welcome to the weekly global payments news roundup where it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas sales predictions. At least according to ...
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2019 US holiday sales should grow 3.8%-4.2%

The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts sales this holiday season should be up 3.8%-4.2% over last year. Despite concerns about a hangover from ...
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Finally, a BFF bank app for Gen-Zennials

Yo! You knew it was just a matter of time before your kids got a bank app that only speaks their language and ...
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GoCardless launches international ACH debit payments in US

UK headquartered GoCardless launched services to enable international ACH (Automated Clearing House) debit payments for US companies in more than 30 countries around the ...
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Are you a global payments expert? Take the test!

GoCardless is out with a new report on payments preferences in 10 major markets that comprise 80% of global e-commerce. The report gives ...
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Sept 27 Global payments industry news roundup

It’s definitely the busy season and we’ll help you save time with this week’s global payments industry news roundup. Narvar tells us what ...
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Many happy returns: What makes customer returns an e-commerce asset?

Product returns are one of the biggest e-commerce business challenges. They’re expensive in time, staffing, logistics, and overall cost. They’re frustrating for customers. ...
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