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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E-commerce Retail

Macy’s same-day delivery is a new reality for retailers

Macy’s announcement of a new, free, same-day delivery program for hundreds of thousands of products, creates a whole new US retail reality. As ...
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E-commerce Payments Technology Payments Trends

Cryptocurrency payments for merchants are alive and well

With the same resilience as bitcoin, cryptocurrency payments for merchants are still alive and well despite what some may perceive as declining interest ...
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US mobile payments adoption is slow
Mobile Payments Payments Trends

US mobile payments: Are we there yet?

Let’s face it, the mobile payments landscape is moving as slowly as the proverbial LA traffic jam. There’s a purse or wallet full ...
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Disruptive Technologies E-commerce Payments Trends

Sept 20: Global payments news roundup

Time flies when you’re in the payments industry and we’ve got some global payments news to help you quickly keep up with the ...
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E-commerce Loyalty Retail

Premium loyalty programs research: Will customers pay?

Loyalty programs can generate substantial revenue when well-designed, created with substantial value and crafted to meet the needs of key customers. That old ...
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E-commerce Payments Trends Retail

Pay cash for Amazon via Western Union

Apparently, cash is not on its deathbed after all. At least not yet at Amazon. Amazon is partnering with Western Union to expand ...
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Mitto is banking for Gen Z
Banking Fintech Mobile Payments

Mitto: A virtual card built for Gen Z, financed by mom and dad

Mitto is banking that 14-year-old and older Generation Z consumers will want their very own digital wallet and virtual debit card. All financed ...
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Cybersecurity E-commerce Payments Trends

Is your merchant data at risk from your payments provider?

It’s one of the payment industry’s ugly secrets and for companies with a business built on subscriptions, it’s a revenue and business continuity ...
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E-commerce Mobile Payments

Shave and a haircut: The must-have app

After being taken to the cleaners with any number of wild app ideas, it was just a matter of time before the haircut ...
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Banking E-commerce Payments Trends

Sept 13: Global payments news roundup

Another week, another payments news roundup. Let’s dive in. How could $35 million in payroll and tax accounts go missing from cloud provider ...
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