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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Data-Driven Decisions
AI Payments Technology Payments Trends

From data to decisions: Five steps to making payments data work for you

By Roger Portela, Senior Director of Product, PayNearMe Every day, valuable data flows through your payments platform. But how it’s collected, where it ...
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4 ways to make digital payments more effective

By Michael Seaman, CEO & Founder, Swipesum In today’s online world, digital payments have become essential for businesses looking to thrive in the ...
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skyhigh payment swipe fees
Banking Payments Research Payments Trends

CCCA could save merchants and consumers over $16B a year

By Jeff Domansky, Managing Editor The Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC) has emphasized the urgent need for Congress to pass the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA). With total ...
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AI Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

AI vs AI: The best hope for combating generative AI fraud risk

By Laurent Charpentier, CEO, Yooz Even those who aren’t die-hard fans of Marvel Comics have heard of the superhero Iron Man, a role ...
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US chargebacks cost $15.6 billion in 2024
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The State of Chargebacks in 2024

By Ariel Chen, CEO, Chargeflow Chargebacks are an issue. Mastercard recently announced that the estimated US chargeback volume will reach 146 million in ...
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Banking E-commerce Retail

Visa, Mastercard settle long-running antitrust lawsuit over US merchant swipe fees

By Jeff Domansky, Managing Editor Visa and Mastercard reached a landmark antitrust settlement with US merchants, ending a protracted legal battle. The agreement ...
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Democratizing finance: Bridging the gap between the 1% and the 99% through AI and financial infrastructure

By Amit Sagiv, Co-Head of Payments, Wix There’s been a paradigm shift in payments, and it’s much bigger than just leaving your wallet ...
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Banking Payments Technology

How to maximize agility and automation with rules-based payment processing

By Michael Meeks, CTO of BHMIThe payments industry is changing so rapidly that many payment processing companies are struggling to keep pace. It ...
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AI impact on payments
Banking Payments Technology

Four ways AI is transforming payments

By Michael Seaman, Co-founder & CEO of Swipesum In a world rapidly embracing digital technology, efficient, reliable, and secure payments are more crucial ...
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Banking Cybersecurity

Business payment fraud demands new approaches to account validation

By Shai Gabay, Co-Founder & CEO, Trustmi When I speak with businesses about B2B payment fraud, most people I talk with are confident ...
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