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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MasterCard acquires Vyze
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MasterCard enters POS loan space with Vyze acquisition

Mergers and acquisitions in the payments industry are growing as indicated by MasterCard’s purchase of fintech point-of-sale financing platform Vyze. According to Accenture, ...
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e-commerce in Belgium
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Belgian e-commerce is booming

Belgium has just 11.4 million residents and is 11,849 sq miles in size, a little larger than Massachusetts. Despite its small size, it ...
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Chase e-gift cards
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Chase launches US e-gift cards

Chase checking account customers in the US can now send digital gift cards to other US residents instantly using the Chase mobile app ...
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April 12 Global payments news roundup

US tax deadlines are near, but our global payments news roundup will give you a welcome distraction. We’ve got a look at worldwide ...
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JPMorgan adds real-time EU payments
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JPMorgan adds EU instant payments with SEPA

This week, JPMorgan added European instant payment services for its clients with the launch of SEPA Instant in the EU. This makes it ...
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Identity Verification via Desktop
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Mitek launches identity verification on desktop

While identity verification using mobile devices is well established, Mitek just upped the game for financial businesses and companies wanting to provide desktop ...
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Feb 15 global payments news
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2Checkout report highlights 2019 global digital commerce trends

A new report from 2Checkout shows an increase in global digital commerce sales of software, SaaS and online services as well as growth ...
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2018 US convenience store sales
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Convenience store sales up 8.9% to $654.3B in 2018

2018 US convenience store sales grew 8.9%, reaching $654.3 billion. ...
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April 5 Global payments news roundup

Today’s global payments news roundup is fast and furious. We take a look at whether smaller footprint stores will save Sears, given the ...
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New SEARS Home Life stores
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Will smaller footprint stores save Sears?

After a plunge into bankruptcy earlier this year, Sears announced plans to open three new, small-footprint stores of 10,000 to 15,000 sq ft. ...
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