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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Retail sales up 3% in Sept; holiday sales forecast looking festive

New National Retail Federation (NRF) research shows September retail sales were up 3.0% over last September and projections for 2018 holiday sales indicate ...
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Payments NEXT News: Cybersecurity facts, H&M, shopper friction, Target Smartly

It was a busy week in payments news. We’ve got a must-read list of 10 small business cybersecurity facts you should know. There’s ...
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10 SMB cybersecurity facts you should know

Dell shares some valuable cybersecurity facts and figures. Here are just 10 reasons small to midsize business need to make cybersecurity a priority. There ...
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Retailer H&M invests in payments firm Klarna

In an unusual deal, Swedish-headquartered fast fashion retailer H&M invested $20 million to acquire under 1% of online payments firm Klarna. H&M will ...
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Target goes after competition with Smartly brand discounts

Target’s newly-announced Smartly brand private-label discount products may turn out to be its most effective defense against competitors ranging from Amazon and Walmart ...
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Zebra 2018 Shopper Vision Study: Shopper friction

Did you know nearly half of customers are still dissatisfied with the customer service that’s offered in-store and online? According to Zebra Technologies’ ...
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Payments NEXT newsletter: The week’s latest global payments news

Just in time for your weekend reading, we’ve got the latest global payments news including a close-up on Square Installments new payments plan, ...
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Payments news roundup: NRF holiday sales, Square, Bitglass, NAFTA, Danske

Here are the top global payments news stories from this week, all curated for your weekend reading pleasure. Fed seeks feedback on plans ...
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Square Installments gives small business customers easy payments plan

Square today launched a new payment option for small businesses to let customers pay for larger purchases in monthly installments. Initially, the new ...
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Thanksgiving Day retail sales forecast? Closed!

Thanksgiving Day is probably the second most popular holiday in the US and with in-store traffic slowly declining, a large number of US ...
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