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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75.6% abandon purchases in their online shopping cart

SurePayroll estimates US e-commerce platforms lose roughly $18 billion in potential revenue each year to abandoned carts. With the holiday shopping season ready ...
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Payments NEXT: Nov 16 global payments news roundup

It’s a week from Black Friday, but the Black Friday ads are already running in full force. To help you get through the ...
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Walmart & Ford test driverless deliveries in Miami

Shopping at Walmart got even easier if you live in Miami, thanks to a collaboration between Walmart, Ford and delivery service Postmates. The ...
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malicious bots a growing problem
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Cequence protects from internet’s 31% malicious bot traffic

Cequence Security announced an innovative application security platform that protects against the growing number of malicious bot attacks impacting online businesses. An estimated ...
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IoT payments a novelty now but will reach $410 billion by 2023

Internet of Things (IoT) payments will total an estimated $24.5 billion in 2018 but Juniper Research predicts the IoT payments market will grow ...
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Singles Day hits $30.8 billion sales
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Alibaba’s Singles Day makes double-digit record sales of $30.8 billion

Another year, another Alibaba’s Singles Day sales record with sales reaching $30.8 billion (RMB213.5 billion), up 27% for the one-day e-commerce extravaganza. Last ...
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Nov 10 Payments NEXT Global Payments Newsletter

Welcome to this week’s Payments NEXT newsletter with lots of pre-Black Friday and holiday sales data and predictions, including a 14% increase in ...
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Nov 9 Global payments news roundup

Here’s the global payments news that got our attention this week, curated and provided for your weekend reading. Look for plenty of pre-Black ...
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Christmas shoppers will spend 14% more in 2018
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Experian says 2018 holiday shoppers plan to spend 14% more

Experian‘s 2018 Holiday Survey shows holiday shoppers are in a generally positive mood about holiday shopping and plan to spend 14% more this year ...
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Why Sears sagged in the e-commerce economy

Founded in Chicago in 1892, Sears, Roebuck & Company began business as a mail order catalog company. It began opening stores in the ...
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