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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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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7-Eleven introduces hybrid mobile cashierless checkout

In 14 stores in its Dallas headquarters market, 7-Eleven is testing a mobile cashierless checkout app called Scan and Pay. Customers can pick ...
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Adobe predicts record holiday sales
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US online holiday sales will reach a record $124 billion

Adobe is forecasting a record $124 billion in US online sales during the 2018 holiday sales season. Based on Adobe Analytics data, Adobe ...
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Nov 2 Global payments news roundup

The pace of payments news picked up dramatically as we get closer to Black Friday and holiday sales. Here’s the global payments news ...
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Connected car commerce will zoom to $265 billion by 2023

When you connect car lovers with e-commerce, you end up with a potential marketplace of $265 billion by 2023, according to the latest ...
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Rethinking loyalty: How to remove inefficiency from your loyalty program

Is your original pre-digital loyalty program meeting the needs of new digital-savvy consumers with sky-high expectations? A new whitepaper from West Monroe Partners ...
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Sam’s Club goes cashierless checkout in new Dallas store

If you’re a Sam’s Club shopper in Dallas, you’ll soon be able to use a new “Sam’s Club Now” app to scan and ...
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Payments NEXT Oct 26 news roundup
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Oct 26 Global payments news roundup

Here’s the global payments news that caught our eye this week including Shopify/Venmo and Amazon/AMEX partnerships, Visa’s double-digit growth, Amazon Q3 results, US ...
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