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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Payments news roundup: ID fraud, Target, Alibaba, Gap, Best Buy, Netflix

Here’s a roundup of the global payments news we’re reading heading into the weekend. Lots of new developments in identity fraud, retail ups ...
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Synthetic identity fraud is rising; data breaches abound

Synthetic identity fraud is a growing, evolving challenge for merchants. It arises when criminals combine real or stolen personal data with fake information ...
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Target financials on target for Q2 growth, record sales

Amid the general US retail doldrums, Target’s Q2 results stand out as a beacon of what’s possible when you have a plan, you’re ...
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Can your e-commerce business cash in on the membership economy?

According to McKinsey & Company research, e-commerce membership sites have grown more than 100% annually during the past five years. An estimated 15% ...
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Global payments news: Coffee by drone, Google store, Walmart e-commerce, Amazon theaters, US contactless cards

This weekend’s reading in payments news, trends, research and innovations from around the globe is for the fast and the furious. Watch for ...
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Square’s crypto-powered Cash App bests PayPal’s Venmo for first time

When it comes to payments apps, there’s a new sheriff in town. Square’s Cash App now has a total of 33.5 million downloads ...
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Asia-Pacific e-commerce will reach $2.3 trillion in 2022, powered by mobile

Online shopping in the Asia-Pacific region will reach $1.6 trillion in 2018 and $2.3 trillion by 2022 according to a new report from ...
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UK check clearing will get a new image makeover

It’s very surprising the check clearing system in the UK has not kept pace with new technologies in most other markets around the ...
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Debit cards take over from cash as preferred payment in UK

For the first time in the UK, debit cards have taken over from cash as the consumers’ preference for payments. New research from ...
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Global payments news: Order ahead, Apple Pay, Voice shopping, biometrics

Here’s what we’ll be reading this weekend in payments industry news, trends, research and innovations from around the globe. PayPal Cross-Border Consumer Research ...
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