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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Debit card issuers take a shine to Apple Pay

A new research study of debit card issuers by Pulse Network shows that 12.2% of debit cards were enrolled in Apple Pay as ...
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ThreatMetrix Q2 2018 Cybercrime Report
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Research: Mobile fraud attacks rise 44% in US

We all know the impact of the rapid rise of mobile transactions on e-commerce businesses. According to ThreatMetrix, in the last three years, mobile ...
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Payments NEXT newsletter
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Payments NEXT newsletter: Zippin, Walmart, IBM, Amazon Pay Japan, more…

In this week’s global Payments NEXT newsletter, US startup Zippin is showcasing its next-generation checkout-free technology. Walmart is testing an innovative crowdsourcing delivery ...
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Payments NEXT global payments news
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Payments news roundup: IBM, Walmart, Instagram, security breaches, more…

Here’s what caught our attention in global payments news this week.  IBM has now launched its blockchain payment clearing network for banks. Check ...
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Amazon Pay enters Japan market
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Amazon Pay says Kon’nichiwa to Japanese cashless payments market

In Japan, 80% of consumers pay for transactions with cash. That’s why Amazon Japan’s decision to introduce Amazon Pay in partnership with startup ...
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e-commerce false positives challenge
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Fighting the negative sales impact of CNP false positives

A new report from Kount and The Fraud Practice examines card-not-present (CNP) false positives which are poorly understood and frequently mismanaged aspects of ...
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biometrics booming
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Passwords passé, “something I am” biometrics ID coming soon

A new report from Juniper Research says password-based solutions are increasingly impractical, and service providers have begun testing alternative second factors; ‘something I ...
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Payments news roundup: Google, Cafe Shiru, Cashier-less, fake products, EMV, mobile

Welcome to the weekly edition of Payments NEXT news. We go in-depth to look at cashier-less checkout trends, cross-border e-commerce success tips, Amazon ...
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Global payments news Aug 31
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What’s trending in global payments news this week?

Lots of news, innovations and new developments in payments news this week. Here’s a collection of what we’re reading and what you need ...
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cashier-less checkouts
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Cashier-less checkout tests grow, barriers remain

With the opening of its second store in Seattle, Amazon Go is in the vanguard of the cashier-less checkout movement. Though checkout automation ...
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