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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60% of Square merchants would take bitcoin
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Square merchants not square about cryptocurrency payments

A new research study shows that more than half of Square merchants would accept cryptocurrency payments for goods and services. The survey of ...
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Amazon launches debit card in Mexico
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Amazon Rechargeable debit card launches in Mexico

According to government research, fewer than one-third of Mexicans own a credit card. With such a large un-banked population, Amazon saw an opportunity ...
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Uphold expands cryptocurrency payroll to gig economy/underserved workers

A new Uphold partnership will simplify and speed up the payroll process for employers paying employees and freelancers, and freelancers invoicing clients around ...
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Global e-commerce news
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Global e-commerce and mobile payments news roundup

Just in time for your weekend reading, we've got a global e-commerce and mobile payments news roundup. ...
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Retail lost 101,000 jobs in 2017
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US retail news roundup: A rugged ride

Since shopping and payments are like hand in glove, let’s look at the latest trends in US retail. It’s a rugged ride. Struggling ...
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Voice shopping is growing
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Hey Google: How much will voice shopping be worth by 2022?

OC&C Strategy Consultants predicts voice shopping in the US and UK will reach $40 billion by 2022. ...
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Bank of Amazon? Stay tuned

The Bank of Amazon? According to new research, it may not be as far-fetched as you think. ...
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Walmart e-commerce and payments news roundup

Here’s a Walmart e-commerce and payments news roundup to wrap up your week. Despite e-commerce sales up 23% in Q4 2017 and 16% ...
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Mobile payments: global news roundup

We’ve got a roundup of the latest mobile payments news, innovations and developments from key markets around the globe to wrap up your ...
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Mobile World Congress Keynote: Christopher Young, CEO McAfee

With the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 underway in Barcelona through March 1, we’ve got highlights of McAfee CEO Christopher Young’s keynote presentation. ...
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