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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Who are the top 10 cashless countries?

Who are the top ten cashless societies in the world? There are a couple of surprises. ...
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New merchant payments options: PayByCar and Litecoin

Today’s newsletter looks at several new consumer and merchant payments options. The first is PayByCar which brings new meaning to the phrase “auto”  ...
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Litecoin payments: Will that be debit, credit card or cryptocurrency?

The new refrain at checkout could soon be “Will that be debit, credit card or cryptocurrency?” with the launch of two new merchant ...
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PayByCar makes in-vehicle payments easy

PayByCar is a unique payment service that uses toll transponders to enable customers to pay in-vehicle automatically without check out lineups and delays. ...
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Fintech’s biggest impact on financial services & cybercrime gone wild

We’ve got highlights of two new and important reports for the payments industry. The first is PwC’s look at the impact of fintech ...
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PwC: Where is fintech’s biggest impact on financial services?

The impact of technology on financial services has been rapid and significant according to PwC’s 2017 Global Fintech Report – Redrawing the lines: ...
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ThreatMetrix Q4 Report: New cybercrime battlegrounds, trends

ThreatMetrix analyzed more than 7.9 billion transactions and we have highlights of its Q4 2017 Cybercrime Report. ...
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New VISA chargebacks rules coming April 15

The new Visa Claims Resolution (VCR) program will launch April 15. Is your business ready for these changes? ...
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US DOJ takes down $530 million international cybercrime ring

US DOJ takes down $530 million international cybercrime ring known online as "Infraud Organization." ...
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US & HK fintech regulations going in the right direction

The UK has already used regulations to encourage and manage fintech growth. Two recent stories show that fintech regulations are definitely going in ...
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